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Torture still scars Iranians 40 years after revolution
TEHRAN, Iran - The halls of the former prison in the heart of Iran’s capital now are hushed, befitting the sounds of the museum that it has become. Wax mannequins silently portray the horrific a...
Feb 06, 2019
Vatican clarifies pope on issue of 'sexual slavery' of nuns
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Wednesday clarified comments by Pope Francis about a case of what he called “sexual slavery” within a French congregation of nuns, saying he was referring to ...
Feb 06, 2019
Women in white: Democrats draw contrast at Trump's address
WASHINGTON - The women of the House wore white. The men wore dark suits. And the contrast laid bare the growing gender gap between Democrats and Republicans. Wearing the colour of the suffragists, the...
Feb 06, 2019
Analysis: Wary of probes, Trump aims at 2020 with Dem offer
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address had a proposition for Democrats: Set aside investigations and make deals instead. “If there is going to be peace and legisl...
Feb 06, 2019
High-level detainee accuses Kenya, South Sudan of kidnapping
JUBA, South Sudan - “I was terrified … I knew that I was heading for a terrible situation.” For the first time, the spokesman for South Sudan’s armed opposition leader has spok...
Feb 06, 2019
Dress Monroe wore to announce DiMaggio split to be auctioned
LOS ANGELES - The black dress that a distraught Marilyn Monroe wore to a 1954 press conference announcing her separation from baseball legend Joe DiMaggio less than a year after she married him is goi...
Feb 06, 2019
Kristoff St. John's last soap episode airs Wednesday
LOS ANGELES - The last “Young and the Restless” episode featuring Kristoff St. John will air Wednesday on CBS. The actor, who played the struggling alcoholic and ladies’ man Neil Win...
Feb 06, 2019
TSB says train started 'rolling on its own' before fatal B.C. derailment
FIELD, BC – The Transportation Safety Board says a preliminary investigation into a fatal train derailment on the Alberta-BC boundary is indicating a loss of control. Investigator James Carmicha...
Feb 06, 2019
Case against 7 of 10 in German Love Parade trial dropped
BERLIN - German prosecutors have dropped their case against seven of 10 defendants on trial over a deadly mass panic at the Love Parade techno music festival in 2010 in which 21 people died. The dpa n...
Feb 06, 2019
Macedonia takes big NATO membership step as key text signed
BRUSSELS - The small Balkan country of Macedonia took a big step Wednesday toward becoming the 30th member of NATO, the world’s biggest military alliance. In a move that marked the end of a long...
Feb 06, 2019