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TORONTO – The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an attempt by oil giant Chevron to block Ecuadorian villagers from using an Ontario court to collect billions in damages over rainforest pollution. The 7-0 ruling Friday allows the case to proceed in Canada. Lawyers have fought for years in several …

VIENNA – The head of the U.N. atomic energy agency says satellite imagery of North Korea’s main nuclear site indicates that the country is expanding its atomic program. Yukiya Amano spoke Monday at the opening of a 35-nation board meeting of his International Atomic Energy Agency. Most of the focus …

TORONTO – Some 300 prominent Canadians have sent a letter Canada’s prime minister urging him to take action to get Al-Jazeera English journalist Mohamed Fahmy freed from an Egyptian prison and returned to Canada. Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin, Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour and author Michael …