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OTTAWA—Federal political parties have joined forces to ensure notorious sex killer Karla Homolka won’t be pardoned for her gruesome crimes. The four parties struck an 11th-hour deal Wednesday to hive off measures in a pardon-reform […] […]

Thousands of England fans descended on Cape Town today ahead of tomorrow’s World Cup clash with Algeria. London Mayor Boris Johnson has already arrived in the “Mother City” to blow the trumpet for England’s 2018 […] […]

POLICE in the United States have defended a white officer caught on video punching a black teenage girl in the face. Police officer Ian Walsh, from Seattle, punched the 17-year-old as he struggled with her […] […]

Murder was ‘twisted, chilling and repugnant,’ judge says Aqsa Parvez’s father and brother had a mindset that was “chilling, twisted and repugnant,” Justice Bruce Durno told a Brampton court Wednesday. Muhammad Parvez, 60, and his […] […]

A condemned Utah inmate’s decision to die in a barrage of bullets fired by five unnamed marksmen has been vilified by many as an archaic form of Old West-style justice. But some experts argue it […] […]

Informants who aided the rescue of four members of the Colombian security forces from rebels will share a $1.2m (£800,000) reward, the army has said. The three police officers and a soldier had been held […] […]

AN animal rights group blasted actor Chris Klein, who had a blood-alcohol level that was three times the legal limit when he was arrested on suspicion of DUI today, for driving intoxicated with an animal […] […]

PRETORIA, South Africa — Diego Forlan scored two goals to help give Uruguay a 3-0 victory over South Africa today and push the World Cup host team closer to becoming the first to go out […] […]

Winston Reid’s whanau say they’re bubbling with pride after watching their man become New Zealand soccer’s most famous name. The 21-year-old All White sent the country into raptures early yesterday when he headed home a […] […]