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Canadian search teams find body of a child who died in flooding in Nova Scotia over the weekend

Canadian police say the body of a child who went missing when the province of Nova Scotia was hit with extreme flooding has been recovered WINDSOR, Nova Scotia -- Canadian search teams on Tuesday recovered the body of a child who went missing over the weekend when the province of Nova Scotia was hit with extreme flooding , authorities said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police also confirmed that human remains found on Monday were those of a second missing child. A series of thunderstorms that began last Friday and stretched into Saturday dumped up to 250 millimeters (10 inches) of rain on several parts of the province, causing widespread damage. Provincial officials said six bridges were wrecked and 19 damaged and at least 50 roads sustained significant damage. The two child ren were Travel ling with three other people who managed to escape when the vehicle they were in was submerged. Other than the two children, police on Monday said they also recovered the body of a 52-year-old man...

Croats charged with child trafficking in Zambia granted bail

A Zambian court has granted bail to eight Croatian nationals charged with child trafficking NDOLA, Zambia -- A magistrate in Zambia on Thursday granted bail to eight Croatian nationals charged with child trafficking. Magistrate David Makalicha in Ndola, in the mineral-rich Copperbelt province, said the eight should each pay 20,000 Kwacha (about $1,000) bail and surrender their pas Sports to the court. The eight were named as Damir Magic, 44, Nadica Magic, 45, Zoran Subosic, 52, Azra Imamovic Subosic, 41, Ladislav Persic, 42, Aleksandra Persic, 40, Noah Kraljevic, 45, and Ivona Kraljevic, 46, when they first appeared in court on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to charges of child trafficking. They are defended by a legal aid lawyer, Kelvin Silwimba. In the charges brought before the court, the Croatians are accused of attempting to traffic four named children late last year into Zambia “for the purpose of exploitation.” Media in Croatia had reported that the detained Croats were four co...

In Ukraine, power plant workers fight to save their 'child'

When Ukraine was at peace, its energy workers were largely unheralded A POWER PLANT, Ukraine -- Around some of their precious transformers — the ones that still work, buzzing with electricity — the power plant workers have built protective shields using giant concrete blocks, so they have a better chance of surviving the next Russian missile bombardment. Blasted out windows in the power plant 's control room are patched up with chipboard and piled-up sandbags, so the operators who man the desks 24/7, keeping watch over gauges, screens, lights and knobs, are less at risk of being killed or injured by murderous shrapnel. “As long as there is equipment that can be repaired, we will work,” said the director of the plant that a team of Associated Press journalists got rare access to. The AP is not identifying the plant nor giving its location, because Ukrainian officials said such details could help Russian military planners. The plant’s director and his workers also refused to be iden...