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Public help sought after stranger sexually assaults woman near St. John's overpass
The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is looking for the public's help in finding video of a man on a bicycle suspected of sexually assaulting a woman in St. John's on Monday night. (Darryl Murphy/CBC)The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary is searching for a man who is believed to have sexually assaulted a woman Monday evening on a road near an overpass on Pitts Memorial Drive.Const. James Cadigan told CBC News the suspect and the woman had never met before Monday. The RNC said the woman was taken to
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Why Palestinians can count on American students but not Arab allies to protest
Palestinians may be gratified to see American university campuses erupt in outrage over Israel's offensive in Gaza, but some in the embattled enclave are also wondering why no similar protests have hit the Arab countries they long viewed as allies. Demonstrations have rocked U.S. universities this week, with confrontations between students, counter protesters and police, but while there have been some protests in Arab states, they have not been nearly as large or as vociferous.
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1 person stabbed on a bus in Saskatoon: local bus union
Saskatoon's bus drivers' union is once again speaking up about violence on the city's transit system.It comes in the wake of a stabbing on a bus in Saskatoon. The union says it happened Wednesday around 5:30 p.m. CST on Broadway Avenue. According to the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU), an argument got physical and led to one person being stabbed and taken to the hospital. The perpetuator fled the scene, it said. "These occurrences are happening more and more and this is an example of what we're
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VideoHundreds of baby sea turtles rescued after rare storm in South Africa given temporary new home
Turtle hatchlings rescued after a severe storm in South Africa have been given a temporary home at the Turtle Conservation Centre at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town. More than 500 endangered turtles were washed up along South Africa’s coastline after the rare extreme weather event.
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VideoMore than 300 arrested at New York City campuses over 2 days
Several pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested at Manhattan's Fordham University on Wednesday. After previous arrests at Columbia and City College, life in New York City is returning to normal.
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P.E.I. cold-case murder trial adjourned again
The defence for Todd Joseph Gallant, accused in the 1988 killing of Byron Carr, requested and received another adjournment on Thursday.This is the fifth adjournment in the case. The 56-year-old Gallant, who also goes by the name of Irving, is charged with first-degree murder and interfering with human remains in connection with Carr's death on Nov. 11, 1988. Carr was strangled in his Charlottetown home.In court Wednesday defence lawyer Chris Montigny said there is "a lot to manage" in terms of t
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VideoPolice and protesters clash at UCLA in tense scene as pro-Palestinian encampment is dismantled
Police removed barricades and have begun dismantling the fortified encampment of pro-Palestinian demonstrators in a chaotic and tense scene at the University of California, Los Angeles.
