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The new secretary-general will need to bridge the growing divide among the member states. June 30, 2006 - Taking office on Jan. 1, 2007, Kofi Annan's successor will inherit a deeply divided United Nations. A newly empowered group of nations, which includes some of the United States' closest...

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Judges and prosecutors from Cambodia and foreign countries were sworn in Monday to begin the U.N.-backed judicial process to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide and crimes against humanity. It was a major step forward in the search for justice for victims of the...

Mexico’s presidential election too close to call Leftist ex-Mexico City mayor, former energy minister both declare victory MEXICO CITY - Two bitter rivals declared themselves winners of Mexico’s extraordinarily close presidential race even though election officials said official results...

Canadian Press Published: Monday, July 03, 2006 Furious veterans are renewing their demands that the National War Memorial be guarded to protect it against "disgusting" assaults after young men were caught urinating on it during Canada Day festivities. A retired major snapped digital pictures...

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/pirates/ Can't wait to see this. :D

So what do Canadians celebrate on Canada Day? I know the official version, the union of Upper and Lower Canada, New Brunswick and I forget the other province under the British North American Act of 1867, essentially maitaining loyalty to the British Crown. So the celebration is for what...

Jun 22nd 2006 Contrary to fears on both sides of the Atlantic, integrating Europe's Muslims can be done THIS week George Bush was in Vienna, doing his best to mend relations with his allies. The list of disputes between the United States and Europe remains long and familiar: Guantánamo...

Bolton v Gore Jun 22nd 2006 | WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition A question of priorities: hunger and disease or climate change? TWO years ago, a Danish environmentalist called Bjorn Lomborg had an idea. We all want to make the world a better place but, given finite resources, we...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents are demanding the withdrawal of all U.S. and British forces from Iraq within two years as a condition for joining reconciliation talks, a senior Iraqi government official said Wednesday. In Moscow, meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin ordered the special...

Joseph Brean, National Post Published: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 LONDON - It's usually one of the largest gatherings of Canadians outside Canada, but police said yesterday they cancelled a pub's Canada Day street party out of fears it will be a repeat of last year's "nightmare" of drunken...

Chad Skelton, Vancouver Sun Published: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 The increasing potency of marijuana -- spurred on by hydroponic growers in places such as B.C. -- means the world should no longer consider pot a "soft" drug, according to a report released Monday by the United Nations. "Today, the...

By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI, Associated Press Writer Sat Jun 24, 11:56 AM ET Europe's Muslims have remained largely silent in the face of terrorist attacks that have killed 254 people in Madrid, London and Amsterdam. Europeans want to know why. Why have so few of them publicly condemned the...

in survey of world cities Ten bucks says they bumped into Blackleaf. :lol: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLISH good manners, did you say? No, they don’t exist. In fact, we’re as rude as the French, and that’s saying something. They’re more...

of sex assault on Manitoba girl A former soldier who admitted to sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl in Manitoba has been found not guilty, because he convinced the judge that he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. Justice Nathan Nurgitz, who handed down the verdict in a Winnipeg...

Geneva, 20 June (AKI) - Saiid Mortazavi, a judge who has ordered in the past six years the closure of over 200 papers and jailed about 100 journalists will attend the first session of the newly formed United Nations Human Rights Council, running until 30 June in Geneva, as the number two of the...

That's the white, the red one is Manhattan clam chowder

Lobsters yum! Soft shell crabs yum! Halibut yum! New England clam chowder yum! Blackfish yum! Salmon yum! Blowfish yum! Can you tell I like seafood? :D

How many nations could genuinely say that they had the potential to conquer the world or destroy it? How many nations ever had an arsenal capable of obliterating any other nation without risking retaliation? How many nations, with an army and navy superior to any others, and an economy capable...

The relationship between the United States and Canada is probably the closest and most extensive in the world. It is reflected in the staggering volume of bilateral trade--the equivalent of $1.2 billion a day in goods, services, and investment income--and people, more than 200 million crossings...

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's older brother says the family had anticipated the death of the al-Qaeda in Iraq leader for some time. "We anticipated that he would be killed for a very long time," Sayil al-Khalayla told The Associated Press on Thursday in a telephone interview from al-Zarqa, the poor...