Least Expensive Cities In Canada

Least Expensive Cities In Canada, Least expensive cities in Canada to buy a home. Sales of existing homes in Canada rose from a year ago in August, according to the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). Does this mean Canada is headed for bubble territory? Residents of these cities might beg to differ. Click through to see which cities boast the least expensive homes in the country.

India 10,000 Doctors Strike

10,000 doctors strike for better pay in India

(CNN) -- At Zenana hospital in the western Indian city of Jaipur, Nasroon Bano died after giving birth. Her family blamed it on the absence of doctors.

Zenana like Rajasthan's other public hospitals was in crisis Saturday as 10,000 doctors remained on strike for a fourth day.

The doctors, who work at government-run hospitals that cater to the poor, are demanding higher salaries and better promotion opportunities that are on par with their counterparts in federal medical services.

Kepler Planet Confirmed

NASA's Kepler confirms its first habitable planet. In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, NASA said Monday the Kepler space telescope has confirmed its first-ever planet in a habitable zone outside our solar system.

In another step toward finding Earth-like planets that may hold life, NASA said Monday the Kepler space telescope has confirmed its first-ever planet in a habitable zone outside our solar system.

French astronomers earlier this year confirmed the first exoplanet to meet key requirements for sustaining life, but Kepler 22b, initially glimpsed in 2009, is the first the US space agency has been able to confirm.

Prince Charles related to Vlad the Impaler

Prince Charles related to Vlad the Impaler, Vlad the Impaler: How is Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth related to him? In an upcoming TV show to promote his interest in Romania's Transylvania region, Britain's Prince Charles claims he is related to Vlad the Impaler, who gave rise to the Dracula vampire stories. Apparently, so is his mother, the queen.

6.9 Earthquake in Peru

6.9 Earthquake in Peru, Magnitude-6.9 quake shakes Peru, A magnitude-6.9 earthquake centered off Peru's central coast sent people running panicked into the streets Friday in cities badly damaged by a killer quake four years earlier. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.

Canada urged to swap national symbol

Canada urged to swap national symbol, Canada urged to swap beaver emblem for bear. Conservative senator calls beaver 'toothy tyrant' A Conservative senator says it's time Canada was symbolized by something more majestic than a buck-toothed rodent. Senator Nicole Eaton wants the polar bear to replace the beaver as an official emblem of Canada.

Queen Elizabeth gets mooned

Queen Elizabeth gets mooned, 'I mooned the Queen': Australian protester charged after flashing monarch when she waved at him.

• Liam Warriner said he dropped his trousers for a dare
• The 22-year-old tucked an Australian flag between his bottom cheeks
• He has been charged with being a public nuisance and wilful exposure

With an Australian flag tucked between the cheeks of his bare bottom, a man allegedly ‘mooned’ the Queen as she was driven past him in a motorcade today.

Track falling german satellite

Track falling german satellite, Track Germany's Falling, 2.4-Ton Satellite in Real-Time. Sometime this weekend, the sky will actually be falling. A defunct German Roentgen satellite, or ROSAT, the size of a large car is set to plunge to Earth somewhere between Saturday and Sunday -- and experts say there's no way to precisely determine where it will crash.

Aussie riot police break up Occupy protest

Aussie riot police break up Occupy protest, MELBOURNE, Australia - Riot police in Australia's second-largest city broke up a demonstration linked to the "Occupy Wall Street" movement Friday, after a group of around 100 people protesting corporate greed defied an order to vacate a plaza.

Seeger, Guthrie join Wall Street protest

Seeger, Guthrie join Wall Street protest, Seeger, Guthrie join Wall Street protest, Musical march with Seeger, Guthrie, Amram enlivens Wall Street protest. Folk music legend Pete Seeger and '60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in their campaign against corporate greed while residents near the protest park encampment pushed to regain some peace and quiet in their neighbourhood.

Prince Harry and american girl

Prince Harry and american girl, Prince Harry Lands an American Girl - Dating Cocktail Waitress Jessica Donaldson. Britain’s Prince Harry is dating an American girl, he has been spotted with a cocktail waitress from California.

Gadhafi plastic surgery

Gadhafi plastic surgery, Brazilian Plastic Surgeon Says Operated on Gadhafi. It was well past midnight when the Brazilian surgeon says he was escorted deep inside a bunker in the Libyan capital.

His assignment: to shave years off Moammar Gadhafi's appearance by removing fat from his belly and injecting it into his wrinkled face. The Libyan leader also got hair plugs.

Drone virus may be from internet game

Drone virus may be from internet game

Drone virus may be from internet game, Computer virus hits US Predator and Reaper drone fleet. A computer virus has infected the cockpits of America’s Predator and Reaper drones, logging pilots’ every keystroke as they remotely fly missions over Afghanistan and other war zones.

Twitter allowed in House of Commons

Twitter allowed in House of Commons

Twitter allowed in House of Commons, MPs vote in favour of using Twitter in Commons. MPs have backed a motion allowing them to use Twitter during Commons debates.

An amendment that would have effectively banned its use - by permitting MPs to only "receive and send urgent messages" in the chamber - was defeated by 206 votes to 63.

Some MPs had argued that the widespread use of smart phones and tablet computers during proceedings would bring the Commons into "disrepute".

Iran spies

Iran spies

Iran spies. Iran frees jailed US hiker 'spies' Bauer and Fattal. The hikers' release has been negotiated against a backdrop of tension between Washington and Tehran. A pair of Americans convicted as spies and jailed in Iran for two years have been released and emotionally reunited with their loved ones.

Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, were flown to Oman after being freed on bail from Evin prison.

They were sentenced in September to eight years in prison on charges of spying.

They were arrested in 2009 after crossing into Iran from Iraq, where they said they were hiking.
'Healthy and strong'

French nuclear explosion

French nuclear explosion

French nuclear explosion. A nuclear waste site in southern France had an explosion Monday that killed one person, seriously burned another and slightly injured three others, France's nuclear safety body said.The Nuclear Safety Authority said no radioactive leaks have been detected in the blast at 12:37 p.m. at an oven in the Centraco nuclear site. The accident was under control within the hour, the agency said in a statement.

Taiwan HIV-Infected Organs

Taiwan HIV-Infected Organs

Taiwan HIV-Infected Organs. Taiwan hospital transplants 5 HIV-infected organs. One of Taiwan's best regarded hospitals mistakenly transplanted HIV-infected organs into five patients after a hospital staffer misheard the donor's test results by telephone, the hospital said.

The five are now being treated with anti-AIDS drugs, an official at National Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei said Monday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because she is not authorized to deal with the media.

World's oldest person to mark 115th birthday

World's oldest person to mark 115th birthday

World's oldest person to mark 115th birthday. World's oldest person celebrates 115th birthday: The world's oldest known living person celebrated her 115th birthday Monday. Gertrude Baines was honored at Western Convalescent Hospital with music, a letter from the president, and two cakes. Baines said little during the celebration as friends sang to her and she received a proclamation from Guinness World Records acknowledging her as the world's oldest person."Who would take Los Angeles for the place that would have the world's oldest person?" Robert Young, a scientist and senior consultant with Guinness, said later in an interview. "Living that long is like winning the genetic lottery." Born in 1894 in Shellman, Ga., Baines became the world's oldest living person when a 115-year-old woman, Maria de Jesus, died in Portugal in January.

Lenny Dykstra indecent exposure

Lenny Dykstra indecent exposure

Lenny Dykstra indecent exposure. Former New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Lenny Dykstra has been charged in Los Angeles for allegedly exposing himself to women he met on Craigslist.The city attorney's office said Thursday the 48-year-old former baseball star could face up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine for each indecent exposure count.

Mexican papayas sicken 99 in US

Mexican papayas sicken 99 in US

Mexican papayas sicken 99 in US. Mexican papayas tainted with salmonella have sickened 99 people in the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Tuesday.No deaths have been reported but the outbreak spans 23 states and health authorities warned people not to eat fresh, whole papayas imported from Mexico by Agromed Produce of McAllen, Texas.