TORONTO (AP) – Canada added a better-than-expected 27,100 jobs in August, one of the biggest gains since the recession began in the country last fall.

CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) - Nouriel Roubini, a leading economist who predicted the scale of global financial troubles, said a U-shaped recovery is possible, with leading economies undeperforming perhaps for 3 years.

NEW YORK - Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed disappointment Friday at news outlets that used a picture taken and distributed by The Associated Press depicting a U.S. Marine mortally wounded in combat in Afghanistan.

WASHINGTON – The White House is facing mounting pressure from lawmakers to work harder to rally flagging public support for the war in Afghanistan.

KABUL (AP) - The U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan says it has fired eight security guards following allegations of lewd behavior and sexual misconduct at their living quarters.

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, including dozens of civilians who had rushed to the scene to collect fuel, Afghan officials said.

WASHINGTON - The European Union is strongly criticizing a congressional proposal to charge a $10 fee to some visitors to the United States and suggesting it may carry a price for U.S. travelers.

JERUSALEM (CNN) – An archaeological dig in Jerusalem has turned up a 3,700-year-old wall that is the largest and oldest of its kind found in the region, experts say.

The Obama administration attacked Israel on Friday for giving the green light to the building of hundreds of new homes in the occupied West Bank even as the two sides negotiate a freeze on settlement construction.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama’s adviser Van Jones has resigned amid controversy over past inflammatory statements, the White House said early Sunday.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The mutual-fund industry has fired back in a Supreme Court case about fund fees, arguing that an adverse ruling could drive up fees and put fund managers out of business.

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – Investors worried about the European Commission’s antitrust inquiry into Oracle Corp.’s deal to buy Sun Microsystems Inc. will have longer to wait, but the deal probably will get a go ahead at some point.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) – The days of market exclusivity could soon come to an end for the biotech industry if Congress moves forward with plans to finally allow generic biologics on the U.S. market.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – E-book readers like the Amazon Kindle and Sony Reader will have to cut their prices significantly to draw mass-market adoption, according to a new study by Forrester Research.

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LONDON (AP) - A vintage train carrying Holocaust survivors pulled into London on Friday, ending a three-day trip across Europe that marked the 70th anniversary of their extraordinary rescue by a young British stockbroker.

EVERETT, Wash. (AP) - Two radio station towers were toppled early Friday, and the station’s manager said an ecoterrorist group’s initials were left at the scene.

The head of Google’s operations in China quit on Friday, ending a controversial four-year tenure that saw the company censored version of its search engine to gain a foothold in the most populous internet market.

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