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Up to half a million refugees are gathering in Libya to attempt the crossing to Europe on the deadly boats that have killed thousands already. The toll of misery was revealed by senior Royal Navy officers leading Britain’s Mediterranean rescue mission off the Libyan coast. Britain’s amphibious...

Ontario has passed a landmark law banning so-called “conversion therapy” on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children and preventing medical practitioners from billing OHIP for it. The legislation proposed by New Democrat MPP Cheri DiNovo won unanimous support from all three parties at...

A group of western tourists who stripped naked at the peak of Mount Kinabalu last month will be prohibited from leaving Malaysia, as their act of "disrespecting the mountain" could have caused the devastating earthquake that killed at least 13 people. The earthquake comes a week after a...

Peter Robbins, who as a boy famously voiced the character Charlie Brown in the Peanuts cartoons, was scheduled to be sentenced Friday for multiple probation violations, but a judge instead granted a defense request that he be evaluated for mental competency. Peter Robbins, 58, pleaded guilty...

On Thursday, a collection of Christian, Jewish, Muslim and other faith leaders gathered with secular reproductive justice advocates in Washington, D.C. for a “Faith Leaders’ Summit.” The summit was convened to discuss the Helms Amendment, an addition to the Foreign Assistance Act enacted in 1973...

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cpl. Mark Taylor is not homeless, but that’s the impression he gave earlier this week during a curbside sting to catch disobedient motorists. Donning blue jeans, sunglasses and a baseball cap, Taylor stood at a busy intersection Monday afternoon in Vernon, British...

In war and peace, Wabakinine, head chief of the Mississaugas who made their home on the north shore of Lake Ontario, was a strong friend and ally of the British in the late 18th century. Respected as a warrior, he’d assisted the British effort during the American Revolution by participating in...

This is a long detailed story so click on the link to read.......... When missionary Karen Hinkey found out her husband was attracted to children, she tried to separate from him. Her church elders told her to knock it off and “submit” to their will. Christianity Today calls TVC one of...

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a measure this week that criminalizes female genital mutilation, in one of his last official acts before yielding the country’s top office to Muhammadu Buhari, the International Business Times reports. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed a...

Doctors used a technique called extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to extract oxygen-deprived blood, warm it up and add oxygen, before pumping it back in more Italian boy survives being trapped underwater for 42 minutes - Europe - World - The Independent

Katriuk, who moved to Canada in the 1950s, was a member of a Ukrainian battalion of the SS, the elite Nazi storm troops, between 1942 and 1944, according to the AP, citing war reports. And he was accused of taking part in a brutal massacre during World War II, the horrifying details of which...

Leaders of the ultra-Orthodox Belz sect in north London wrote to parents saying "no child will be allowed to learn in our school" if their mother drives. Women driving "goes against the laws of modesty within our society", it said. A spokesman from the Belz Community said they were...

Pettitt and about 400 others who didn't get into the auditorium after it reached the 700-person capacity listened to Sanders' speech over loudspeakers placed in the lobby. People packed the lobby all the way to the front doors and some found standing room in the stairwell. Tears came to Jane...

Mary (mother of Jesus) is considered one of the most righteous women in the Islamic religion. The Quran states clearly that Jesus was the result of a virgin birth, but that neither Mary nor her son were divine. In the Quran, no other woman is given more attention than Mary and the Quran...

But they can't keep their story on the same page........ Finance Minister Joe Oliver said Wednesday he believes relaxing labour laws to make it easier to lay off workers would help spur economic growth. The Conservatives insist he wasn’t talking about Canada. But party officials gave...

At least 800 British-born United Kingdom residents enjoy "non-domiciled" status, a tax break intended for temporary residents, according to data released in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by Reuters. Since 2008, the number of British-born non-doms has remained within a range...

Now, in a state of decorous pandemonium, the Senate is disgracing itself yet again — trying to use parliamentary privilege to keep information vital to Duffy’s defence secret. The Senate leadership is stepping on old men, women and children in a mad rush for the lifeboats. They are devising...

as part of Justice Department agreement Cleveland police will stop hitting people on the head with their guns and document any time they unholster them, according to a consent decree between the U.S. Justice Department and Cleveland police released today. The Justice Department found in...

'live by the sword, die by the sword'......... Hawaii police identified the victim as 47-year-old Randy Llanes of Kailua-Kona. DOBOR staff and witnesses say he jumped into the water and speared the fish. The fish then reportedly struck the man in the chest with its sharp bill. He was...

A mother and daughter say they've been blindsided by a call from a collection agency demanding almost $5,000 for an emergency medical airlift in Ontario that happened 17 years ago. Annette Trepanier says it took the province almost two decades to let her know about the bill from 1998. In...