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Man arrested in Cochrane, Alta after brief standoff with RCMP officers

COCHRANE, Alberta — RCMP officers arrested a man in Cochrane, Alberta Sunday night after an incident that caused a bit of a scare in the community...

Strong quake hits remote area in southwest Iran

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake shook west #Iran today, including the province of Ilam. Mourmouri village was badly hit. pic.twitter.com/v7cHJxGDBi — Sidewalk Lyrics (@pedestrian) August 18, 2014...

‘Turtles’ tops weak debut for ‘Expendables 3’

NEW YORK — Moviegoers continued to shell out for “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” while Sylvester Stallone’s action ensemble “The Expendables 3” was easily out-gunned in its...

Students expect big debts but also think they’ll pay it off quickly: polls

TORONTO — Getting a post-secondary degree can be an expensive endeavour, but a recent survey suggests that most students believe they’ll be on track to pay...

Trudeau confident Liberals on right track to victory in 2015 federal election

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau doesn’t put much stock in public opinion surveys that suggest the federal Liberal party vaulted into the lead once he took the...

NBC’s Brian Williams taking on new competition

NEW YORK — Wearing shades as he walked back to work following a pizza lunch recently, Brian Williams ducked into Rockefeller Center and passed a tour...

Ebola health workers battle death, heat, rumors

LONDON — Doctors and nurses fighting Ebola in West Africa are working 14-hour days, seven days a week, wearing head-to-toe gear in the heat of muddy...

Twin protests suspend life in Pakistani capital

ISLAMABAD — Twin protests demanding the Pakistani government step down have wreaked havoc in the capital, Islamabad, where commuters must circumvent shipping containers and barbed wire...

Iraq forces retake Mosul Dam; militants deny claim

BAGHDAD — Boosted by two days of U.S. airstrikes, Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Monday wrested back control of the country’s largest dam from Islamic militants,...

Ukraine: Rebels fire on civilian convoy