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In September, Iranian football player Niloufar Ardalan, missed the final of the Asian Games in September because her husband, sports journalist Mahdi Toutounchi, enforced the right given to him by Islamic sharia law to prevent her from traveling. But for a 2015 Futsal World Cup event in...

According to Pew Research Center data published in the National Journal, white Christians are finally in the minority, dropping from 55% of the population in 2007 to 46% today. In contrast, the generations born after 1981 — the older and younger Millennials — are continuing the trend of...

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The largest ever survey of poverty in the UK claims that one in three Britons is now below an internationally accepted minimum living standard. The authors argue that levels of poverty seen today can be traced back to the Thatcher government’s decision to cut the top rate of income tax from 83%...

Of course, capitalists never come out and say that they want the government to get out of their way so that they can take advantage of workers or employ children or contaminate the water supply. They fear-monger about the threat of socialism and claim that as long as the government intervenes...

MMS involves giving children two chemicals – sodium chlorite and hydrochloric acid – which combine to form bleach. It is usually sold to be taken orally, but parents are also told to use it as an enema. The potentially lethal mixture is being touted as a cure for autism, cancer, HIV, malaria and...

Thunder Bay Police are looking for a snowbrush-wielding suspect who robbed Mac’s Convenience store locations on the city’s north side early Saturday morning. The first incident occurred at Mac’s Balsam Street location, the second a short time later on Cumberland Street. On each...

A security researcher using Shodan to probe Arris cable modems for vulnerabilities has found that 600,000 of the company's modems not only have a backdoor, but that the backdoor itself has an extra backdoor. Brazilian vulnerability tester Bernardo Rodrigues posted that he found undocumented...

It's very easy to point out that the economy has gotten worse since the provincial election, but harder to show any kind of causal link to the new government versus Oil prices. This article doesn't even try to make that link. It just throws out the accusation, unsubstantiated....... Is Alberta...

As Saskatchewan enters another winter season, CBC Radio's Morning Edition host Sheila Coles was trying to look for some positives in the weather. On Wednesday, Coles was talking about the weather forecast and the temperatures for the weekend, which should be around 0 C or -1 C, but there...

This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more. This war will not put an end to...

Pope Francis pulled no punches and appears to be leading his very own war on Christmas. In a sermon this week, he called the decadent holiday a "charade": Christmas is approaching: there will be lights, parties, Christmas trees and nativity scenes The world continues to go to war. The world...

“Because it’s 2015.” Prime Minister Trudeau’s response to a question about why he had so many female cabinet ministers resonated with Canadians. These three words encapsulate the tone that the Liberal Government is working hard to set, one of “real change”. Among these changes are aggressively...

Smith picked up the garbage for more than two months until Nov. 6, when he was fired for redeeming $5.10 worth of empty cans and bottles he found discarded on two occasions. Walmart employee fired from his job for redeeming $5.10 worth of empty cans and bottles he found discarded in the parking...

Customs agents at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) seized hundreds of tamales authorities said Wednesday. Hundreds Of Illegal Pork Tamales ‘Seized And Destroyed’ At LAX « CBS Los Angeles

Environmental and left-leaning charities can breath a sigh of relief now that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has instructed Minister of National Revenue Diane Lebouthillier to modernize Canada’s archaic charity law and clarify rules around allowable “political activity.” The ministry should...

French President Francois Hollande promised to honor his commitment to take in tens of thousands of refugees on Wednesday. He said France would do so despite concerns raised by ultra-right nationalist leaders that refugees might pose a security threat to the country. “Some people say the tragic...

The MLA for Cardston-Taber-Warner offered that explanation to cheering supporters at a closed-door session during the Wildrose Party's Annual General Meeting this past weekend: "Now [Jobs, Skills, Training and Labour Minister Lori Sigurdson] said to me, this is the reason why we're [raising...

The drug prescribed to infants in Canada with a rare and potentially dangerous form of epilepsy has jumped by 2,000 per cent practically overnight, upsetting specialists and parents. Infantile spasms, also called West syndrome, is a catastrophic and rare form of epilepsy. It's diagnosed in...

James R. Hausman is an accomplished businessman who owns his own precious-metals shop in Illinois. But the most profitable thing he has ever done is collide with a sliding-glass door. In 2011, Hausman suffered a minor brain injury when he was struck in the head by a such a door while traveling...