Khawaja wasn't an extremist, ex-fiancée tells court By JIM BRONSKILL  OTTAWA -- The onetime fiancee of alleged bomb plotter Momin Khawaja says she considered him an angry young Muslim, not an extremist out to blow up civilians.Zeba Khan told Mr. Khawaja's terrorism trial yesterday she was incredulous upon being woken up by her sister one morning to hear a man with the same name as her once-intended husband had been arrested in Canada.  FULL STORY

Speedy border crossings urged for Olympics By ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY  VANCOUVER -- Hockey, speed-skating and multi-hour border-crossing marathons.That's what the 2010 Vancouver Olympics will be remembered for if the Canadian and U.S. governments don't take steps to speed border traffic, tourism and business advocates warned yesterday.  FULL STORY

Celil pleads for transfer from isolation In solitary confinement in China, prisoner tells relatives he's so desperate for sunlight and human contact he'll go anywhere, including a forced labour camp By OMAR EL AKKAD  OTTAWA -- After months in an isolation cell, Huseyin Celil is so desperate for company that he asked to be moved anywhere, even to a labour camp, so he can talk to other people and see the sunlight.  FULL STORY

Credit-card fraud investigation targets Pearson's self-service kiosks By TARA PERKINS  -- An investigation of suspected credit-card fraud at Toronto's Pearson airport is now concentrating on the security of its 150 self-service check-in kiosks.In recent months, financial institutions that issue credit cards spotted isolated fraud patterns that appeared to stem from use of the cards in conjunction with getting boarding passes at the Pearson kiosks, according to sources.  FULL STORY

Winnipeg man killed after police tasering By JOE FRIESEN  WINNIPEG -- A man was killed in a confrontation with Winnipeg police yesterday after being hit with a taser stun gun, the first such incident in the city's history.The incident began just before 4 p.m. when police officers confronted a man in a back alley adjacent to the grounds of the national microbiology laboratory in the city's downtown core.  FULL STORY

Premier challenges Ontarians to shed cloak of complacency By KAREN HOWLETT  LONDON, ONT. -- Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty is calling on residents of the province to become the squeaky wheels of Confederation and rally behind him in his fight for a fairer deal from Ottawa.  FULL STORY