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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Police say a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial in Canada's capital of Ottawa has been shot by an unknown gunman. Witnesses reported seeing a gunman running toward Parliament Hill, which is under lockdown. Others on the Hill told Canadian Press they heard shots being fired in several different corridors. The top spokesman for Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Harper was safe and had left Parliament Hill. The incident comes just two days after two Canadian soldiers were run over — and one of them killed — in Quebec by a man with jihadist sympathies.
WEST CARROLLTON, Ohio (AP) — The lawyer for an American who was arrested and held for nearly six months in North Korea for leaving a Bible at a nightclub says the man was treated well by the North Korean government and is in good health. Attorney Timothy Tepe (TEEP) says the family of detainee Jeffrey Fowle (FOWL) is overjoyed to have him home but mindful that two other Americans remain detained in North Korea. He spoke alongside Fowle and his family outside their home in rural southwest Ohio.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is convening a meeting today with his new Ebola "czar," Ron Klain, and other top aides. Klain is a former White House adviser who is Obama's Ebola response coordinator. He also has meetings scheduled with various White House teams leading the government's response to Ebola at home and in West Africa.
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — It's been days since Nigeria's military raised hopes with the announcement that Islamic extremists had agreed to a cease-fire. And the extremist group Boko Haram (BOH'-koh hah-RAHM') is still fighting. There's been no word on the fate of the more-than 200 schoolgirls who've been held by the group for six months. Officials had said talks would resume in neighboring Chad this week, but there's no confirmation that those negotiations are underway.
KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The president of Keene State College in New Hampshire says students are turning over video and photos of the mayhem that broke out during a family-friendly pumpkin festival over the weekend. More than 80 people were arrested following the violent disturbances that led to property damage and dozens of injuries. The college president tells a TV station (WMUR) that students are volunteering images to help identify the rioters.
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