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In Nigeria, film stars deploy to plead for election peace
KANO, Nigeria - As emergencies go, it has a catchy tune. Faced with a Nigerian election that could spiral into violence, some in the popular film industry known as Kannywood gathered this week to shoo...
Feb 20, 2019
Ending the silence on sex abuse: Vatican holds summit
VATICAN CITY - If Pope Francis needed a concrete example to justify summoning church leaders from around the globe to Rome for a tutorial on clergy sex abuse, Sister Bernardine Pemii has it. The nun, ...
Feb 20, 2019
Artist probes Russia's toxic legacy through family history
MOSCOW - Pavel Otdelnov recalls how as a child he saw his mother boil his parents' bedding every day. His father worked in the factories of Dzerzhinsk, the centre of Soviet chemical manufacturing, and...
Feb 20, 2019
In the news today, Feb. 20
Four stories in the news for Wednesday, Feb. 20 --- MEMORIAL HELD FOR SYRIAN CHILDREN KILLED IN FIRE Dozens of people gathered outside the charred remnants of a suburban Halifax home&nb...
Feb 20, 2019
Hearings into SNC-Lavalin affair start today, but not with Wilson-Raybould
OTTAWA - The House of Commons justice committee will begin hearings today into the allegation that the Prime Minister's Office improperly pressured former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould to help...
Feb 20, 2019
NDP candidates push for stronger climate action as Singh supports LNG Canada
BURNABY, B.C. - Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is facing calls from within the party for a stronger stance on climate change as he defends his support of the $40-billion LNG Canada project in northe...
Feb 20, 2019
Tears, flowers at impromptu memorial for Syrian children killed in Halifax fire
HALIFAX - Dozens of people gathered outside the charred remnants of a suburban Halifax home Tuesday night to mourn the loss of seven children killed in a fast-moving fire and to show support for the i...
Feb 20, 2019
Japan trade deficit highest in 5 yrs, hit by China doldrums
TOKYO - Japan reports its exports tumbled 8.4 per cent in January from a year earlier, as slowing Chinese growth pushed its monthly trade deficit to the highest level in nearly five years. Exports to ...
Feb 20, 2019
Deadly crackdown stokes fear among protesters in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela - Jhonny Godoy had taken to Twitter to proclaim his opposition to President Nicolas Maduro, posting a video that showed him running through the streets waving the national flag as p...
Feb 20, 2019
Border wall, bullet train: California vs. Trump escalates
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Disputes over President Donald Trump's border wall and California's bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and the nation's most populous state. The Trump ...
Feb 20, 2019
