The street crime unit of the Cape Breton Regional Police is being applauded by Attorney General and Justice Minister Cecil Clarke for seizing $700,000 in Oxycontin.

SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt, Nov. 9 -- Israeli, Palestinian and international negotiators pledged Sunday to continue peace talks launched last year by President Bush, even though the quest for peace will certainly outlast his administration.

After bringing at least two dozen new Democrats to the House in Tuesday's elections, Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D) has agreed to try to duplicate that achievement in 2010 as chair of the caucus's campaign arm. He also will

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military commentator Ilya Kramnik) - An accident on the Nerpa nuclear-powered submarine claimed 20 lives, the largest number of casualties since the sinking of the Kursk submarine in 2000. The Russian and international press are highlighting the

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There was confusion about what relief Essex residents will get from Essex County Council, after two leading members of the Conservative ruling party gave opposite views on the subject at the same meeting. At a meeting of the full council

Great Baddow Lib Dem councillor Maureen Miller has presented a petition to the county council asking for a new sub post office in the Meadgate area.

Caroline Pidgeon AM, newly elected to the London Assembly in May, gives us an inside view of life at City Hall and the new Mayor of London.

He said Sunday he hoped the California Supreme Court will reverse the result of the ballot initiative on same-sex unions. He added the 18,000 weddings of gay and lesbian couples solemnized the past 5 months will likely not be nullified

The 43rd and 44th U.S. presidents will meet at the Oval Office while first lady Laura Bush gives Michelle Obama a tour of the White House. Obama makes his visit at the invitation of Bush, who has repeatedly praised Obama's

President-elect Barack Obama has yet to announce his choice for members of his Cabinet, of which key posts while the nation seeks to fix an ailing economy and win the war in Iraq are the defense and treasury secretaries. Gates

Van Hollen has agreed to lead Democratic efforts to retain the majority in 2010, the Washington Post said on Monday. He will also have the additional responsibility of coordinating policy decisions between the House and President-elect Barack Obama.

Dawson, the third longest-serving state Republican chair, has repeatedly expressed interest in taking over as head of the RNC from current chair Mike Duncan. He sent an eight-page survey to all 168 members of the RNC last Wednesday asking them

For decades, much of the Western world has gone about its affairs without giving much thought to Africa.

Early returns are in on how well local polls were administered on Election Day. The report mainly is positive.

They won't be able to vote for nearly a decade, but some kids in Canton know their politics. Fifth and sixth graders at an inner-city Canton school closely followed the presidential election and believe in Barack Obama's message of change.

Just hours after seeing their casino ballot issue clobbered at the polls across Ohio, supporters of the gambling plan are insisting they will come back with another casino plan for voters to consider. WKSU's Bill Cohen reports.

Cambridge MP David Howarth has backed his party's call for train operators to re-open the Cambridge to Oxford railway line in return for longer franchises.

Cambridge Union Society has given a resounding 'no confidence' vote to the Labour Government - and backed the city's MP

ALEX Salmond yesterday attacked moves which he claimed would give Holyrood a defined share of tax revenues but not the means to change the rates themselves.