The concept of calculating a Tax Freedom Day may not be the best way to inform Canadians about the amount of taxes they have to pay each year.

Five days before a critical vote, senators are abandoning a bill to punish piracy on the Web after an outpouring of online opposition to tinkering with Internet freedoms.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said today it is the Syrian government's responsibility to guarantee freedom of movement for UN observers monitoring a five-day ceasefire that activists say has been marred by regime forces pounding the opposition stronghold of Homs.