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    NDP and CAW Marriage is now over

    Canadian Auto Workers union leadership urges members to turn back on NDP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 16:23 on March 24, 2006, EST. By MIKE OLIVEIRA TORONTO (CP) - The acrimony between the NDP and Canada's largest private-sector union...
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    Era of Peacekeeping has ended for Canada

    TIBERIUS, Israel (CP) - An era came to an end Friday as the Canadian military formally gave up its 32-year-old peacekeeping mission on the Golan Heights and pretty much ended its longstanding connection with UN peace forces. Op Danaca, Canada's 190-member commitment to the United Nations...
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    Who would you vote for in Next Election

    I would like to know who would you vote for in the next election. Now please try to black out everything before January 23rd and just focus in on that time period for all parties. I of course will vote for the NDP, or possibly the COmmunist Party if they have a candidate.
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    Mead

    Mead. 8) It's delicious
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    Injured Hand

    Now I injured my hand at my job yesterday and it hurts like a b**** but i don't want to go to the doc or to another soldier and tell him about it because I don't want t act like a kid with a non-important injury. So here are the choices 1. Wrap hand in cotton and duck tape 2. Don't worry...
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    All Religions of the World

    Abrahamic religions A group of monotheistic traditions sometimes grouped with one another for comparative purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham. Judaism (see also: Jew; Hebrews; Jewish Denominations) Contemporary divisions Rabbinic Judaism Orthodox Judaism Modern Orthodox...
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    Iran U.N statement has stalled for moment.

    UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Major powers tried to break a U.N. impasse on Iran's nuclear ambitions with a round of telephone calls among their foreign ministers on Thursday seeking to produce a unified message, diplomats said. ADVERTISEMENT After two weeks of haggling over an initial...
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    Natalee Holloway died of complications with alcohol and drug

    SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Aruban police reportedly suspect missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway may not have been killed but died from complications involving alcohol and perhaps drugs during a high school trip in the Dutch Caribbean island. ADVERTISEMENT Witnesses have come forward who say...
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    Persecution of Heathens

    Many adherents of historical Germanic paganism and Germanic Neopaganism[citation needed] have been persecuted, mainly by Christians. Persecution may refer to unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, beating, torture, or execution. It also may refer to the confiscation or destruction of property, or...
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    Muslim Persecution of Peoples

    Disagreements between followers of Islam and people of other beliefs, or between different Muslim groups, have on occasions resulted in the persecution of Muslims in non-Islamic countries, and conversely the persecution of non-Muslims or other Muslims in Islamic countries. Persecution in this...
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    Christian Persecution of Peoples

    Conflicts between Christians and non-Christians have resulted in the persecution of non-Christians by Christians. Christians have also persecuted each other when conflicts arose between different Christian denominations. Such persecutions have extended to a wide variety of religious and social...
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    Democracy What is it: Wikipedia style

    Democracy (from Greek δημοκρατία (demokratia), δημος (demos) the common people + κρατειν (kratein) to rule + the suffix ία (ia), literally "the common people rule") is a system where the population of a society controls the government. It may be narrowly defined as that of nation-state...
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    Afghan boy who captured Canadian Hearts dies

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - In a country hardened by decades of war, hostile to outsiders and often indifferent to life, a tiny tragedy unfolded for Canadian soldiers Thursday as a six-year-old boy lost his battle with cancer. But from heartache, the seeds of a new understanding between...
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    Orange Revolution a Dud

    15 months after Orange Revolution, Ukraine readies for parliamentary elections -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 14:05 on March 23, 2006, EST. By FRED WEIR KYIV, Ukraine (CP) - Ukrainians vote Sunday in parliamentary polls that observers are...
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    2 dead in Ferry Accident

    PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP) - Two passengers are now believed to have died in the sinking of a B.C. Ferry, despite early reports that all aboard were rescued. B.C. Ferries president David Hahn said Thursday hope began fading when reports the middle-aged couple was seen among rescued passengers...
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    Mead

    Mead Types and Ingredients Type Ingredients mead honey, optional flavoring ingredients sack mead strong mead made with extra honey show mead honey braggot honey and malt capsicumel honey with chile pepper ....try it, it's not very hot ;-) cyser honey and apples hippocras honey, grapes...
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    Why Muslim bash??

    I need to know 'Why do people Muslim Bash?" The Christian religion, the Buddhist religion, the Jewish religion, any other religion even Heathenism isn't perfect and it has a lot of crap to it and they have practices now and in the past that have made millions of people suffer. And they are ful...
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    Two Canadians and Briton released

    TORONTO (CP) - A gruelling four-month ordeal for two Canadian peace activists and a British colleague held hostage in Iraq ended Thursday in a bloodless military operation by multinational forces, delighting family and supporters back home. The members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were taken...
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    Back from work

    Too bad I wasn't here yesterday. I had to go into the military yesterday and do some work. It was fun but I injured my poor hand. Now I have a bruise on my hand.
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    Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson: Revived Heathenism

    Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson (1924–1993), a native of Iceland, was a goði, or Heathen priest. He was instrumental in helping to gain recognition by the Icelandic government for the pre-Christian Norse religion. The Íslenska Ásatrúarfélagið ("Icelandic fellowship of Æsir faith"), which he founded, was...