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Woman, 73, attacked by bear while walking near US-Canada border with husband and dog

A 73-year-old woman has been attacked by a bear while she was walking with her husband and her dog near the U.S.-Canada border. A 73-year-old woman has been attacked by a bear while she was walking with her husband and her dog near the U.S.-Canada border. The incident occurred at approximately 3 p.m. on Sunday afternoon when officials from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks were notified that a woman had been “attacked along the bank of Trail Creek a few miles west of the North Fork Road,” officials said. MORE: Department of Defense official charged with running dogfighting ring “The victim was on national forestland with her husband and dog when the bear emerged from thick brush and attacked her,” authorities from Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks said. “Her husband deployed bear spray and the bear moved away from the victim. They returned to their vehicle and drove to a location where they could call emergency services.” An air ambulance was immediately dispatched to the site of ...

China says India border stable, contrasting with Indian view

China's defense minister says conditions along the disputed high-altitude border with India are “stable overall,” in sharp contrast with the much more pessimistic view from New Delhi BEIJING -- China’s defense minister says conditions along the tense, high-altitude border with India are “ stable overall,” in sharp contrast with the far more pessimistic view from New Delhi. The remarks from Li Shangfu came in a statement issued shortly after a meeting Thursday with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh in New Delhi. “China and India have far more common interests than differences,” Li was quoted as saying. “At present, conditions on the China-Indian border are stable overall,” Li said. The sides should “take a long-term view, put the border issue at an appropriate place in bilateral relations, and promote the normalization of the border situation as soon as possible,” he said. In its own statement, India’s defense ministry quoted Singh as saying China had eroded the “entire basis”...