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Sri Lanka, like world, again sees scourge of suicide attacks
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The Easter attacks in Sri Lanka are a bloody echo of decades past in the South Asian island nation, when militants inspired by attacks in the Lebanese civil war helped develop the...
Apr 25, 2019
Militants blamed in Sri Lanka attacks had incendiary leader
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - The purported leader of an Islamic extremist group blamed for an Easter attack in Sri Lanka that killed over 320 people began posting videos online three years ago calling for non...
Apr 25, 2019
All not in favour of Trump's Buckingham Palace dinner date
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump finally has a date on the calendar for a state dinner at Buckingham Palace - a visit more than two years in the making. The mere announcement of his June visit as t...
Apr 25, 2019
Missing indigenous women spotlighted as bill signed
OLYMPIA, Wash. - A growing number of missing and murdered Native American women are the focus of a Washington bill signed into law Wednesday amid concerns the victims' cases are slipping between juris...
Apr 25, 2019
Carnage in Sri Lanka especially sad for many friends in Kamloops
THE HORRIFYING CARNAGE in Sri Lanka this week - just the latest in a seemingly never-ending stream of horrifying carnage - is a long way from Kamloops and we might be tempted to think it has nothing m...
Apr 25, 2019
Pentagon watchdog clears acting chief Shanahan of wrongdoing
WASHINGTON - A U.S. official says the Pentagon's watchdog agency has cleared Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan of wrongdoing in connection with allegations that he had used his official positi...
Apr 25, 2019
Columbus coach Tortorella drives Blue Jackets into showdown with Bruins
COLUMBUS, Ohio - John Tortorella was being battered on social media a month or so ago by doubters who thought his act had gotten stale in Columbus. The 60-year-old Tortorella, the argument went, was h...
Apr 25, 2019
Tsilqhot'in wildfire report calls for Indigenous-rooted training, infrastructure
VANCOUVER - The leader of a First Nation nearly encircled by blazes during one of the worst wildfires seasons in British Columbia's history says building firefighting capacity is urgent as another sea...
Apr 25, 2019
Ex-Vice-President Biden launches 2020 presidential campaign
WASHINGTON - Former Vice-President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, betting that his working-class appeal and ties to Barack Obama's presidency will h...
Apr 25, 2019
Delay of game calls, goalie interference top worst rules for NHLers: survey
The pace and excitement of 3-on-3 overtime isn't just a thrill for hockey fans - NHL players love it too. An Associated Press/Canadian Press survey of NHLPA representatives from all 31 teams...
Apr 25, 2019
