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Woman dies after attack by coyotes during solo hike in Canadian park

Coyotes kill woman on hike in Canadian park

Woman attacked by coyotes in Canadian park dies in hospital from injuries

Canadian woman killed by coyotes

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A Canadian woman has died from injuries sustained when she was attacked by two coyotes while hiking in eastern Canada.

UK manufacturing down on the month in August, but car registrations, house prices rise

LONDON — Manufacturing output in the United Kingdom fell during August, official statistics showed Tuesday, overshadowing more upbeat data on house prices and car sales and suggesting economic recovery will be slow.

Canadian pacifist, social advocate Muriel Duckworth dies at 100

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Canadian activist Muriel Duckworth, a passionate pacifist who for decades was an advocate for women’s rights and social justice, has died. She was 100.

UK’s biggest mortgage lender reports first quarterly house price rise since 2007

LONDON — U.K. house prices rose 1.1 percent in July, capping the first quarterly rise since 2007, the country’s largest mortgage lender said Wednesday.

US plane with bathroom fire lands safely after being diverted to Canadian airport

WASHINGTON — An American Airlines Boeing 767-300 en route from New York City to Europe was diverted Tuesday to a Canadian airport after a fire was reported in a bathroom.

Bank of England keeps interest rates at 0.5 pct; maintains policy to increase money supply

LONDON — The Bank of England kept official interest rates at a record low of 0.5 percent on Thursday and said it would press on with its policy of increasing the money supply — but did not expand that program further.

Canada’s National Post newspaper cancels Monday print editions for summer

TORONTO — Canada’s National Post, one of the country’s two national newspapers, is going without its Monday print editions for nine weeks this summer in a move that will lower its newsprint costs.