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A Roman Catholic religious order based in the Midwest is releasing an unusually candid report admitting it failed victims of clergy sex abuse.

Premier Darrell Dexter, left, and Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver arrive at a news conference at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

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Leaders from eight of the world's wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer rely on shelters and loopholes to avoid paying the tax they owe.

Lebanon's public debt swelled by nearly $5 billion during the term of former premier Najib Mikati's Cabinet, the secretary-general of the Association of Banks in Lebanon said.

British Columbia's New Democrats have tapped a social worker turned politician as their new critic for agriculture, ahead of the legislature reconvening next week.

Proponents and those opposed to the Northern Gateway pipeline have started making their final arguments before the federal review panel in Terrace, B.C. Canada will be vulnerable to economic disaster should the Northern Gateway pipeline be rejected, the proponent told a federal review panel Monday as the final phase of public hearings got underway.

The sounds of hammering, drilling and digging at Quebec's bustling construction sites were replaced by chants and waving picket signs as workers walked off the job Monday in a general strike.

Canada's western premiers say bullying is a serious issue and all provinces and territories need to find ways to tackle the new dimension that the Internet brings to the torment.

Outgoing U.S. ambassador to Canada David Jacobson said Monday the Obama administration knows how important the contentious Keystone XL pipeline is to Canada but he won't speculate about how much it would damage the relationship should it not be approved.

The Ontario legislature may have adjourned for the summer holidays, but the Progressive Conservatives aren't taking any breaks from hammering the Liberals, rolling out a new attack ad this week.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas resigned on Monday over a bribery and spying scandal involving his top aide that has plunged the recession-hit EU state into a fresh political crisis.

Amid speculation of a snap poll triggered by the political fallout from the controversial shutdown of ERT state broadcaster, Greece's leftist opposition leader Alexis Tsipras was set to deliver a speech in Syntagma square in Athens on Monday at 8 p.m. SYRIZA deputies on Monday said the decision last Tuesday by Prime Minister Antonis Samaras - which ... (more)

MOSCOW, June 17 National oil giant Rosneft may remain under state control under a new privatization plan prepared by the Russian government which would roll back its program to sell off some of the state's holdings in major companies, business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday.

The Gold Coast MP, who resigned as a Minister earlier this year after a nepotism and lobbying scandal, has confessed to the bungle.

South Australia, NSW and the ACT have agreed to the federal government's plan, but time is running out for the other jurisdictions to get on board before the June 30 deadline.

The government must swiftly reveal figures relating to the rice pledging scheme to prevent public misunderstandings sparked by critics of the scheme, former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra says.

PREMIER Jay Weatherill has brought Canberra's gender war to Adelaide, accusing the Opposition of having "a problem with women" and electing too few to State Parliament.

Sport and Recreation Minister Fikile Mbalula says expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema's plan to start a new party is "political suicide".

Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas risked the collapse of his shaky centre-right minority coalition Saturday over a massive corruption scandal in which his top aide was indicted for bribery.