TORONTO — Two coyotes attacked a Canadian woman while she was hiking alone in a national park in eastern Canada, and authorities said she died Wednesday of her injuries.
The victim was identified as Taylor Mitchell, 19, a promising singer-songwriter from Toronto who was touring her new album on the East Coast.
She was hiking solo on a trail in Cape Breton Highlands National Park in Nova Scotia when the attack occurred Tuesday. She was airlifted to a Halifax hospital in critical condition and died Wednesday morning, authorities said.
Wildlife biologist Bob Bancroft said coyote attacks are rare because the animals are usually shy.
WHO to send 200M swine flu vaccines to 100 nations
HAVANA — The World Health Organization plans to distribute 200 million doses of swine flu vaccine to 100 developing countries.
WHO secretary-general Margaret Chan says shipments could begin next month.
Cuba is on the list of recipients. State media reports that Cuba will accept vaccines, putting aside previous skepticism about their effectiveness.
Afghan president’s brother denies getting CIA pay
KABUL — Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of the Afghan president, on Wednesday denied reports that he has received regular payments from the CIA for much of the past eight years.
The New York Times, citing current and former American officials, reported Tuesday that the CIA pays Karzai for a variety of services, including helping to recruit an Afghan paramilitary force that operates at the CIA’s direction in and around Kandahar.
Karzai called the report “ridiculous.”
Merkel sworn in as German chancellor
BERLIN — Angela Merkel was sworn in Wednesday for a second term as German chancellor and her new center-right government took up the task of tackling the country’s tough economic situation a month after national elections.
Merkel, 55, will serve as chancellor of a ruling coalition made up of her Christian Democratic Party, its Bavaria-only sister party the Christian Social Union, and the pro-business Free Democrats
— Herald wire services
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