HALIFAX, N.S. - Is the clock ticking on "22 Minutes"? 18 March

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has cashed in on his bet with Barack Obama over the Olympic men's gold-medal hockey game. 19 March

Nicola Riopel and the Moncton Wildcats won a statement game in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League playoffs Saturday night. 20 March

The Toronto Maple Leafs and their youthful roster continue to play spoiler. 21 March 01:58

MUNICH, Germany - Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese is facing new allegations of physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, the head of its new sex-abuse task force said Friday. 19 March

VANCOUVER, B.C. - One eye has been on the clock and the other has been on the clouds for the producer of the closing ceremonies for the 2010 Paralympic Games. 19 March

Saturday's huge Lotto 649 jackpot will be shared. 21 March 01:29

MONCTON, N.B. - The family of Donna O'Rielly is rejecting the possibility that the missing New Brunswick woman has run off. 19 March

TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed at 98.65 cents US, down 0.33 of a cent on Thursday. 18 March

SEOUL, South Korea - Kenya's Sylvester Teimet won the Seoul International Marathon on Sunday, pulling ahead in the final seconds to finish in two hours six minutes 49 seconds - a course record and personal best. 21 March 01:56

WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton poked fun at Republicans, Democrats, his own health and his audience of reporters Saturday night, telling the Gridiron Club's annual dinner he was there because "I really didn't have anything much better to do tonight." 21 March 03:57

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday. 21 March 04:00

OTTAWA - The worm has turned on a second Conservative cabinet minister over an airport security impasse - this one fuelled by tequila. 19 March

VALEMONT, B.C. - Another avalanche in B.C. has killed two French heli-skiers. 21 March 06:34

JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he will not stop a controversial settlement project in east Jerusalem, as requested by the U.S., but will upgrade upcoming indirect talks with the Palestinians to include the main issues dividing them. 21 March 06:16

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has killed 10 civilians and wounded seven others in the southern province of Helmand. 21 March 06:13

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. 21 March 06:11

BANGKOK, Thailand - Thailand's prime minister offered Sunday to have his government hold talks with protesters trying to force him from power with massive demonstrations in the capital, but refused their demand that he immediately call new elections. 21 March 04:13

JAIPUR, India - A London-based environmental campaigner travelling the world in a biofuel-driven bus has been has been ordered to pay a fine for illegally using a satellite phone and is now free to leave India two months after his arrest, his lawyer said Sunday. 21 March 04:11

QUETTA, Pakistan - Police say a bomb planted on a bicycle exploded as a police van passed by in the city of Quetta, killing at least 2 people and wounding 12. 21 March 04:10

U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon has entered the blockaded Gaza Strip, where 1.5 million people have been under lockdown by Israel and Egypt for nearly three years. 21 March 04:09

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africans gathered in Sharpeville Sunday, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the massacre that brought the country's black rights movement to the world's attention. 21 March 04:06

MANILA, Philippines - Government troops chased down a group of Abu Sayyaf militants who killed two government militiamen in the southern Philippines, seriously wounding a leading militant blamed for deadly attacks and kidnappings, officials said Sunday. 21 March 04:01

REYKJAVIK, Iceland - Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland's civil protection agency said Sunday. 21 March 04:00

KATMANDU, Nepal - Politicians, diplomats and thousands of supporters lined up for hours at a public stadium Sunday in Nepal's capital to pay respect to Girija Prasad Koirala, the former prime minister remembered for leading efforts to bring democracy to the Himalayan nation. 21 March 03:59

WASHINGTON - Former President Bill Clinton poked fun at Republicans, Democrats, his own health and his audience of reporters Saturday night, telling the Gridiron Club's annual dinner he was there because "I really didn't have anything much better to do tonight." 21 March 03:57