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By From wire dispatches and staff reports

CANADA

Troops to leave Afghanistan

TORONTO | Canada will not extend its mission in Afghanistan even if President Obama asks Prime Minister Stephen Harper to do so when the countries' leaders meet this week, Mr. Harper's office said Monday.

Harper spokesman Dimitri Soudas reiterated in a briefing Monday that Canada will withdraw its troops in 2011.

One hundred and thirty Canadian soldiers and a diplomat have been killed in Afghanistan, where Canada has 2,500 troops.

Canada first sent troops to Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the United States and increased its deployment after declining a U.S. request to dispatch troops to Iraq.

Although Canada usually has served in more of a peacekeeping role in overseas missions since after World War II, Mr. Harper has been a steadfast ally in the post-Sept. 11 fight against al Qaeda.

CUBA

Almeida to rest with heroes

HAVANA | The remains of Cuban revolutionary hero Juan Almeida Bosque will be buried in a mausoleum for rebel fighters in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, the government announced Monday.