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Children as young as six are being sexually abused by peacekeepers and aid workers, says a leading UK charity. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7420798.stm --------------------------------------- Sickening! What is wrong with men???

"I'm grateful to His Excellency, Mr. Prime Minister, for his clear position that was stated on behalf of Canada during the (NATO) Bucharest Summit (last April)," Yushchenko told reporters at a joint press conference with Harper. Canada's approval of Ukraine joining NATO is in line with the...

Lebanon MPs elect new president Lebanon's parliament has elected army commander General Michel Suleiman as president, ending deadlock which has left the post vacant since November. Gen Suleiman is seen as neutral by Lebanon's rival factions. Gen Suleiman had won 118 votes out of 127. He said...

Dealing with China China's catastrophic earthquake last week in Sichuan province has prompted words of condolence from Canada's government, in a written press release. But there is no sign of any personal exchange with the senior leadership in Beijing. Nor has Ottawa sought to mobilize support...

Don't want no short, short man Have you ever heard of a limb-lengthening procedure? It’s an excruciatingly painful surgical process that involves breaking a patient’s legs, inserting metal screws and turning them to keep the separated sections apart as the bones grow back into one another...

Medvedev makes key visit to China Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is continuing his first official foreign tour since taking office with a visit to ally - and rival - China. Mr Medvedev will meet President Hu Jintao and other leaders for talks that are expected to focus mainly on trade...

Food imports 'to top $1 trillion' The amount of money being spent globally on importing food is set to top $1 trillion (£528bn) in 2008, an influential report estimates. Soaring food prices are the cause of the huge bill - likely to be up 26% on the 2007 total - said the UN's Food and...

Ted Kennedy has malignant brain tumour U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, who was hospitalized Saturday after suffering a seizure, has a malignant brain tumour, his doctors have confirmed. Reuters is reporting Kennedy will require chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Earlier this winter, he endorsed...

"I have always despised this government, now I really hate them," one young man said. The cyclone has filled the rice fields with sea water, devastating the crops Swollen figures float along the muddy banks of the river. A trail of wreckage and dead bodies stretched all along Burma's...

Freud work sets new world record Sue Tilley posed for Freud over a four-year period...

Hallelujah!! Polar bear added to U.S. endangered species list On the eve of a court deadline, the U.S. Interior Department is adding the polar bear to the list threatened species. This comes after evidence that rising temperatures are causing Arctic Sea ice -- the...

Tories losing ground with voters OTTAWA — The federal Tories have emerged from a controversy-laden winter scarcely ahead of the equally beat-up Liberals as Canadians express insecurity about their children's economic future. The results of a new wide-ranging poll for The Globe and Mail-CTV...

Jordan 'tough' on honour killer...

Sharif’s Party Leaves Cabinet in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — In an early sign of instability in the new government in Pakistan, the junior partner in the coalition said Monday that it was withdrawing from the cabinet over the government’s failure to reinstate the Supreme Court judges...

Here is an article as well as a video of an interview with Mr. Bush on his Middle East solution. Don't miss it! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7397400.stm

Ottawa could move to label chewing gum ingredient as toxic substance OTTAWA - The federal government is considering declaring a substance used to make chewing gum as toxic after tests on the colourless liquid with a sweet, fruity smell linked it to cancer in lab rats. Vinyl acetate is one of...

Death toll in China earthquake rises to 8,533 http://news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca/abc...a_quake_080512 Moderator's note: All threads related to the earthquake in China have been merged here.

Those plastics you dutifully recycle? They're shipped to China My neighbours came home the other day to discover six large new recycling bins sitting on - I should say covering - their front yard. The house is a semi, divided into three apartments. Together, the bins constitute a virtual...

The curse of a perfect memory The 'woman who can't forget' talks about her life Ms. Price can remember what happened every day since 1980 and most days since 1974. She will tell you if someone famous died, or if there was an earthquake, an election or another major news event. She...