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Romania gets tough with reported abuse of prison book policy
BUCHAREST, Romania - Romania’s government is getting tougher with prisoners who publish books in jail to reduce their sentences, limiting the maximum reduction to 20 days. Previous rules allowed...
Aug 24, 2016

Canadian Medical Protective Association Looking into Opioid Prescribing
VANCOUVER – The medical profession is waking up to the reality that opioids have been over-prescribed in Canada and is actively searching for solutions, says a national association that represen...
Aug 24, 2016

Country Music Fans Ignore Cool and Damp Weather to Take In Jason Blaine Concert
LETHRBIDGE – Exhibition Park welcomed in the 2016 Whoop-Up Days fesitivities with their first concert at the Gas King stage on Tuesday night. Local favourite Trevor Panczak opened for featured e...
Aug 24, 2016
Childless Bosnian couple stage and attend their own funeral
SARAJEVO, Bosnia - A childless Bosnian couple have staged and attended their own funeral saying they wanted it to be an opportunity to celebrate life with friends and family. Dragan Maric, 61, and his...
Aug 24, 2016
NKorea missile test adds to 'Military First' celebration
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - North Korea marked its “Military First” holiday on Thursday with mass dancing, outdoor concerts and boasts of a successful - and p...
Aug 24, 2016

Soldiers, residents begin cleanup after quake in Myanmar
BAGAN, Myanmar - Using brooms and their hands, soldiers and residents of an ancient Myanmar city famous for its historic Buddhist temples began cleaning up debris Thursday from a powerful earthquake t...
Aug 24, 2016

More Olympic athletes back on home soil
TORONTO - For the second day in a row, Canadian Olympians returned home from the Rio Olympics to excited crowds of loved ones and fans. Runner Andre De Grasse of Markham, Ont., who won a silver and tw...
Aug 24, 2016
Rhode Island zoo announces birth of endangered kangaroo
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Officials have announced the birth of an endangered kangaroo native to Papua New Guinea at the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence earlier this year. Zoo Executive Director Jeremy...
Aug 24, 2016

Young man killed in new anti-India protests in Kashmir
SRINAGAR, India - Indian government forces fired shotguns and tear gas in India’s portion of Kashmir on Wednesday to break up new protests demanding an end to Indian rule in the disputed Himalay...
Aug 24, 2016
Monsoon floods have killed at least 175 in India since June
NEW DELHI - Heavy monsoon rains have ended two successive drought years in India with the Ganges River and its tributaries rising above the danger level, triggering evacuation of hundreds of thousands...
Aug 24, 2016