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requiring proof of citizenship to vote The Supreme Court on Monday struck down an Arizona law that requires people to submit proof of citizenship when they register to vote. The vote was 7-2. Justice Antonin Scalia, writing for the majority, said that a 1993 federal law known as the Motor...

Roaming fees for voice calls, texts and internet access will be a thing of the past across Europe from 2014, after European politicians voted to fast-track reforms of the European telecoms market. The European Commission -- a group of 27 politicians who represent the best interests of Europe...

At the front door of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday, it was revealed that the Chamber has dropped its lawsuit against The Yes Men, the activist duo famous for their elaborate prime-time pranks against Dow Chemical, Chevron, World Trade Organization and other giant entities known for...

The Iranian interior ministry announced on Saturday that moderate cleric Hasan Rowhani has won the country’s presidential election. Rowhani won with a fraction over the 50 percent of the vote needed to win outright on the first poll. Voter turnout was recorded at 72.7 percent. Press TV, an...

Apparently, you're either American, or you're nothing. That is the message of the Faith Fellowship Christian School of Watertown, NY. These "christian" souls have been pointing out to a student with dual citizenship that it's as bad to be Canadian as it is to be, well, I don't know, Black...

Now clearly this little kid was clearly blocking the row, then hits that poor man in the knee with his face. When the ball came down in the aisle, a guy in a T-shirt and shorts bowled over the young fan at the end of the row who, unfortunately, stood in the way of a home run ball and a...

Senior Salvation Army officials go on record that LGBT parents should be put to death Major Andrew Craibe, a Salvation Army Media Relations Director, went on public radio hosted by queer journalist Serena Ryan to discuss a recent call by LGBT parents for a boycott of the nonprofit for its...

Jason Kenney used to say the immigration system was broken and he was going to fix it. Yet it’s more broken now than when he took over in 2008. Just about everything he has touched — and he touches a lot as minister for immigration and citizenship — is in chaos. The entire system is mired in...

A U.S. attorney in Tennessee is reportedly vowing to use federal civil rights statutes to clamp down on offensive and inflammatory speech about Islam. Bill Killian, U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, was quoted by the Tullahoma News this week suggesting that some inflammatory...

El Salvador’s Supreme Court has decided to deny a 22-year-old woman a lifesaving abortion, ruling against making a medical exception to the conservative nation’s stringent abortion ban. Without an abortion, the woman will likely die — along with her nonviable fetus, which is missing its brain...

Last week, Apple chief executive Tim Cook appeared before US senators to answer questions on his company's tax arrangements. He urged the US to "gut" its tax code, simplifying 7,500 pages of legislation in order to entice major businesses such as Apple back to America. Mr Wozniak, who said he...

Cambodian workers hurt in Nike factory clash Police with stun batons were called to end a protest over pay by 3,000 mostly female workers making clothes for the US firm Sun Vanny, president of the Free Trade Union at Sabrina, said the workers making the Nike clothing had been staging strikes...

“Most of those sleeping at the protest camp are women and children,” McKenzie said shortly after his release. “We are all working to draw attention to the devastation caused to the Lakota people by the sale of alcohol in Whiteclay.” Whiteclay has a population of 14, yet 4 liquor stores in the...

Best comment ; Someone needs to SUE all the huge pit bull advocacy groups. Forget suing the individual owners. Go for the organizations that are spreading the lies that these are "pets". She was initially taken to the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center with life threatening injuries. She...

Brit becomes first in world to have prostate removed due to faulty gene A British businessman at risk of prostate cancer has become the first in the world to have the organ removed The 53-year-old, who has not been identified, discovered that he was carrying a “faulty” BRCA2 gene that has...

IT IS a lesson of the past five years that benchmarks in unregulated markets can fall victim to the incentives they create. Subprime mortgages bundled into securities often won high scores from ratings agencies that stood to profit in a busy market. The London Interbank Offered Rate, LIBOR, was...

Until yesterday, I suspect very few Canadian outside of the airlines industry actually knew that the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the UN organization which promotes regulation of international air travel, had its headquarters in Montreal. Some more Canadians probably know it...

These Canadian Cops Are Fighting to Legalize Drugs | VICE Canada

Canada is the only nation where more than half of all adults had a tertiary education in 2010. This was up from 40 percent of the adult population in 2000, when the country also ranked as the world’s most educated. Canada has managed to become a world leader in education without being a leader...