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Electoral reform: All eyes turn to tiny P.E.I. as issue put to voters
CHARLOTTETOWN - Tiny Prince Edward Island has a chance to send a big message to the rest of the country about electoral reform when voters are asked to consider proportional representation in a refere...
Feb 18, 2019
Sex abuse survivors to meet with Vatican summit organizers
VATICAN CITY - Organizers of Pope Francis' summit on preventing clergy sex abuse will meet this week with a dozen survivor-activists who have come to Rome to protest the Catholic Church's response to ...
Feb 18, 2019
Poland pulls out of Israel meeting over anti-Polish comment
WARSAW, Poland - Poland's prime minister cancelled plans for his country to send a delegation to meeting in Jerusalem on Monday after the acting Israeli foreign minister said that Poles "collaborated ...
Feb 18, 2019
China accuses Washington of trying to block development
BEIJING - China's government accused Washington on Monday of trying to block its industrial development after Vice-President Mike Pence said tech giant Huawei and other telecom equipment suppliers are...
Feb 18, 2019
Besieged IS militants refuse to surrender, ask for an exit
AL-OMAR OIL FIELD BASE, Syria - More than 300 Islamic State militants who are holed up in a tiny area in eastern Syria are refusing to surrender to U.S.-backed Syrian forces and are trying to negotiat...
Feb 18, 2019
EU states mixed on Trump demand to take back IS fighters
BRUSSELS - U.S. President Donald Trump's demand that European countries take back their citizens fighting in Syria received a mixed reaction Monday, as nations voiced concerns about how to bring home-...
Feb 18, 2019
Merkel defends Iran deal, multilateralism but Pence resists
MUNICH - German Chancellor Angela Merkel drew lengthy applause Saturday for her spirited defence of a multilateral approach to global affairs and support for Europe's decision to stand by a nuclear de...
Feb 18, 2019
7 lawmakers quit UK Labour Party over Brexit, anti-Semitism
LONDON - Seven British lawmakers quit the main opposition Labour Party on Monday over its approach to issues including Brexit and anti-Semitism, blasting open a long-simmering rift in the left-of-cent...
Feb 18, 2019
Nigeria delays its election; candidates rush back to capital
YOLA, Nigeria - Nigerians awakened on Saturday to find the presidential election delayed a week until Feb. 23 because of what the electoral commission called unspecified "challenges." The top candidat...
Feb 18, 2019
8 miners rescued in Zimbabwe; dozens more feared dead
KADOMA, Zimbabwe - Eight subsistence miners who were trapped underground for several days after heavy flooding in Zimbabwe have been rescued, though dozens of their co-workers are still missing and fe...
Feb 18, 2019
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