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British Columbia wildlife officials kill four grizzlies linked to fatal attack on mother, daughter

An adult female grizzly bear and her three cubs were put to death in British Columbia, Canada, after DNA linked them to the deaths of a mother and daughter.

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Iranian boxer on death row for protesting to be honored in London with human rights award

Iranian boxer Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani won't be in London on Thursday to accept his Outstanding Human Rights Activist award from the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign. He remains on death row in his home country for protesting against the government.

Argentinian lawyer mocks UK’s sovereignty claim in Falklands oil case

Lawyer says Britain wrong to believe in historic doctrine that crown has sovereignty over parts of oceansBritain should not be permitted to act as a 17th-century colonial power treating the waters around the Falkland Islands as a Dominium maris Britannici, Argentina has told an international tribunal.Marcelo Kohen, representing Argentina at a hearing in Hamburg, mocked Britain for apparently believing in the historic doctrine that the British crown has sovereignty over expansive parts of the oceans. Continue reading...

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U.N. peacekeepers failed to protect civilians before South Sudan massacre, Amnesty says

United Nations peacekeepers and South Sudanese authorities failed to take adequate action despite warnings weeks before insurgents raided a village and killed more than 200 people earlier this year, Amnesty International said in a report released Thursday.

Russian ambassador to the U.S. dies 'suddenly' at 66

Russia's ambassador to the U.S., Alexander Darchiev, died "suddenly" on Wednesday in Russia, according to Moscow officials. He was 66.