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Panel Questions State Dept. Role in Iraq Oil Deal Bush administration officials knew that a Texas oil company with close ties to President Bush was planning to sign an oil deal with the regional Kurdistan government that ran counter to American policy and undercut Iraq’s central government, a...

Zimbabwe is already destitute, now a new crisis looms over Somalia: Fears of another Somalia famine rise I can't imagine how this child can still be alive! The body is a miracle machine! I wish I could pack my knapsack and walk over there and bring them the contents of my pantry shelves...

Thanks, Quandary! That is a very good link, and coming from you, a Brit, quite extraordinary!! I have heard about us getting the short end of the stick, but then wondered why the new candidates down south wanted to get out of or rewrite NAFTA? If it is so good for them, the Americans, why...

Morgentaler named to Order of Canada Morgenthaler:?:..... Is Canada going down the drain, just like the millions of babies he helped down the sewer pipes? What on earth is this world coming to!!!!! http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl.../National/home...

From reading Praxius' thread about Omar Khadr's trial in the US, I have asked myself, "is there an anti-Muslim attitude in the ranks of our government, and in the Canadian public as well?" I would appreciate your input from personal observations, articles you have read, and news you heard...

Oil tycoon surprises University of Calgary with $27-million Mr. Boone Pickens, the Texas billionaire and former Calgarian, was expected to donate $2.25-million to the Harley Hotchkiss Brain Institute Friday. But when it came time to show the money, Mr. Pickens added another $25-million – for...

Supermarkets contribute to failing fisheries North American supermarkets can be blamed for contributing to the looming global fisheries collapse, according to a report authored by Greenpeace. Canada's big three grocery chains -- Loblaws, Metro and Sobeys -- all fare poorly in the report for...

From Stockholm International Peace Research Institute: Recent trends in military expenditure World military expenditure is estimated to have been $1339 billion in 2007—a real-terms increase of 6 per cent over 2006 and of 45 per cent since 1998. This corresponded to 2.5 per cent of world gross...

Pakistan fury over U.S. 'hot pursuit' attack Pakistan summoned the U.S. ambassador Wednesday to protest a U.S. airstrike that it says killed 11, and wounded another seven of its forces who were cooperating with the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan. "The United States regrets that actions in...

Major Guantanamo setback for Bush Foreign suspects held in Guantanamo Bay have the right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, the US Supreme Court has ruled. In a major legal setback for the Bush administration, the court overturned by five to four a ruling upholding a 2006...

Russia and Ukraine clash over 350-year-old battle MOSCOW (Reuters) - A 350-year-old cavalry battle has become the latest irritant between Russia and its neighbour Ukraine after Russia's foreign ministry on Tuesday accused Kiev of using the clash to foment anti-Russian feeling. The...

Khadr's interrogators told to destroy notes, lawyer says June 8, 2008 at 8:23 PM EDT OTTAWA — Interrogators at Guantanamo Bay – including those...

German SPD Leader Breaks Customs, Backs Obama SPD chairman Kurt Beck said the whole world would be better off with a President Obama instead of another Republican administration. By endorsing the Democrats, Beck broke a tacit rule to refrain from any intervention in foreign elections...

U.S. reopens probe of gov't action in Arar case The United States is reopening an investigation of its government's handling of Maher Arar, a U.S. official has confirmed. Homeland Security has new information that warrants the reopening of the case. The watchdog's original...

Bardot fined over racial hatred Brigitte Bardot is a prominent animal rights activist...

Troops 'must back Mugabe or quit' Zimbabwe's army chief has told soldiers they must leave the military if they do not vote for incumbent President Robert Mugabe in next month's run-off poll. Chief-of-staff Maj Gen Martin Chedondo said soldiers had signed up to protect Mr Mugabe's principles...

Why Height Doesn't Matter Four short men who have survived ridicule and prejudice share their success secrets On the campus of James Madison University, in Harrisonburg, Virginia, stands a bronze statue of the school's namesake. This life-size replica of the fourth U.S. president is just 5'4"...

What is karma? Sharon Stone claims the earthquake in China is the result of bad karma for its treatment of Tibetans. Is her definition - "when you are not nice, bad things happen to you" - correct? And Sharon Stone, a convert to Buddhism, has claimed - to much criticism - that the earthquake...

Sugar Workers, Given Shares Instead of Pension, Wonder Why Price Is So Low CLEWISTON, Fla. — Thousands of workers at U.S. Sugar thought they were getting a good deal when the company shelved their pension plan and gave them stock for their retirement instead. They had a heady sense of...

Berlin remembers persecuted gays Germany has inaugurated a 600,000 euro concrete memorial to honour the thousands of homosexuals persecuted by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. The four-metre high monument, which has a window showing a film of two men kissing, was unveiled in Berlin. The...