William and Kate travel by seaplane on tour of Canada
Media captionThe Duke and Duchess of Cambridge were greeted by crowds in Vancouver The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have flown by seaplane to Vancouver on the latest leg of an eight-day Canada tour.They made the 30-minute journey from Victoria in a Twin Otter aircraft and were greeted by thousands of people gathered on Vancouver's waterfront.The duke and duchess later met refugees at an immigration centre and went to the Kitsilano coastguard station.It is first time the Cambridges have tou..>> view originalTeen surfer stable after shark attack on popular Australian beach
A teenage surfer was in stable condition after he was bitten by a shark Monday at the same Australian beach where a Japanese surfer was fatally mauled last year, officials said. Cooper Allen, a 17-year-old high school student, was surfing with friends on the first day of the students' spring vacation when he was attacked off Ballina's Lighthouse Beach at midmorning, Ballina Mayor David Wright said. The shark struck from behind and bit across the board's fins as the boy lay on the board paddli..>> view originalFrench President Vows to Shut Down Calais Camp This Year
CALAIS, France — The migrant camp in Calais must be fully dismantled by the end of the year, French President Francois Hollande said Monday in an attempt to highlight the Socialist government's efforts to tackle the issue ahead of next year's presidential election.Hollande, who was visiting Calais for the first time since winning office in 2012, said the camp known as "the Jungle" is a "humanitarian emergency."Authorities say about 7,000 people live in squalid conditions near the port of Cal..>> view originalBoko Haram leader mocks Nigerian army, parents of missing girls
Story highlightsAbubakar Shekau also taunted the parents of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls"I'm not dead," he says in response to army reports he was fatally wounded"To the despot Nigerian government: Die with envy. I'm not dead," Shekau says in the video.An ISIS flag is visible in the background. That terrorist organization has said it is supporting Shekau's rival, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, as the legitimate leader of the Nigerian ISIS-affiliated terrorist movement.The video was a response to the Nige..>> view originalThe last armed conflict in Latin America is finally ending
These staggering figures will be consigned to history as the Colombian government buries the hatchet with its long-time nemesis, the Marxist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia rebel group, better known by its Spanish acronym, FARC. In a symbolic gesture, the pens that will be used to sign the historic peace deal, years in the making, are made from recycled bullets once used in the conflict. An inscription on the side of the pens reads: "Bullets wrote our past. Education, our future."The two ..>> view originalEast China Sea: Japan scrambles jets as China flies fleet near disputed islands
He added that the planes didn't "trespass" into Japan's territorial airspace, although he said it was the first time that Chinese military aircraft had been seen in the Miyako Strait. "We will continue to keep close eyes on the Chinese military activities which have been expanding and become more frequent," he said. The fleet, which included H-6K bombers, Su-30 fighters and air tankers, simulated reconnaissance and early warning attacks on sea-surface targets. It also conducted in-flight refueli..>> view originalAir strikes pound rebel-held Aleppo districts
BEIRUT Dozens of air strikes hit rebel-held areas of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo overnight, a monitor and defense worker said, continuing a fierce air campaign by Syrian government and allied forces since a ceasefire broke down almost a week ago. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said dozens of air strikes hit the rebel-held half of the divided city, the target of a fresh offensive announced by the Syrian army on Thursday.Aleppo has become the main battle ground of a conflict no..>> view originalSpain's regional elections give boost to Rajoy's party
Arnaldo Otegi, a prominent Basque separatist politician of the Basque party EH Bildu, center, during the regional elections at the Basque region in San Sebastian, Spain, on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016. Residents of Spain’s Basque and Galicia regions voted in regional parliamentary elections on Sunday, but with few hopes of ending the country’s 9-month political stalemate and avoiding a third round of national elections in one year. (Alvaro Barrientos/Associated Press) By Ciaran Giles and Mariso..>> view originalWriter Charged With Insulting Islam Is Killed as Extremism Boils Over in Jordan
Jordan, an important American ally surviving in part on billions of dollars of aid from Washington, has sought to find ways to keep its Islamist forces in check. The Muslim Brotherhood, outlawed in Egypt, was allowed, through its political wing, to take part in Jordan’s parliamentary elections last week. The wing, along with other Islamists, won 15 of 130 seats, while women won 20, a record for the nation. By happenstance, Jordan’s government resigned on Sunday, part of the normal process after..>> view originalIran: Utah state senator didn't mention job when visiting
FILE -- In this May 8, 2015 file photo, Sen. Jim Dabakis, a Salt Lake City Democrat, speaks during an Administrative Rules Review Committee meeting, in Salt Lake City. Iran’s Foreign Ministry says Dabakis, a Utah state senator, who traveled to Iran in May did not clarify his job as senator in his visa application. Ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi told reporters Monday that a visit by Sen. Jim Dabakis was technically legal, but that he did not make his government p..>> view original
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
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