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TORONTO – A judge has sentenced two men to 12 years in prison for one of the largest Ponzi schemes in Canadian history. Gary Sorenson and Milowe Brost were found guilty of fraud and theft in February in an elaborate scheme in which investors were promised unrealistic returns. More than …

SKHIRAT, Morocco – The U.N. envoy to Libya’s peace talks sounded a positive note Thursday as negotiations between the rival governments took another break with a deal remaining elusive. Bernardino Leon said after the latest round of talks — which he had called “decisive” — that the two sides would …

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarevic says her country will help neighboring Bosnia walk the “long and difficult path” toward European Union membership. Croatia is the EU’s youngest member while Bosnia — plagued by economic stagnation, a 44 percent unemployment rate and constant inter-ethnic bickering — does not yet …

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Members of indigenous tribes in Suriname presented lawmakers with an ambitious proposal Thursday urging them to conserve roughly half of the sparsely populated country with a sprawling rainforest hinterland. On the north shoulder of South America, Suriname has some of the world’s largest near-pristine tracts of tropical …

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – A Dutch judge has approved the extradition to the United States of a Russian suspected of involvement in a multimillion-dollar computer hack. Tuesday’s ruling at The Hague District Court clears the way for Vladimir Drinkman to be sent to New Jersey, where he is one of …

KAMPALA, Uganda – The United Nations refugee agency says more than 5,800 Burundians have crossed into Rwanda since the end of last month amid fears of violence ahead of elections later this year. UNHCR said in a statement Wednesday that hundreds are crossing the border daily, most of them children. …

JERUSALEM – Israeli police say they’re investigating the killing of a Polish tourist whose body bore signs of violence. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said Sunday the woman was found in a forest in Nazareth in northern Israel three days after being reported missing. He said police are investigating and it’s …

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria – A Nigerian official says Boko Haram extremists have seized back the northeastern border town Marte and are attacking villages, weeks after the military said it had contained the insurgents in a forest stronghold. Deputy Gov. Zannah Umar Mustapha of Borno state says hundreds of female suicide bombers …

South Korea’s opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck Tuesday during a visit to the southern port city of Busan. Lee, the chief of the main opposition Democratic Party, is conscious and was airlifted to the Pusan National University Hospital, a party official and a fire department official …

JERUSALEM – Israel’s military says militants in the Gaza Strip have fired a rocket at the south of the country but that it caused no injuries. Sirens wailed in some areas warning of the attack late Thursday night. Rocket fire has mostly subsided since last summer’s war between Gaza’s militant …