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Vancouver - Lightning strikes sparked more than a dozen new forest fires in British Columbia on Saturday, bringing the number of blazes to nearly 400. Fire officials said the Cariboo, Kamloops and southeast fire regions were hardest hit. The largest fire in the province is the remote Swan Lake blaze near the Yukon border. Fanned by high winds, it now covers about 100 square kilometres. Fire officials said fires popping up around Prince George were causing the most concern because they had the greatest potential to encroach on communities. Toronto - An Iraqi-born Canadian, who claims he was kidnapped and tortured by Syrian officials, is suing the Canadian and Syrian governments for $35 million each. Muayyed Nureddin, 36, says the Canadian government breached his charter rights by allegedly giving the Syrian government information about him, which he says led to his kidnapping. Nureddin, a Toronto-area geologist who came to Canada in 1999 as a refugee, was arrested last December as he crossed into Syria from Iraq, where he'd been visiting relatives. Ottawa - With a minority government very possible in today's federal election, Bloc Qubcois leader Gilles Duceppe, who's at the top of the polls in Quebec, has said he'll be in no hurry to topple a minority government. He has also promised not to take advantage of such a situation to promote independence.
