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Brazil faces issues around racism despite image

RIO DE JANEIRO — Former Brazilian national midfielder Arouca, playing for Pele’s old club Santos, was doing a sideline TV …

Male wounded in both legs in overnight shooting in downtown Ottawa

OTTAWA — The Guns and Gangs unit of the Ottawa police force is investigating an overnight shooting in the downtown …

Three Quebec helicopter escapees captured at a Montreal residence

MONTREAL — The three men who escaped from a Quebec City-area prison by helicopter two weeks ago were captured this …

‘Game of Thrones’ puts Northern Ireland on the map

BELFAST, Northern Ireland — Giants, dragons and vengeful queens have for generations populated Northern Ireland’s folk tales. Now, such creatures …

Without fanfare, Obama advances transgender rights

SAN FRANCISCO — President Barack Obama, who established his bona fides as a gay and lesbian rights champion when he …

Military surrounds SKorean soldier who fled post

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean military authorities have surrounded a soldier who fled his border outpost after killing five …

Iraq insurgents capture fourth town in Anbar

BAGHDAD — Sunni militants have seized another town in Iraq’s western Anbar province, the fourth to fall in two days, …

Katie Couric marries NY financier in Hamptons

EAST HAMPTON, NY — Katie Couric has married a New York financier in a small ceremony at her East Hampton …

Stephanie Kwolek, Kevlar inventor, dies at 90

DOVER, Delaware — Police Lt. David Spicer took four .45-caliber slugs to the chest and arms at point-blank range and …

Russia’s Putin calls for compromise in Ukraine

MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin has urged both sides in the Ukrainian conflict to sit down at the negotiating …

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