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Italy earthquake kills at least 4

One of the strongest earthquakes to shake northern Italy rattled the region around Bologna early Sunday, a magnitude-6.0 temblor that killed at least four people, toppled buildings and sent residents running into the streets.

G8 leaders shift focus to growth from austerity

The leaders of the G8 group of countries agreed that Europe's financial crisis must be addressed with a mix of growth and austerity measures, as they met in Maryland.

Lockerbie bomber dies

The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted of the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, has died from cancer at his home at age 60.

Baird not prepared to extend Afghan mission 'at this time'

NATO has asked for Canadian troops to stay in Afghanistan past the end of their training mission in 2014, but Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird tells CBC he isn't "prepared to commit to any more than that."

Bee Gees singer Robin Gibb dies

Robin Gibb, a British-born singer and songwriter best known as a member of the Bee Gees, has died in London. He was 62.

Italian police puzzled by school bomb attack

Investigators in Italy still had no firm clue of who was behind a bomb attack at a school, which killed one 16-year-old student, a day after a device made up of gas cylinders exploded outside a mainly all-girls vocational school in Brindisi.