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Britain to give Canada the shipwrecks of explorer Franklin

LONDON (AP) — Britain announced Monday it will give Canada the shipwrecks of British explorer John Franklin, who perished with his crew while trying to chart the Northwest Passage through the Arctic in the 1840s.

The HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror were found in 2014 and 2016 about 30 miles (48 kilometers) apart near King William Island in the Canadian Arctic, some 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers) northwest of Toronto.

Under an agreement between the two countries, the wrecks were the property of Britain although Canada had custody and control of them. The U.K... Read More

The Latest: IS militants came to Syrian town with hit list

BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local):

11:15 p.m.

The Islamic State militants came into the Syrian town of Qaryatayn with a hit list. By the time they left three weeks later, more than 70 civilians had been killed — shot or beheaded, their bodies dumped in farms and ditches.

The apparent revenge killings in the central Syrian town underscore the ability of the extremist group to inflict heavy losses even when it is in retreat.

News of the gruesome slayings began to emerge late Sunday, after IS militants... Read More

IS came with a hit list, left Syria town in a trail of blood

BEIRUT (AP) — The Islamic State militants came into the Syrian town with a hit list. By the time they left three weeks later, more than 70 civilians had been killed — shot or beheaded, their bodies dumped in farms and ditches.

The apparent revenge killings in the town of Qaryatayn underscore the ability of the extremists to inflict heavy losses even when they're in retreat — and portend more violence as they fight to hang on to their last strongholds in Syria.

News of the gruesome slayings began to emerge late Sunday, after IS militants were driven out... Read More

Barcelona's vast stadium gives voice to Catalan separatism

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The rallying cry erupted, almost precisely, after 17 minutes and 14 seconds of soccer in the match between Barcelona and Malaga.

"In! In-de! In-de-pen-den-ci-a!"

It rolled around and around the Camp Nou stadium like a tide, from behind one of the goals into a frothing chorus of thousands of voices.

Then, as suddenly as it started, the chant faded. Red and yellow flags — Catalonia's colors — were furled. Attention returned to the Spanish league match. Eyes refocused on Lionel Messi with a ball at his feet.
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Aid group says Madagascar plague outbreak yet to reach peak

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — An international aid group says Madagascar'd deadly plague outbreak has not yet reached its peak.

Action Against Hunger said Monday that 102 plague deaths have been reported since the outbreak began in August and that most of the nearly 1,300 reported cases of plague are of the pneumonic kind, a more virulent form that spreads through coughing, sneezing or spitting and is almost always fatal if untreated. It says the highest number of cases have been detected in Madagascar's capital, Antananarivo.

"We have not yet reached the peak,"... Read More

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Britain to give Canada the shipwrecks of explorer Franklin

The Latest: IS militants came to Syrian town with hit list

IS came with a hit list, left Syria town in a trail of blood

Barcelona's vast stadium gives voice to Catalan separatism

Aid group says Madagascar plague outbreak yet to reach peak

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