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In setback for Brazil's Rousseff, Senate puts her on trial
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to put suspended President Dilma Rousseff on trial, bringing the nation’s first female president a step closer to being p...
Aug 10, 2016
Federal judge dismisses Bob Vila public relations lawsuit
ROCKFORD, Ill. - A Chicago federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit that television home renovation expert Bob Vila filed against a northern Illinois public relations specialist. Vila sued Robert Smith o...
Aug 10, 2016
Afghan official: Taliban closing in on key city in the south
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - Afghan troops are being deployed to the capital of the key southern province of Helmand amid intense fighting with the Taliban in surrounding areas and fears the city could fal...
Aug 10, 2016

Tale of two summers: Farmers deal with drought in the east, rain on the prairies
It’s a tale of two summers this year in Canada, with rain - and the lack of it - causing concerns about the state of the country’s crops. In Ontario, officials are forecasting a strong fru...
Aug 10, 2016

Tale of two summers: Farmers deal with drought in the east, rain on the prairies
It’s a tale of two summers this year in Canada, with rain - and the lack of it - causing concerns about the state of the country’s crops. In Ontario, officials are forecasting a strong fru...
Aug 10, 2016
Fire at maternity ward in Baghdad hospital kills 12 babies
BAGHDAD - A fire ripped through a maternity ward at a Baghdad hospital overnight, killing 12 newborn babies, government officials said Wednesday, a deadly blaze that was likely caused by faulty electr...
Aug 10, 2016
Amnesty International calls for halt to Site C, dam threatens indigenous rights
VICTORIA - An Amnesty International report calling for work to stop on British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam will not affect construction on the project, says the Crown corpor...
Aug 10, 2016
Amnesty International calls for halt to Site C, dam threatens indigenous rights
VICTORIA - An Amnesty International report calling for work to stop on British Columbia’s $8.8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam will not affect construction on the project, says the Crown corpor...
Aug 10, 2016
Funding cuts jeopardizing health, safety in federal buildings: Documents
OTTAWA - Officials warned the government late last year that without a significant boost in repair funds, aging and crumbling federal buildings could soon become unfit for workers and jeopardize healt...
Aug 10, 2016
Funding cuts jeopardizing health, safety in federal buildings: Documents
OTTAWA - Officials warned the government late last year that without a significant boost in repair funds, aging and crumbling federal buildings could soon become unfit for workers and jeopardize healt...
Aug 10, 2016