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TORONTO – A prosecutor says two men charged with plotting to attack a passenger train travelling between Canada and the U.S. were motivated by Islamic extremism and spent months plotting to kill as many people as they could. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier face multiple charges in the alleged plot …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N. secretary-general is asking for more than 1,000 additional peacekeepers for the Central African Republic to help bring violence between Christians and Muslims under control. A letter from Ban Ki-moon to the U.N. Security Council president, circulated Thursday, says another 1,030 peacekeepers are needed to help …

GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Professors and support staff at the main campus of Guyana’s biggest university have launched a strike to press for higher pay and better working conditions. The strike by hundreds of union employees at the University of Guyana was launched Monday after negotiations with administrators collapsed. Staffers at …