BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb struck Baghdad’s Shiite militia stronghold today, killing at least 20 people as international envoys met in the Iraqi capital to talk about stabilizing the violence-shattered country.

-SASKATOON - Stephen Harper pledged $1 Billion from the Canadian budget to aid farmers in their struggle due to economic and natural hardships

OTTAWA — Conrad Black and his co-accused face an imposing array of charges in the criminal fraud case that begins next week in Chicago.

-James Brown’s body was placed in a crypt Saturday at the Beech Island home of one of the soul singer’s daughters, a spokeswoman for the Rev. Al Sharpton said. Sharpton presided over the private ceremony held for family and a few friends at the home of Deanna Brown Thomas.

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