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TORONTO – The U.S. and Asian ban on British Columbia poultry will have a minimal effect on the Canadian economy because British Columbia exports less than 10 percent of its flock, Canadian officials said Tuesday. The U.S., Taiwan, Hong Kong and Japan banned poultry from mainland British Columbia on Monday …

WASHINGTON – As the holiday season makes its official debut this week, law enforcement and consumer officials say that people will be prone to identity theft over the next few anxious, frenzied, credit-card-swiping weeks. “Identity theft in general should be a huge concern for everybody. It’s one of those crimes …

NEW YORK – U.S. troops could begin leaving Iraq in significant numbers sometime next year, so long as Iraqi forces are properly armed and trained by then, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Chalabi told a U.S. audience on Friday. Chalabi, the controversial former exile who came to New York after …