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Mexico arrests man in beating of Canadian woman
A Mexican man has been arrested and will likely face an attempted homicide charge in the brutal beating of a Canadian woman at a five-star resort in Mazatlan.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:50:42 EST

Canada condemns Libya amid reports of prisoner abuse
Canada is delivering a diplomatic scolding to Libya over reports of deaths and systemic torture in Libyan prisons.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:03:52 EST

Syrian violence escalates, death toll rises
Two days of bloody turmoil in Syria killed at least 74 people as forces loyal to President Bashar Assad shelled residential buildings, fired on crowds and left bleeding corpses in the streets in a dramatic escalation of violence, activists said Friday.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:31:50 EST

Fitch downgrades 5 eurozone countries
Ratings agency Fitch downgraded the credit ratings of five eurozone nations Friday, including economic heavyweights Italy and Spain.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:36:17 EST

Egyptians mark 'Friday of Rage' anniversary in Cairo
Some 10,000 Egyptian protesters have converged on Cairo's downtown Tahrir Square to mark the first anniversary of "Friday of Rage," a key day in the popular uprising that ousted President Hosni Mubarak.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:27:47 EST

'Barefoot Bandit' sentenced to 6½ years
A federal judge in Seattle has sentenced "Barefoot Bandit" Colton Harris-Moore to 6½ years in prison for his infamous two-year, international crime spree of break-ins and boat and plane thefts that ended in 2010.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:03:03 EST

Cruise ship survivors offered $14,454 compensation
The company that owns the Costa Concordia ? the cruise ship that capsized off Tuscany ? is offering uninjured passengers ?11,000 ($14,454 Cdn) each to compensate them for lost baggage and psychological trauma.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:59:47 EST

NASA's Kepler mission finds 26 new planets
NASA's Kepler mission has discovered 11 new planetary systems hosting 26 confirmed planets ? nearly doubling the number of verified planets and tripling the number of stars known to have more than one planet that passes in front of it.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:42:41 EST

More large quakes could hit Haiti, Dominican Republic
Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released Thursday.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:40:56 EST

Online economy expected to double by 2016
The size and value of the business conducted online is forecast to almost double by 2016, a report from a major consultancy says.
-- Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:10:25 EST