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South Sudan peace deal attempt fails as Kiir rejects Machar
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - The latest attempt at ending South Sudan’s five-year civil war failed Friday as President Salva Kiir rejected working again with rival Riek Machar after their first face-...
Jun 22, 2018
Hope, despair in poetry by immigrant children in US lockup
NEW YORK - The young immigrants held in prison-like conditions at a juvenile detention centre in the mountains of Virginia express despair. Some cling to pleasant memories from home. For a select few,...
Jun 22, 2018
Valbuena hits 2 HRs, Angels power past Blue Jays 8-5
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Kole Calhoun, Luis Valbuena and the Los Angeles Angels seem to be hitting their way out of a long funk. Valbuena homered twice, Calhoun connected for the second consecutive game and ...
Jun 21, 2018
Indonesia court sentences cleric behind attacks to death
JAKARTA, Indonesia - Radical cleric Aman Abdurrahman was sentenced to death by an Indonesian court Friday for ordering Islamic State group-affiliated militants to carry out attacks including the Janua...
Jun 21, 2018
Harris leads Redblacks past Roughriders 40-17; Collaros leaves game early
OTTAWA - It’s only one win, but the way the Ottawa Redblacks went about it was most impressive. Ottawa posted a 40-17 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Thursday night in its season op...
Jun 21, 2018
Ichi-who? Suzuki sits on M's bench in fake moustache disguise
NEW YORK - Just who was that guy sitting on the Seattle Mariners bench, the odd fellow with the bushy moustache, shades and a hoodie? Wait a second - it was Ichiro! Now a team executive, Ichiro Suzuki...
Jun 21, 2018
Quarterback Zach Collaros out of game for Roughriders against Redblacks
OTTAWA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders lost starting quarterback Zach Collaros early in their game against the Ottawa Redblacks on Thursday night. Collaros, who was sacked in the first quarter, took a ...
Jun 21, 2018
Protest teepee back near Saskatchewan legislature days after ordered taken down
REGINA - To the sound of beating drums and applause people put up a teepee outside the Saskatchewan legislature only days after the government ordered it taken down and police arrested Indigenous prot...
Jun 21, 2018
Canadian guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headed to Los Angeles Clippers
TORONTO - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander followed a path to the NBA paved by the Canadian players that went before him. And he made a fashion statement while doing it. The 19-year-old, whose draft night atti...
Jun 21, 2018
Albertan who killed three people gets life, no parole chance for 30 years
EDMONTON - An Alberta man who fatally shot three people has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 30 years. In April, a jury convicted Mickell Bailey, who is 21, of three count...
Jun 21, 2018