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Viterra Inc (VT.TO: Quote) said on Wednesday its quarterly profit nearly doubled, driven by record grain shipments through ports in Australia, higher grain prices, and strong demand for fertilizers in North America.

In a joint operation with the U.S. secret service agency, CIA, Pakistan Army arrested Sheikh Younis al-Mauritani, a senior al-Qaida leader and Osama bin Laden confidant, the Pakistan army said Monday.

A giant 1-ton crocodile has been captured in the Philippines.

Asian shares fell and U.S. Treasury yields dropped to the lowest levels in at least 60 years on Tuesday on fears that Europe's sovereign debt troubles are worsening and could trigger a second full-blown banking crisis.

The forecast of heavy rain at the U.S. Open for Tuesday may come as a welcome relief to Rafa Nadal after his health scare at the last grand slam of the year.

Asian shares fell and the euro slipped Tuesday amid fears that Europe's sovereign debt troubles are worsening and could trigger a second full-blown banking crisis.

Australian banks will need to meet new global capital rules ahead of the internationally agreed timetable under proposals made on Tuesday, although the move is unlikely to force any of them to raise any new equity immediately.

Australia on Tuesday proposed its banks conform to minimum capital requirements faster than global rules as expected, though the proposal is not seen pushing the well-capitalized banks to raise equity immediately.

In more than 30 years since smash hit song Heart of Glass took Blondie from new wave upstarts to mainstream stars, frontwoman Deborah Harry has transformed herself many times, younger members have joined the band and albums have gone from vinyl to digital.

Samsung was prepping to roll out its new Galaxy Tab 7.7 -- the latest in attempts to erode market share from tablet leader Apple -- but a legal victory from its rival instead forced the company to remove the device from displays just days after it was revealed.

Younis al-Mauritani, the army said, took commands from Osama Bin Laden and also planned and engineered operations for the terror network himself.

Is Samsung Galaxy Tab tablet really as popular as the South Korean company would want us to believe? No, according to rival Lenovo, which claims that Samsung could only manage to sell 200,000 tablets in 2010 though it had shipped 1 million the same year.

Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc.

Up-and-coming Irish actor Michael Fassbender plays a sex addict in Shame, a movie by British video artist Steve McQueen that is vying for the top prize at the Venice film festival.

There has always been a big puzzle about the emergence of life on Earth billions of years ago. A new research has provided a fresh argument in this regard, saying that floating rafts of glassy, porous, and gas-rich pumice could have a significant contribution to the origin of life on Earth.

Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc.

A deadly shark attack off the coast of western Australia left a bodyboarder dead, Sunday, and forced local authorities to seal off a popular surfing spot and embark on a mission to hunt the elusive predator.

Master champion Charl Schwartzel joined Bubba Watson and Australia's Adam Scott in a three-way tie for the lead at the halfway stage of the Deutsche Bank Championship on Saturday.

Maria Sharapova was knocked out of the U.S. Open Friday in a shock third round loss to Flavia Pennetta, while Andy Murray was lucky to survive after being pushed to five sets by Robin Haase.

Usain Bolt raced to redemption in 19.40 golden seconds on Saturday to retain his world 200 metres title while Anna Chicherova ended Blanka Vlasic's four-year run as high jump world champion.

Israel has also refused to apologize for the killings.