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BURKESVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A 5-year-old boy accidentally shot his 2-year-old sister to death in rural southern Kentucky with a rifle he had received as a gift last year, authorities said.
The children's mother was home at the time of the shooting Tuesday afternoon but had stepped on to the porch for "no more than three minutes," Cumberland County Coroner Gary White told WKYT-TV....

Santo Domingo.- U.S. ambassador Raul Yzaguirre on Wednesday admitted a change of heart on the Barrick Gold row, given the Dominican people’s strong feelings on the issue.
He said he expects the government and Barrick Gold to renegotiate the contract for the mine at Pueblo Viejo soon, because in his view will benefit for both parties. "My opinion has changed a bit, I understand that the Dominican people have a deep feeling...