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How a Facebook like put Saudi blogger at risk of beheading Tue, 3 Mar 2015 17:59:51 EST How a Facebook like put Saudi blogger at risk of beheading Tue, 3 Mar 2015 17:59:51 EST The Saudi judiciary has recommended liberal blogger Raif Badawi be retried on apostasy charges that carry an automatic sentence of death by beheading, largely because of his support for Mideast Christians. The Harper government has backed the same cause, but is reluctant to criticize Saudi Arabia. Read More Canadian charged in death of 4-year-old St. Lucia boy Tue, 3 Mar 2015 16:18:17 EST Sahab Jamshidi, a Canadian charged in St. Lucia following the drowning death of a four-year-old boy, says that he tried to save the boy, denying reports that he took the child on a fatal kitesurfing ride off the coast of the Caribbean island. Read More Netanyahu didn't offer 'viable alternatives' for Iran nuclear deal, Obama says Tue, 3 Mar 2015 09:07:04 EST U.S. President Barack Obama says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu didn't offer any "viable alternatives" to the nuclear negotiations with Iran during his speech to Congress. Read More Sex shows streamed from Windsor libraries probed by police Tue, 3 Mar 2015 13:12:28 EST Sex shows streamed live online from two branches of the Windsor Public Library are being investigated by police. Read More Oil moves higher, pushing Canadian dollar above 80 cents Tue, 3 Mar 2015 13:10:42 EST Oil makes gains after Saudi Arabia boosts its price to Asian and U.S. buyers and as fighting threatened oilfields in Libya — but some analysts say it could still fall to $20 a barrel because of continued oversupply. Read More More Headlines Illegal elephant tusk vendor convicted with help of radiocarbon dating Maher Arar on draft list of anti-terrorism bill experts, but no ex-PMs NSA leaker Edward Snowden would return to U.S. if guaranteed fair trial: Russian lawyer Ferguson police routinely displayed racial bias, U.S. investigation finds Housing market divide: Toronto and Vancouver hot, Calgary's not 'Am I normal?': Study reveals average penis size Canada's top general to step down later this year Let them eat cake? U.S. lawmakers try to take a bite out of school bake sale bans Last box of Canadian-made Kellogg's cereal opened in Timmins, Ont. Arrests made after 'potential threat' closes Nova Scotia mall