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The student who stared and smiled at an elderly Indigenous protester drumming in his face outside the Lincoln Memorial as his schoolmates chanted and laughed says he did nothing to provoke the man in the videotaped confrontation and was only trying to calm the situation. Source

Much of Eastern and Central Canada can expect another day of punishing winter weather. The Environment Canada forecast for New Brunswick calls for flurries and ice pellets or freezing rain this morning changing to snow in the afternoon with winds gusting to 40 km/h, and wind chill temperatures as low as minus 18 Celsius. Source

FREDERICK, Md. -- A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film "Argo," has died. He was 78. A family statement and his literary agent confirmed that Antonio "Tony" Mendez died Saturday at an assisted-living centre in Frederick, Maryland. Source

The Afghan Taliban killed at least 12 security force members in a car bomb attack on a military base in the central province of Maidan Wardak on Monday, officials said. Two gunmen who tried to enter the compound were shot dead, Mohebullah Sharifzai, spokesperson for the Maidan Wardak provincial governor, said. Source

LONDON -- Prime Minister Theresa May is set to unveil her new plan to break Britain's Brexit deadlock -- and it's expected to look a lot like the old plan decisively rejected by Parliament last week. Source

OTTAWA -- A federal inmate who says he was shackled in a cramped transport van for almost eight hours -- despite a heart condition and other ailments -- is suing the government for compensation. The lawsuit comes after a federal ombudsman called the prison service's escort vans inhumane and unsafe, and recommended they be replaced. Source

MILTON, Ont. - Former Olympic flag-bearer Adam van Koeverden will be carrying the Liberal banner into the coming federal election, after securing the nomination in the southern Ontario riding of Milton on Sunday. The 36-year-old kayaker, whose four Olympic medals are the most by any Canadian paddler, will be looking to defeat deputy Conservative leader Lisa Raitt, who has held the riding since its creation in 2015. Source

JERUSALEM -- Israeli jets struck a series of Iranian military targets in Syria early on Monday, the military said in a rare departure from its years-long policy of ambiguity regarding activities in neighbouring war-torn Syria. Source

JERUSALEM -- The Israeli military said its jets struck a series of Iranian military targets in Syria early Monday, an announcement that was a rare departure from Israel's years-long policy of ambiguity regarding activities in neighbouring war-torn Syria. Source

The vicious beating she endured went on for hours, she says, and by the end of the brutal attack, she was a bloody mess, with chunks of hair ripped out of her scalp and her face almost unrecognizable from punches and kicks. Source