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West Bank settlement freeze ends: A partial moratorium on Israeli settlement construction in the West Bank has expired and Jewish settlers are preparing to resume building.
Plane in possible bomb hoax lands in Pakistan: Relatives throng an airport in southern Pakistan on Sunday to greet passengers whose flight from Canada was diverted to Sweden after a baseless report that a man aboard had explosives.
Jewish activists set sail for Gaza: A boat carrying Jewish activists from Israel, Germany, the U.S. and Britain set sail Sunday from northern Cyprus for the Gaza Strip, hoping to breach Israel's naval blockade there.

Newfoundland slogs toward Igor recovery: Canadian Forces personnel fan out across Bonavista Peninsula and other parts of Newfoundland torn apart by Hurricane Igor, to gauge the destruction and how they can help communities rebuild.
Brutal storm cuts off B.C. communities: Residents of the Bella Coola Valley in B.C.'s Cariboo region are safe but stranded after a heavy rainstorm and floods walloped the region over the weekend.
Graham, Alward rally voters on last day: Liberal Leader Shawn Graham said Sunday that with five parties running in the provincial election Monday, it will be critical for supporters to get out the vote in every riding.

Census change challenge heads to Federal Court: The Federal Court will hear a complaint in Ottawa on Monday morning by a French-Canadian group that opposes the government's move to scrap the mandatory long-form census and replace it with a voluntary national household survey.
G8/G20 spending an 'orgy of excess': Liberals: The Liberals have stepped up their offensive over newly released expenditure reports for the G8 and G20 summits, labelling the spending an "orgy of excess."
Newfoundland slogs toward Igor recovery: Canadian Forces personnel fan out across Bonavista Peninsula and other parts of Newfoundland torn apart by Hurricane Igor, to gauge the destruction and how they can help communities rebuild.

Own touch eases acute pain: study: People tend to clutch a painful area of their body after an injury because it may offer a sense of relief, British scientists have found.
44% of gay, bisexual men with HIV don't know it: One in five sexually active gay and bisexual men in the United States has the AIDS virus, and nearly half of those don't know they are infected, a new study suggests.
Quebec MDs waits for bariatric surgery funds: Bariatric surgeons in Quebec are pressing the Liberal government to fulfil its promise to better fund the weight-loss procedure that helps prevent death from obesity.

Actors unions warn against Hobbit roles: Seven actors unions around the world have told their members not to work on The Hobbit films because they don't have a contract with the production.
Cairo Time, CBC big winners at directors' awards: The film Cairo Time and the CBC snagged major prizes at the Directors Guild of Canada awards.
Green Day front man makes American Idiot debut: Singer Billie Joe Armstrong makes his Broadway debut in American Idiot, the show he helped create based on Green Day's 2004 album.

Facebook launches Places location feature: Facebook has launched its Places feature in Canada, which allows users to "check in" to locations using the GPS on their smartphone and share the information with friends.
Global groundwater levels dwindling: study: A survey of global groundwater indicates underground supplies are being depleted increasingly quickly.
Six tech firms settle hiring collusion case: Six major Silicon Valley companies have settled allegations that they colluded to hold down payroll expenses by agreeing not to poach employees from each other.

Markets surge on U.S. economic data: North American stock markets have surged, closing higher after a better-than-expected reading on U.S. orders for big-ticket manufactured goods.
RIM, India will agree on BlackBerry: minister: India and Research In Motion will succeed in negotiating a compromise to keep RIM's BlackBerry service in place in the country, Canadian Federal Trade Minister Peter Van Loan suggests.
Six tech firms settle hiring collusion case: Six major Silicon Valley companies have settled allegations that they colluded to hold down payroll expenses by agreeing not to poach employees from each other.

Deceptive ads on social media sites targeted: Federal investigators are searching through social media sites searching for fraudulent and deceptive advertising.
UN food organization says no crisis: A special meeting of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has ended in Rome with an agreement that the current volatility in wheat prices is not a global crisis.
Credit cards delay chip rollout: Visa and MasterCard have backed down on plans to fully introduce chip technology for all credit card transactions in October.

Tackle Me Elmo? Punches thrown in attack on man dressed as 'Sesame Street' character
Montana woman fends off backyard bear attack with zucchini from garden
Oakland commuter trains briefly halted after poodle gets off car, disappears down tunnel

Eskimos beat Argos in Moncton: The Edmonton Eskimos overcame five turnovers to beat the Toronto Argonauts 24-6 in a sloppily played Canadian Football League contest at Moncton, N.B., on Sunday afternoon.
Canada, others settle into Commonwealth village: With the first members of the Canadian squad set to arrive Monday at the Commonwealth Games, officials say the rooms in the troubled athletes' village are finally ready.
Oilers drub Canucks in Khabibulin's return: Nikolai Khabibulin made 26 saves in his first action since being convicted of drunk driving in Arizona and the Edmonton Oilers thumped the Vancouver Canucks 8-2 in NHL pre-season action Sunday.