Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic will either refuse to enter pleas or plead not guilty Friday at the UN's Yugoslav war crimes tribunal to 11 charges including genocide and crimes against humanity, his legal advisers said.

Two women are dead after a pick-up truck smashed through the front window of a busy sushi restaurant in Maple Ridge, B.C., late Thursday.

"Eight is enough," Barack Obama said as he accepted the Democratic Party nomination Thursday night and vowed to fix the failed policies of incumbent U.S. President George W. Bush.

The spinning core of Gustav was expected to move back over open water Friday, a day after bearing down on southern Jamaica.

The number of deaths in Canada being blamed on a nationwide outbreak of listeriosis has grown from five to eight. The Public Health Agency of Canada said all three of the latest victims are from Ontario.