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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka’s new health minister says a mystery kidney disease that has ravaged farmers in part of the country for two decades will be given top priority under the new administration. An estimated 70,000 to 400,000 people are affected in the North Central province rice basket, …

MEXICO CITY – Amnesty International is calling on the Mexican government to investigate the army in the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico on September 26. The London-based rights group faulted soldiers for not helping the students. Authorities say the students were detained by local police, who turned them …

TORONTO – Canadian special forces in northern Iraq have engaged in two more firefights against Islamic State group militants. Earlier this month in what was the first ground firefight between Western troops and the Islamic State group, Canadian soldiers engaged in a gun battle with militants after coming under a …