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ABBOTSFORD, B.C. — The hundreds of normally jovial people dressed in their best wedding finest were absent Sunday and instead, sombre members of the Sikh community gathered for a wedding cruelly marred by an accident that killed six and injured 17 in Abbotsford, B. More...

MISSION, B.C. (CP) - Sombre friends and family are gathering in the dining hall of a Mission Sikh temple to quietly mark a wedding that's been shattered by the deaths of six partiers less than two days ago. More...

New Khalsa school approved, despite questions about Malik connection (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/sikh/SIG=13msvm8ns/*http%3A//ca.news.yahoo.com/s/30052006/3/vancouver-new-khalsa-school-approved-despite-questions-malik-connection.html Array Tue, 30...

A GOVERNMENT inspector who refused a Sikh temple's sports hall bid was overruled by John Prescott last week. Inspector Sue Turner recommended the Sri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara's application be refused because it would harm the Green Belt...

Reuters - Move over Harry Potter. In Amman's downtown bazaars, the bestselling book these days is Saddam Hussein's bootlegged novel "Get out of here, curse you!" http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oddlyenough/*http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20050701/od_uk_nm/oukoe_saddam_novel

Despite illnesses that have diminished his once powerful voice and left him frail, the Rev. Billy Graham vowed to preach each night of his final American crusade. He kept that promise Friday night, the start of a three-day event at a city park that marks the completion of his six decades of mass...

Reuters - Filmmaker Steven Spielberg praised Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's "movie star good looks" on Monday, but nimbly dodged the question of whether the Japanese leader had a future in film...

Every couple of years, Madonna reemerges. Sometimes it's with a CD; sometimes it's with a movie; sometimes, unfortunately, it's with a fragrance. This time, the 46-year-old expatriate pop star is back with a children's book, her fifth in the past three years. If there was any doubt, the...

AP - Shares of Apple Computer Inc. sank more than 5 percent early Thursday, despite another quarter of robust profits attributed to sales of its iconic iPod digital music player. The question is looming larger whether the company will be able to follow that blockbuster with another...