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US urges Maroons to help combat modern-day slavery

January 18, 2016 in International

[caption id="attachment_9429" align="alignleft" width="300"] MORENO...

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Wal-Mart to shutter 269 stores, 154 of them in the US

January 15, 2016 in International

Wal-Mart is closing 269 stores, more than half of them in the U.S. and another big chunk in its challenging Brazilian market. The stores being shuttered account for a fraction of the company's 11,000 stores worldwide and less than 1 percent of its global revenue. More than...

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Singer Celine Dion’s husband, René Angélil, dies after cancer battle

January 15, 2016 in International

[caption id="attachment_9406" align="alignleft" width="300"] Singer Celine Dion and her husband Rene Angelil arrive at the 83rd Academy Awards at the 83rd Academy Awards in Hollywood, California, in this February 27, 2011 file photo[/caption] René Angélil, the husband of award-winning Canadian singer Celine Dion, died on Thursday...

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Mother Teresa’s physician applauds her expected canonization

January 14, 2016 in International

[caption id="attachment_9393" align="alignleft" width="300"] Mother Teresa’s physician Dr Devi Shetty[/caption] BANGALORE, India, Wednesday January 13, 2016 – One of the world’s top cardiac surgeons, Dr. Devi Shetty, is applauding the decision to clear the late Mother Teresa’s path to sainthood. Mother Teresa, widely admired around the world...

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US general reiterates warning on Islamic extremists in the Caribbean

January 11, 2016 in International

WASHINGTON, USA -- General John Kelly, commander of US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), has repeated an earlier warning that Islamic extremists leaving the Caribbean to join the international terrorist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the Middle East could return to commit acts...

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