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Court martial proceedings against former Sri Lankan general Sareth Fonseka have begun in Colombo. CBC.ca

Palestinians and Israeli riot police clashed in eastern Jerusalem on Tuesday as a U.S. Middle East envoy postponed a trip to the region that was meant to bolster peace talks. CBC.ca

A pre-dawn earthquake shook Southern California on Tuesday, startling residents from their sleep. CBC.ca

The Red Cross is warning it won't have enough hurricane-proof shelters for earthquake-shattered Haiti by the time storm season commences. CBC.ca

Thai protesters poured donated blood outside the front gate of the government headquarters in Bangkok in a symbolic sacrifice to press their demand for a new election. CBC.ca

Afghanistan's government will provide more than 1,000 police reinforcements to the southern province of Kandahar after Taliban attacks killed dozens of people there over the weekend. CBC.ca

Fiji declares a state of emergency in the hardest-hit areas as Cyclone Tomas batters the South Pacific nation's northern outer islands. CBC.ca

Finance Minister Jim Flaherty took his federal budget sales pitch to New York on Monday and found that convincing investors of Canada's merits was a surprisingly easy sell. CBC.ca

The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics. CBC.ca

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered more security forces dispatched to embattled Kandahar city following a series of deadly insurgent attacks. CBC.ca

U.S. President Barack Obama took his push for health-care reform to Ohio on Monday, calling on Congress to move beyond partisan politics and pass the controversial changes. CBC.ca

Thailand's prime minister rejects an ultimatum to dissolve Parliament on Monday as tens of thousands of protesters vow to splatter the seat of government with their own blood if their demands aren't met. CBC.ca

Greece has made another request for support from European finance ministers, as the Mediterranean country struggles to get its ballooning debt load under control. CBC.ca

Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese in Germany says it has suspended a priest convicted of sexually abusing minors and accepting the resignation of his superior. CBC.ca

Iran's hardline government says the country's largest pro-reform political party - the Islamic Iran Participation Front - has been banned as part of the crackdown on the opposition. CBC.ca

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country's controversial plan to build homes in east Jerusalem won't harm Palestinians. CBC.ca

U.S. President Barack Obama is reportedly outraged over the killings of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Mexico over the weekend. CBC.ca

Whale researchers returned from Antarctic waters Monday after a six-week expedition they say proves Japan's annual kill of whales for scientific purposes is unnecessary. CBC.ca