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Iraqi vote offers chance to chart post-IS future
BAGHDAD - Iraqis head to the polls this weekend for the first time since the government declared victory against the Islamic State group, in national elections that could tilt the balance of power bet...
May 8, 2018
Malaysian election pits former leader against elite protege
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Voters have a stark choice in Malaysia’s election on Wednesday: resurrect the country’s 92-year-old former authoritarian leader or give a third term to Prime Minis...
May 8, 2018
Crisis in Myanmar's Kachin means jungle treks to escape war
MYITKYINA, Myanmar - As the Myanmar army’s bombs started falling near her home in Kachin state, Nlam Numrang Doi and her neighbours decided they had no choice but to grab what they could and sca...
May 8, 2018
Armenia gets new leader, man who spearheaded protests
YEREVAN, Armenia - The man who spearheaded weeks of protests in Armenia was chosen Tuesday to be the country’s new prime minister, and carries the weight of high hopes for a turnaround in the im...
May 8, 2018
Fire in Sao Paulo squat shines light on housing shortage
SAO PAULO - Marta Maria Maia da Fonseca and her husband shared the conundrum of tens of thousands of working class families in Sao Paulo: They couldn’t afford to rent an apartment in the city...
May 8, 2018
No apology from Nova Scotia premier to teen cleared in privacy-breach case
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil is not offering an apology to a 19-year-old man who was arrested after allegedly breaching the province’s freedom-of-information website. Police drop...
May 8, 2018
'Castrate the enemy': Violence grips Burundi ahead of vote
BUJUMBURA, Burundi - One ruling party official urged supporters “to castrate the enemy.” Another called for drowning the regime’s opponents in a lake. Such hate speech spells trouble...
May 8, 2018
Under pressure to clamp down on semi-automatics, Trudeau defers to police
OTTAWA - Police, not politicians, should decide what restrictions to place on specific kinds of guns, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday, his Liberal government under renewed pressure to curb ...
May 8, 2018
Siblings charged in sweeping immigration probe on Prince Edward Island
After a sweeping immigration probe, two Charlottetown hoteliers have been charged with helping set up fake addresses for Chinese immigrants who entered Prince Edward Island under a business program th...
May 8, 2018
NDP MP who called out colleague suspended amid sex misconduct allegations
OTTAWA - Less than a week after her own allegations got a fellow MP kicked out of the NDP caucus, Christine Moore found herself suspended from party duties Tuesday amid allegations of inappropriate se...
May 8, 2018