Search results

Dying for water in Somalia’s drought Amid anarchy, warlords control precious resource RABDORE, Somalia - Villagers call it the "War of the Well," a battle that erupted between two clans over control of a watering hole in this dusty, drought-stricken trading town. By the time it ended two...

Skull in luggage leads to guilty plea Haitian caught with voodoo head at Miami airport admits to reduced charge FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - A Haitian woman who was found with a human skull in her luggage pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to illegally storing human remains. Myrlene Severe...

Worshippers attacked at 3 Egyptian churches 1 dead, 17 wounded by knife-wielding assailants CAIRO, Egypt - Worshippers at three Christian churches came under attack from knife-wielding assailants during Mass Friday. Police said one worshipper was killed and more than a dozen wounded in the...

THE HAGUE, 12/04/06 - An unjustified fear of and aversion to Islam exists in the Netherlands. Instead of continuing to drag the name of that faith through the mud, there should be far more criticism of friendly countries such as the US, Israel and Russia, the Scientific Council for Government...

Sky News has made an exclusive investigation into the sinister secrets behind China’s booming economy. The Chinese government is accused of using police brutality to remove people from their homes and into lives of squalor and poverty...

:arrow: Long read, you have been warned! Primo: The Cerberean Conception Since it's almost become a cliché to observe that Marxism is dead in practice – that is, if you overlook its authoritarian half-life in China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam – but thriving in theory, we can at least ask...

I think it is a matter of being located somewhere in the Pacific Time Zone. Here I am ealier this morning at 7:30 (EST) and none other than Cosmo, #juan and WC are on Canadian Content. That would make it 4:30am out West. 8O I say again 8O Don't you people ever sleep?!?! :P Do you all...

N.Y. rescuers pull out the stops Drills, mini cameras, raw fish used in search for cat in deli basement wall NEW YORK - Rescuers used drills, miniature cameras and a raw fish Wednesday to try to lure a kitten that has been trapped for 12 days behind a delicatessen’s basement wall. The effort...

Yep, today I am one full year on Canadian Content, with the exception of a couple of "brief" exiles. :lol: Happy Birthday ITN! I'm one year old again. :D

"The whole Empire will rejoice at the news of yesterday's successful operations. Canada will be proud that the taking of the coveted Vimy Ridge has fallen to the lot of her troops. I heartily congratulate you and all who have taken part in this splendid achievement." His Majesty the King to...

CHIEF JUSTICE SURPRISE SUPPORTER OF PULIC VETTING Janice Tibbetts, CanWest News Service Published: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice has thrown her substantial support behind a Conservative plan for publicly vetting Supreme Court contenders, saying a recent hearing on...

I didn't see anyone post anything on this, so I figured it's worth mentioning. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eighty-nine years ago yesterday, thousands of Canadian soldiers stormed Vimy Ridge in northeastern France, paying with their limbs and their...

Written before the Iraq Invasion ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Clark is a fierce critic of US foreign policy, but he detests the ignorant anti-Americanism of left-liberals ‘I am 25, a graduate who has travelled extensively after university...

Golden retriever back after 2 years on the run Technological devices couldn’t make Sam return, but a ham dinner could STRATHAM, N.H. - Satellite tracking, helicopter surveillance and dart guns failed. In the end, it was a ham dinner and a remote-controlled net that brought a golden retriever...

Mailman jailed for hoarding postal items Carrier said bag was too heavy, and he ended up with 13,819 items at home LONDON - A mailman who hoarded thousands of letters and parcels at his home was jailed for four months on Friday. Christopher Meek, 19, admitted hoarding 13,819 postal items...

Chiropractor claims to travel through time Ohio investigates provider who offers to reach into past to heal patients COLUMBUS, Ohio - A chiropractor who claims he can treat anyone by reaching back in time to when an injury occurred has attracted the attention of state regulators. The Ohio...

Think your phone bill is high? Try $218 trillion Malaysian man hit with gigantic bill, ordered to pay up or face prosecution KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A Malaysian man said he nearly fainted when he received a U.S. $218 trillion phone bill and was ordered to pay up within 10 days or face...

I wasn't interested in this movie until recently. Well it's a great movie about racism. Has anyone seen it?

Canada's new Conservative prime minister, Stephen Harper, has been urged by more than 60 leading international climate change experts to review the global warming policies he inherited from his centre-Left predecessor. In an open letter that includes five British scientists among the...

Rome, 5 April (AKI) - The secretary general of Italy's largest Muslim organisation, the Union of Islamic communities in Italy (UCOII), has called on Italian Muslims to vote for the Party of Italian Communists at the general election. Hamza Piccardo sent an email late Tuesday to Muslim centres...