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Jamaica has shut down its recyclable scrap metal trade in the wake of persistent plundering of power lines, cabling and other precious metals used to keep the Caribbean island's infrastructure afloat.
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Toronto -
Ward's Island, the east-most island of Toronto Island Park, is a joy for the eye in summer, but it is a dream come true in winter, and getting there through the ice on Lake Ontario is half the fun.
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Chinese and Japanese protesters collide in a rally Saturday in central Tokyo over the ownership of a group of islands located between Okinawa and Taiwan.
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Winter storms have created a tiny new island from a section of Prince Edward Island. The sea created a channel through the sand dunes of Blooming Point, in P.E.I. National Park.
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New York -
While people across America are celebrating the birth of a nation, competitive food eating contestants were slamming down hot dogs by the handful today in Nathan's famous Coney dog-eating competition. The winner ate 54 hot dog to retain his title.
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Grenada police say a man calmly walked into the police station and declared, “I have two heads for all you” as he handed them a couple buckets carrying the severed heads of a pair of local islanders who were later found decapitated and mutilated.
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The dispute over a tiny rocky island in the Bay of Bengal was settled by the most powerful arbiter of all, the sea, which reclaimed it as its own, thus settling a 30-year dispute over which of two countries rightfully owns it.
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Today, citizens of the Independent State of Samoa has marked the island nation's switch from right to left-side-driving on the road, with the blaring of car horns and the ringing of church bells, while onlookers clapped and cheered by the roadside.
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Rescuers have found about 300 dogs which were abandoned by villagers in uninhabited island off Malaysia's western coast had started eating each other after weeks of starvation.
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The Queensland state government wanted to hire a person for “the best job in the world”, and it received about 35,000 applications from more than 200 countries. It will announce the winning candidate in May.
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Desert Island Discs celebrates its 70th birthday
 A wildlife recovery centre on Vancouver Island says it is overrun with starving animals.
Could disputed East China Sea islands be sold?
 The Montreal Canadiens tend to have little trouble with the New York Islanders. Lately, most opponents have enjoyed facing the Islanders, especially when hosting them.
Although the Maldives are known as an unspoilt tourist paradise, the islands struggle with managing their waste, as the BBC discovered on a visit to an 'apocalyptic' island waste dump.
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