NEWS IMAGE COLLAGE / for 10-2012

There's a massive police presence in the Greek capital as German Chancellor Angela Merkel makes her first visit since the eurozone crisis erupted.

The Cowichan River could run bone dry before the end of the month if rain doesn't start falling by the bucketful, raising concerns for environmentalists, municipal officials and representatives of the nearby paper mill.

President Hugo Chavez won re-election Sunday, defeating challenger Henrique Capriles and gaining six more years to cement his legacy and press ahead with his crusade for socialism in Venezuela.

A man linked to a grenade attack on a Jewish shop in Paris is killed in a shoot-out with French police during a wave of anti-terror arrests.

A group of Canadians challenging the election win of seven Conservative MPs has scored a victory along the road to getting the main case heard in Federal Court with the MPs' motions for extra security deposits being denied.

An ancient statue, recovered by a Nazi expedition in the 1930s, was originally carved from a highly valuable meteorite, say researchers.

The government says there won't be any charges against two oilsands companies that own tailings ponds in northern Alberta where hundreds of ducks died two years ago.

The American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming is holding a "Name the Tribble" contest. The idea is to promote American Archives Month and show people that archives aren't just repositories of musty old documents -- they can be home to cool stu

Archaeologists say a stone jar found at burial chamber in northern Guatemala leads them to believe it is the tomb of a great Maya queen.

A Russian scientist says a well-preserved mammoth that was possibly killed by Ice Age man has been found in the permafrost of northern Siberia.

The Crown is appealing the sentences given to two Stanley Cup rioters in Vancouver, saying the penalties should be tougher.

More than 1,000 fish have been killed following a chlorine contamination incident in one of the last salmon-bearing streams in Vancouver.

A Dutch court has rejected a lawsuit filed by Royal Dutch Shell PLC against Greenpeace International seeking to ban environmentalists from holding protests against the oil company's Arctic drilling program on or near Shell property.

Two women in Nunavik had an unusual encounter while berry picking on Saturday - they claim to have seen a tall creature covered in long, dark hair.

The NHL and NHL Players' Association quietly resumed collective bargaining talks one day after cancelling the first two weeks of the regular season.

One of National Defence's signature deficit-fighting measures was realized Friday with the establishment of a single command to handle domestic, overseas and support operations.

Two fishermen discovered the remains of a human leg floating under a Vancouver bridge Friday, and police were quickly called in to investigate.

Gloria Taylor, the B.C. woman who won the right to die by physician-assisted suicide, has died.

The principal of the school at the centre of the no-zero debate is quitting his position.

The Supreme Court of Canada revisited a 1998 ruling which set a threshold for findings of criminality in instances where someone with HIV fails to disclose their condition.

Police described as Tunisian citizens, said they tried to enter Turkey with false passports

Ottawa is extending a review of the proposed takeover of Progress Energy Resources Corp. (TSX:PRQ) by Malaysia's Petronas.

The 2012-13 NHL season will not begin as scheduled. The league announced on Thursday that it has cancelled all games through Oct. 24 as the lockout continues.

The federal government is cancelling the contracts of all non-Christian chaplains at federal prisons, CBC News has learned.

A Winnipeg-based internet pharmacy, believed to be Canada's biggest, has been ordered by U.S. officials to stop marketing drugs to American customers through 3,700 websites.

An attorney for a man who fatally shot his 15-year-old son, thinking he was an intruder, said Thursday that state police want access to a computer and phone used by the teen to try to determine why he was out at night wearing a ski mask and armed with a k

A former Charles Manson follower imprisoned for 40 years in a double murder engineered by Manson won a recommendation of parole Thursday in his 27th appearance before a parole board panel.

Rush, Deep Purple, Public Enemy and N.W.A. are among the group of first-time nominees for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Wednesday marked Day 18 of the NHL lockout, and we asked fans their opinion on who they were now supporting. The results are in and it's showing a decrease in support for both sides of the labour negotiations.

A human rights group has documented "serious abuses" in the criminal justice system of Hamas, the political movement that runs the Palestinian territory of Gaza

Artificial toes crafted in ancient Egypt are likely to be the world's first prosthetic body parts, according to a British researcher.

A B.C. gambling addict is suing the B.C. Lottery Corporation and two Langley casinos, claiming they failed to stop her from entering the casinos and led to her ultimately blowing more than $330,000.

Doctors in Kenya's public hospitals on Wednesday spent their 17th day on strike to protest the dilapidated state of public health care. Emergency rooms in some of Kenya's public hospitals frequently don't have gloves or medicine, and power outages sometim

New Zealand canceled a visa for Mike Tyson on Wednesday because of his rape conviction, saying it reversed its earlier approval because a charity that would have benefited from his appearance says it wants nothing to do with the former heavyweight boxing

Turkish artillery fired on Syrian targets Wednesday after shelling from Syria struck a border village in Turkey, killing five civilians, sharply escalating tensions between the two neighbours and prompting NATO to convene an emergency meeting.

The B.C. man convicted in Thailand for sexually abusing a child has agreed to abide by strict conditions in order to be released into Canadian society.

A car sharing operation that was launched in Calgary earlier this year is a resounding success and now plans are in the works to expand the service.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz says inspection staff at the XL Foods plant in the midst of the largest beef recall in Canadian history have done a terrific job until now.

A Virginia man spent four hours in jail after purchasing a Chevrolet Traverse from Priority Chevrolet in Chesapeake, Va., Autoblog Canada reports.

Energy Minister Chris Bentley moved one step closer to being found in contempt of parliament Tuesday after the opposition parties voted to send the issue to a legislative committee, which could recommend penalties, including jail time.

More bicycles than cars were sold in Italy last year for the first time in decades, local media report, a trend attributed largely to the economic crisis.

Wayne Gretzky believes the NHL will be up and running by Jan. 1. But No. 99 also made it clear that he has no inside knowledge of what has been going on behind the closed doors of the stalled negotiations between the NHL and NHLPA that - in the next

A 53-year-old B.C. man has been charged with counselling a depressed woman to kill herself, and police are asking to hear from anyone else who might have received similar advice.

Reconstructive surgeon said he believes patient will have 'a normal looking ear'

Approximately 100 homes in Winnipeg's St. Boniface neighbourhood are being evacuated tonight as firefighters battle a massive blaze at a racing fuel plant.

A chartered boat packed with revellers during a holiday weekend collides with a ferry and sinks off Hong Kong on Monday night, killing at least 36 people and injuring dozens more, authorities say.

Gay rights advocates are making plans to get other states to join California in banning psychotherapy aimed at making gay teenagers straight, even as opponents prepared Monday to sue to overturn the first law in the nation to take aim at the practice.

Garrett Elsey was in Bristol to start graduate school

The 26-year-old failed to notice the tram approaching from his left and was hit head-on, authorities said

Contracts with private companies running new gas-powered plants agree to pay them fixed prices regardless of how much electricity they produce, documents show