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When Vancouver Sun columnist Shelley Fralic asked readers to share their favourite holiday films -- there was no shortage of responses.

UN inspectors said Thursday that chemical weapons were definitely used in a widely publicized August 21 attack near Damascus and probably in four other locations around Syria between March and late August.

In this Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walks past his uncle Jang Song Thaek, left, after reviewing a parade of thousands of soldiers and commemorating the 70th birthday of the late Kim Jong Il in Pyongyang, North Korea.

Missiles fired by a U.S. drone slammed into a convoy of vehicles travelling to a wedding party in central Yemen on Thursday, killing at least 13 people, Yemeni security officials said.

A French official says a caretaker at a French retirement home is suspected in the poisoning deaths of six elderly patients.

The Iraq i government on Thursday signed a deal to buy 24 multi-role light fighters from South Korea to boost the Iraqi security forces' capability for fighting terrorism, a government statement said.

This week, she stood in Kiev's Independence Square with protesters bent on ousting the same man.

Torrential rains caused chaos and at least two deaths in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday.

Marcelo Vazquez, a marijuana grower, checks the leaves of his marijuana plants, on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday.

Tens of thousands of women each year might be able to skip at least some of the grueling treatments for breast cancer - which can include surgery, heavy chemo and radiation - without greatly harming their odds of survival, new research suggests.

Desmond Tutu home robbed; was at Mandela memorial By RAY FAURE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG Police in South Africa say retired Archbishop Desmond Tutu's home was robbed while he was away to attend a memorial honoring Nelson Mandela.

A man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela's memorial service, attended by scores of heads of state, was a "fake," the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa said on Tuesday.

The Afghan Interior Ministry says a car bomb has exploded near a gate used by NATO troops in the northern section of the Kabul airport.

Hundreds of police started storming a protest camp in the central square of the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, clashing with demonstrators as they tried to dismantle barricades.

It may not be blessed with the slick production values or flashy star power of "House of Cards."

Croatia's prime minister said Tuesday that his government is considering taking part in the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons, but only if there is no opposition from the public.

Singer Mariah Carey holds hands with Santa Claus as she performs at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, attended by President Barack Obama and his family, at the Ellipse in Washington, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013.

A half-century ago Nelson Mandela was taken as a prisoner to Robben Island, 11 kilometers across the bay from Cape Town, where he would begin serving a life sentence for plotting to overthrow South Africa's racist apartheid system.

The winners of the 2013 Nobel Prizes will collect their $1.2 million awards Tuesday at ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo.

The watchdog over the national eavesdropping agency says many recent leaks about the Five Eyes intelligence network are being taken out of context by the media.