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Reports: Christian acquitted of blasphemy leaves Pakistan
ISLAMABAD - Pakistani media say Aasia Bibi, a Christian woman acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row, has left Pakistan for Canada to be reunited with her daughters. Wilson Cha...
May 08, 2019
Suicide bombing outside Pakistan shrine kills 8
LAHORE, Pakistan - A suicide bomber attacked security forces guarding a famous Sufi shrine in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least eight people and wounding 23 others, poli...
May 08, 2019
Cortizo declared winner in Panama president race
PANAMA CITY - Panama's Electoral Court has declared opposition candidate Laurentino Cortizo the winner of the country's presidential elections. The court said Cortizo of the Democratic Revolutionary P...
May 07, 2019
Millsap, Jokic spark Nuggets' 124-98 blowout of Blazers
DENVER - Nikola Jokic scored 25 points and tied a team playoff high with 19 rebounds, and Paul Millsap injected some experience into a series dominated by youth, sparking the Nuggets' 124-98 blowout o...
May 07, 2019
Iran sends letters on partial withdrawal from nuclear deal
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran has delivered letters to ambassadors outlining its partial withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, state television reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what...
May 07, 2019
Gaza quiet after Israel, Hamas agree to cease-fire
JERUSALEM - The Israeli military lifted protective restrictions on residents in the south on Monday, while Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group reported a cease-fire deal had been reached to end the dea...
May 07, 2019
South Africa starts voting amid corruption, unemployment
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans have started voting in presidential and parliamentary elections amid issues of corruption and unemployment. Wednesday's vote comes 25 years after the end of apartheid, bu...
May 07, 2019
Maroon's OT goal lifts Blues past Stars in Game 7
ST. LOUIS - Pat Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime, Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and the St. Louis Blues outlasted the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal play...
May 07, 2019
Crown to drop breach-of-trust case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman: Report
OTTAWA - Federal Crown prosecutors will reportedly drop their breach-of-trust case against Vice-Admiral Mark Norman on Wednesday, ending one of the most politically charged cases in Canadian history. ...
May 07, 2019
Leonard dunks, Ibaka bleeds for Raptors in lopsided playoff win over 76ers
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard dunked and Serge Ibaka bled for the Toronto cause Tuesday. The Raptors finished the first half with a 21-point lead over the Philadelphia 76ers, with an exclamation point dunk ...
May 07, 2019
