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Formula One racing will return to Montreal next year. A deal between F1 czar Bernie Ecclestone and government officials will provide $15 million in annual funding for the race - to be held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on Ile Notre Dame - over the next five years.

The nation's shoppers took advantage of deals on toys and TVs with some renewed vigor in stores and online on Black Friday after a year of concentrating their spending on basic necessities.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip will visit Canada for a weeklong visit starting in late June.

The fallout from Dubai's debt crisis rippled across the globe Friday, raising concerns of another wave of financial turmoil and showing how vulnerable the world economy remains despite signs of recovery.

The nation's retailers ushered in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season on Friday with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs to lure crowds of shoppers.

MAN: A Spider-Man balloon moves through Columbus Circle near the start of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York Days before he is expected to order more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama paid tribute to the US military yesterday, lamenting families with an empty seat at their Thanksgiving table.

Singer Britney Spears arrives at the 2009 Teen Choice Awards held at Gibson Amphitheatre on August 9, 2009 in Universal City, California.

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BANGKOK: Thailand has issued rules making sex change surgery more difficult a ' including a requirement that potential candidates cross-dress for a year a ' over fears that some patients are rushing into the operation, a medical association said Thursday.

In an interaction with journalists at the US embassy, Patterson said the delegation - which would include energy sector executives of private firms - would hold meetings with US energy sector tycoons to brief them on the investment opportunities Pakistan had to offer.

Shoppers wait online to pay for their goods at Toys 'R' Us in Times Square November 23, 2007 in New York City.

Visitors to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge could one day take an elevator to the top of its towers, climb on its cables or get a look at its underbelly.

Two ceremonial guards known as Beefeaters at the historic Tower of London have been fired after an internal investigation found that they harassed a female colleague.

Officials in the Israeli prime minister's office say the Security Cabinet has approved a 10-month freeze in new construction in West Bank settlements.

President Barack Obama has revealed he will travel to Copenhagen for the UN climate change conference next month.

The Miles family is changing it up this year in the annual American race to make it to the table for Thanksgiving dinner.

THE United States plans to resume arms sales to Taiwan and warned of a build-up of missiles aimed at the island by China, a top US diplomat said on Tuesday.

Amtrak's Auto Train, the only one like it in the nation, has only two stops: one near Orlando, and the other in Virginia near Washington, D.C. Amtrak via AP IF YOU GO AMTRAK AUTO TRAIN: tickets.amtrak.com/itd/amtrak/autotrain . Daily departures and arrivals in Lorton, Va., and Sanford, Fla., at 4 p.m. with arrival the next day at 9:30 a.m. Coach ...

Shoppers wait online to pay for their goods at Toys 'R' Us in Times Square November 23, 2007 in New York City.

The National Development and Reform Commission said in a notice Tuesday that the long-awaited park would be built, as expected, in Shanghai's eastern Pudong district.