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Peru declares state of emergency as toxic materials threaten Lima water
LIMA, Peru - Peru's government has declared a state of emergency at a Canadian-owned mine east of Lima, fearing toxic materials there could spill into the capital city's main water source. Presiden...
Memorial service held for former Edmonton resident killed in North Carolina
RALEIGH, N.C. - The family and friends of a former Edmonton resident slain in North Carolina held a public memorial service Saturday to mourn the 34-year-old woman whose body was found Monday near her...
Rapper DMX arrested at Phoenix mall on felony charge of ID theft
PHOENIX - Rapper DMX has been arrested at a Phoenix mall on a felony charge of taking the identity of another. Phoenix police didn't have details of the charge, as it stemmed from a Maricopa County...
Woman in Pennsylvania baby mystery partially eviscerated
PITTSBURGH - Investigators on Saturday were trying to identify the body of a woman found bound with duct tape with her uterus cut open in the apartment of another woman who falsely claimed a newborn b...
Inmate loses weight and manages to escape through jail's air vent
HEMPSTEAD, Texas - A man charged with murder has escaped from a Texas jail by climbing through an air conditioner vent. The vent was less than 30 centimetres wide, and authorities said Darryl Layne...
Pope urges young people to spurn the spiritual desert of modern society
SYDNEY, Australia - Pope Benedict has urged young people to reject the "spiritual desert" that he says is spreading throughout the world. Benedict said at a mass Sunday before more than 200,000 you...
Canadian soldier James Hayward Arnal killed by roadside bomb in Afghanistan
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - A Canadian soldier was killed by a roadside explosion, the military announced on a violent day that also saw a suicide bomber blow himself up just outside the gate of the main ...
For Iraqi refugees, the wait drags on for chance at a new life in new country
ISTANBUL, Turkey - Their lives have become like dying clocks, slowly winding down to a stop. They skip meals, they sleep longer to avoid the expenses that simply being awake brings. One woman sells...
Food rise has Bolivia's coca farmers planting rice instead of cocaine
SINAHOTA, Bolivia - Soaring food prices may achieve what the United States has spent millions of dollars trying to do: Persuade Bolivian farmers to sow their fields with less potent crops than cocaine...
Lawsuit says a Long Island diner harassed for hosting Hispanics
HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. - The owners of a Long Island diner say police raided, blockaded and threatened to shut down their eatery to try to stop them from catering to Hispanics. Hampton Bays Diner owner...
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