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JERUSALEM – An Israeli group that collects testimonies from combat soldiers has published accounts from last year’s Gaza war alleging indiscriminate fire killed Palestinian civilians. Breaking The Silence charged Monday that accounts gathered from dozens of unnamed soldiers show a “change in the military’s combat norms.” Director Yuli Novak said: …

OTTAWA, Ontario – A meeting of Canada’s federal Conservative party was described as being like a “morgue” a day after Alberta, Canada’s most conservative province, elected a left-of-center provincial government, ending a 44-year-old conservative party dynasty. Voters in the western oil-rich province chose a New Democratic Party government Tuesday. The …

FORT-DE-FRANCE, Martinique – French President Francois Hollande told Caribbean leaders on Saturday that a planned international green fund could help the vulnerable, tourism-dependent region mitigate the effects of climate change. Hollande headlined the Caribbean Climate Summit, which drew about 40 leaders or top officials from regional nations including the Bahamas, …