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About 2,000 soldiers have paid their respects to Cpl. Nick Bulger, killed in Afghanistan on Friday, as his casket was loaded onto a plane for the journey home to Canada. CBC.ca

North Korea has launched a series of missiles off its eastern coast, following similar tests earlier in the week, according to South Korea's Defence Ministry. CBC.ca

Honduras' Supreme Court rejected an ultimatum on Friday from the head of the Organization of American States to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya to power or face suspension from the regional body. CBC.ca

A Canadian soldier was killed Friday in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb that narrowly missed a vehicle carrying the commander of coalition troops in Kandahar. CBC.ca

Sarah Palin announced Friday she is stepping down as governor of Alaska at the end of the month, fuelling speculation she could make a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. CBC.ca

A Pakistani army helicopter crashed in the northwestern tribal region of Orakzai on Friday, killing 26 people on board, military officials said. CBC.ca

Foreign ministries across the 27-nation European Union bloc have summoned Iranian ambassadors to demand the release of British embassy staff in Tehran. CBC.ca

U.S. forces began to secure key centres in Helmand province in Afghanistan on Friday as a major offensive aimed at pushing out the Taliban entered its second day. CBC.ca

German prosecutors have ruled that accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk is fit to stand trial for allegedly helping to kill 29,000 Jews in 1943. CBC.ca

U.S. President Barack Obama was wrong to suggest Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin remains partially mired in a Cold War mindset, Putin's spokesman said Friday. CBC.ca

The request by Ban Ki-moon to meet with jailed Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been rejected during what the UN secretary general has called a "very tough" diplomatic mission. CBC.ca

The head of the Organization of American States says he will travel to Honduras on Friday to demand Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a coup last weekend, be reinstated as president. CBC.ca

Changes in the nature of global weather phenomenon El Niño may be causing an increase in the total number of hurricanes as well as their likelihood of hitting land, new research suggests. CBC.ca

Ronnie Biggs, one of the culprits behind the Great Train Robbery of 1963, will appeal the British government's decision to deny him parole on compassionate grounds, his family said Thursday. CBC.ca

Former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami harshly criticized Iran's ruling regime on Wednesday and called for the release of people arrested in the aftermath of June 12's contentious presidential election. CBC.ca

Warmer weather is causing a famous breed of Scottish sheep to get smaller, according to research published in a leading scientific journal. CBC.ca

The pilot of a doomed Air France flight was flying with neither the help of the autopilot nor information about the plane's speed and direction when it slammed into the Atlantic Ocean a month ago, French officials said Thursday. CBC.ca

North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, the South Korean Defence Ministry spokesman said. CBC.ca