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    Taliban Strike Back: 10 wounded at Kandahar Base 2 Canadians

    2 Canadians among 10 injured in rocket attack on coalition base in Kandahar -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 17:15 on June 30, 2006, EST. KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - A Taliban rocket has exploded inside the international coalition base in...
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    Polytheism

    Polytheism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Polytheism is belief in, or worship of, multiple gods or divinities. The word comes from the Greek words poly+theoi, literally "many Gods." Ancient religion was polytheistic, holding to a pantheon of traditional...
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    Jersey Devil where I get my name

    The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature said to inhabit the Pine Barrens in southern New Jersey. The Devil is often described as a bipedal flying creature with hooves, but there are many variations. The legend inspired the name of New Jersey's NHL ice hockey team, the New Jersey Devils, and...
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    Bad Boys song- Inner cirlce

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Vl8bFjdVPE&search=Bad%20Boys%20Inner%20Circle
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    Do you support Inter-marriage??

    Now for people who are not married, and people who are married but may have a son, daughter, a cousin a relative, a brother or sister who isn't married. Would you be supportive or acceptive if a family member or relative married someone who is of a different religion, race, ethnicity...
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    Why do people murder other people?

    Now this story is going to have three parts possibly about it. So about five six years ago, when I was living in the GTA, Oshawa actually. I had a friend about four to five years older than me who was a black man but also a security guard. So after graduating from highschool he got his job as a...
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    Federal Accountability Act has many glitches/flaws Con Senat

    OTTAWA (CP) - An influential Conservative senator warns that the Harper government's vaunted ethics legislation is rife with problems that could produce unintended "perverse consequences." Among other things, Senator Hugh Segal says the proposed $1,000 limit on personal political donations...
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    Middle East May be Conflict Zone Again

    CAIRO (AFP) - Israel's offensive in the Palestinian territories is drawing fierce accusations in neighbouring Egypt that the Jewish state is seeking to destabilise the region. ADVERTISEMENT While Egypt's diplomacy has remained mum since the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier in the...
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    Bush stepped overbounds with Gitmo ;Supreme Court.

    WASHINGTON (CP) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President George W. Bush overstepped his authority in creating military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, a rebuke to the administration and its aggressive anti-terror policies. Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the...
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    U.N human rights workers in action in Uganda

    UNITED NATIONS - The U.N. Development Program has halted a voluntary disarmament program in Uganda's troubled northeast amid new reports of rights abuses by government troops in the region, a spokesman said Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT The $1 million U.N. Development Program project...
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    Roberto Clemente: One great Humanitarian Ball player

    Roberto Clemente Walker (August 18, 1934 – December 31, 1972) was a Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter. He was elected to the Hall of Fame posthumously in 1973 as the first Hispanic American to be selected, and the only exception to the mandatory five-year...
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    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar One of NBA's Greatest Players

    Kareem Abdul-Jabbar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Kereem Abdul Jabar) Jump to: navigation, search Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Position Center Height 7'2" (2.18 m) Weight 225 lb (102 kg) Nationality United States Born April 16, 1947 New York, NY College UCLA Draft 1st...
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    Edwin Starr - War

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VVWCtU3k2g&search=Edwin%20Starr%20War War! - huh- yeah- What is it good for? Absolutely nothing Uh-huh War! – huh – yeah- What is it good...
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    Orange Order and Orange Men in Canada

    Three members have been Prime Ministers of Canada, namely Sir John A. Macdonald, the father of Canadian Confederation, Sir Mackenzie Bowell, a Past Grand Master, and John Diefenbaker. Premier Joseph Smallwood, who brought Newfoundland (which is often described as the most Irish place outside...
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    Psychological Tests for traumitized soldiers

    Medical staff at Canadian Forces trauma centres are speaking out about controversial new personality tests for soldiers looking for help for stress-related injuries, CBC News has learned. Under the directive, every Canadian Forces member who seeks treatment for a stress disorder will have to...
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    4.7 Billion on Helicopters

    Ottawa will spend $4.7 billion to purchase and maintain 16 new military helicopters, the defence minister said Wednesday. U.S. soldiers take cover as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off, in Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, June 18, 2006. (Rodrigo Abd/ Associated Press) The...
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    Tories backing away from Fiscal Imbalance

    Some provincial finance ministers meeting with their federal counterpart in southern Ontario say they sense Stephen Harper's government is veering away from its pledge to share Canada's wealth more fairly. Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty says his provincial counterparts can raise taxes...
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    What will you Do Canada Day??

    So what will you do on Canada Day?? I think if it is nice and warm I will be out back and soak in the sun. And then pack for the next day.
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    Support for Seperatists down

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Separatists in the French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec are losing popularity and there is no guarantee they would win an election if it were held today, according to a new poll on Wednesday. ADVERTISEMENT The CROP survey for the La Presse newspaper put backing for...
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    Montenegro becomes 192 U.N member

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Montenegro on Wednesday became the 192nd member of the United Nations, a month after it ended its 88-year partnership with Serbia that completed the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. ADVERTISEMENT "I declare the Republic of Montenegro admitted to membership...