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Military officials don't believe Taliban claims that they have abducted an unspecified number of Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan but they are conducting a head count as a precaution. "We have no reason to believe or suspect that any of our soldiers have been taken prisoner by Taliban forces,''...

So i was wondering, what did you want to be when you grew up and did it come true. Are you now in the profession that you wanted to be in back when you were a kid.

So I was wondering which one is better looking, the U.S Flag, the U.N flag ,or lets say to have an impartial flag the Brazil Flag

Alright i was able to get the U.N Flag on my Avatar thanks to Andem. And when I posted here for request I would also like to thank Jon for his help. The problem is solved and I feel better already because even though I think Chavez is a great leader, the U.N flag and the stuff that has to do...

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran and the United States had a rare moment of agreement Tuesday, using similar language to describe "positive steps" toward an accord on a package of incentives aimed at persuading Tehran to suspend uranium enrichment. ADVERTISEMENT Diplomats said the incentives...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Although Canada is triumphantly publicizing its arrest of 17 alleged home-grown terror suspects, the country's law enforcement bodies have a mixed record when it comes to determining the threat from militants. ADVERTISEMENT Twice since the September 11 suicide attacks...

Vatican issues more criticism of contraception, abortion, same-sex marriage -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 15:18 on June 6, 2006, EST. By MARIA SANMINIATELLI VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican declared Tuesday that the traditional family has...

There it stated in Mike Duffy that there was an operation in 2001 and 2003 in Canada where 20+ people were arrested in both operations and no one was convicted. And this was from a whole variety of people even the guy who wrote up the anti-terror laws. So with all you people jumping to...

So with my Mosque vandalised topic, for it to be in Wreck Beach I must have touched someone's sensitive button. :D

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario - Several members of a suspected terrorist ring prayed daily at a storefront mosque in a middle-class city west of Toronto but never spoke of hurting others, one of their prayer leaders said. ADVERTISEMENT "I will say that they were steadfast, religious people. There's...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - An Islamic militia said Monday it has seized Somalia's capital after weeks of some of the bloodiest fighting in 15 years of anarchy in the lawless Horn of Africa nation. Sheik Sharif Sheik Ahmed, chairman of the Islamic Courts Union, said his forces have fought off a...

BHUBANESWAR, India (AFP) - A woman who fell in love with a snake has married the reptile at a traditional Hindu wedding celebrated by 2,000 guests in India's Orissa state, reports said. ADVERTISEMENT Bimbala Das wore a silk saree for the ceremony Wednesday at Atala village near the Orissa...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. chief of humanitarian affairs denounced on Friday the seizure of a Somali hospital by anti-Islamic militiamen as a gross violation of international humanitarian law. ADVERTISEMENT "At a time when people most need medical care and surgical attention, the...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Canadian soldiers have intervened at least twice to prevent the summary execution of Taliban suspects captured on operations with the Afghan army, highlighting the moral murk confronting troops caught between government policy and the brutality of a still-violent...

Oddly enough for a man who served more than 30 years in the army before entering politics, he was never considered a shoo-in to run the Department of National Defence. Now, with the opposition scenting its first whiff of blood around a senior minister, Gordon O'Connor is taking shrapnel almost...

GIMLI, Man. - Prime Minister Stephen Harper's quest to improve relations with the United States could be undermined if his government fails to address concerns over an American law requiring Canadians to show a passport or identification card each time they cross the border, several of Canada's...

SAINT JOHN, N.B. -- The United States ambassador to Canada is defending the proposed softwood lumber agreement between Canada and the U.S. as a positive deal for both countries. David Wilkins says both sides have compromised and he is confident the deal will be signed soon. He couldn't say...

OTTAWA—The Conservative government has sparked outrage among native people by reneging on a federal deal to help relocate the trouble-plagued Kashechewan reserve in Northern Ontario. Indian Affairs Minister Jim Prentice blamed the previous Liberal government, insisting it had not set aside the...

MASKIOT, West Bank - Israel has begun laying the foundations for a new Jewish settlement deep in the West Bank — breaking a promise to Washington while strengthening its hold on a stretch of desert it wants to keep as it draws its final borders. ADVERTISEMENT The construction of...

CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez brought up Carlos the Jackal during a meeting of oil producers Thursday, calling the Venezuela-born terrorist who once took hostages at an OPEC meeting "a good friend." ADVERTISEMENT Carlos, whose real name is Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, gained...