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A bomb hits a vehicle guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan and wounds 9

A bomb hits a vehicle guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan and wounds 9

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, wounding six office
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A roadside bomb hits a vehicle carrying police guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan, wounding 9

A roadside bomb hits a vehicle carrying police guarding an anti-polio drive in Pakistan, wounding 9

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A roadside bomb hit a vehicle carrying officers assigned to protect health workers conducting a polio immunization drive in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in northwestern Pakistan on Monday, wounding six office
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Canadian Medical Association calls for more tracking of health care funds

Canadian Medical Association calls for more tracking of health care funds

OTTAWA — The Canadian Medical Association says there should be better tracking of health care spending, following health care agreements the federal government has signed with the provinces and territories.
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A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play?

A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play?

OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides.
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'I'm living a lie': On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive

'I'm living a lie': On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was November.
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'I'm living a lie': On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive

'I'm living a lie': On the streets of a Colorado city, pregnant migrants struggle to survive

AURORA, Colo. (AP) — She was eight months pregnant when she was forced to leave her Denver homeless shelter. It was November.
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A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play?

A remote tribe is reeling from widespread illness and cancer. What role did the US government play?

OWYHEE, Nev. (AP) — The family placed flowers by a pair of weathered cowboy boots, as people quietly gathered for the memorial of the soft-spoken tribal chairman who mentored teens in the boxing ring and teased his grandkids on tractor rides.
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N.B. Liberals officially launch election bid before official start of fall campaign

N.B. Liberals officially launch election bid before official start of fall campaign

FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick Liberals got a jump on the province's coming fall election by officially launching their party's campaign on Sunday, saying they're focused on addressing affordability and improving the ailing health-care system.
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Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico

Former director of Los Alamos National Laboratory dead after car crash in New Mexico

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A former top official in U.S. nuclear weapons research at Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos national laboratories has died from injuries after an automobile crash in New Mexico, authorities said. He was 69.
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Israelis surge into the streets again in protest as the toll in Gaza grows

Israelis surge into the streets again in protest as the toll in Gaza grows

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Huge numbers of Israelis again poured into the streets to protest the government's failure to secure the return of remaining hostages in Gaza , while hospital and local authorities said Israeli air raids in the territ
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