Michael Langan, the teenager who died after police zapped him with a Taser, may have been a high-school dropout who wandered the streets of Winnipeg's inner-city core, but he didn't deserve to die like that, his father says.
LONDON (AFP) - England coach Fabio Capello on Friday urged Frank Lampard to snub Inter Milan and stay at Chelsea.
MACAU (AFP) - New Chelsea playmaker Deco brushed off Alex Ferguson's jibes about the team's age as he insisted he still had room to develop at the age of 30.
TOKYO (AFP) - Mongolian grand champion Hakuho secured an unassailable lead Friday in the summer sumo tournament, denying a rival Bulgarian vying to be the first European to take the top rank.
A man accused in the kidnapping of two Banff women had his first court appearance on Monday.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Four US soldiers have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with the deaths of several detainees in Iraq in early 2007, the US Army said Wednesday.
The victims of a firebombing in Edmonton earlier this month received a surprise in the mail: A note of apology from those who lobbed a Molotov cocktail at their home.

MANILA (Reuters) - A Qantas Airways plane made an emergency landing in Manila on Friday after part of its undercarriage blew off, triggering a loss in cabin pressure during a flight from Hong Kong to Melbourne.
MONTREAL - Following his son's example, disgraced formed advertising executive Jean Lafleur has filed for bankruptcy, threatening to leave Ottawa on the hook for more than $7 million.
BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia's U.S.-backed president entered into defense pact with the left-of-center government of Brazil on Saturday, marking a step in regional cooperation aimed at fighting cocaine-funded Marxist rebels.
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