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Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Israeli cabinet on Sunday that since the election Hamas was acting responsibly. Shortly afterwards, a senior Hamas official called on Israel to change its flag. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Israeli cabinet on Sunday that since Hamas won a sweeping...

An Interview With Bolivia's New Energy Minister Lawyer and journalist Andres Soliz Rada is one of the most well-known personalities on the Bolivian left. For over 30 years, since his involvement in the founding of the National Left current in Bolivia, he has been one of the strongest defenders...

Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Denmark in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by a best-selling newspaper. A Saudi government spokesman said the ambassador had been recalled for talks following Denmark's failure to deal with the insults to the Prophet. Some of...

Palestinian PM says government will quit after Hamas win Israeli PM: 'Will not negotiate' with those who won't fight terrorism Thursday, January 26, 2006; Posted: 7:23 a.m. EST (12:23 GMT) RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- In a stunning development ahead of official election results, Prime Minister...

January 24, 2006 Canada: This Union Can’t Be Saved By Kevin Michael Grace [Previously by Kevin Michael Grace: Canada's Harper Rejects Sailer Strategy—And Loses] Here are the facts about yesterday’s Canadian federal election: Stephen Harper won a minority government. His party, the...

by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Compared with life in Western countries, where the socialist sector is sizable, life under total socialism is miserable. The standard of living is so deplorable that, in 1961, the socialist East German government built a system of walls, barbed wire, electrified fences...

U of T student conducts `test' Casts ballot in Trinity-Spadina Jan. 25, 2006. 01:00 AM LESLIE FERENC STAFF REPORTER An American student and budding journalist who wanted to expose flaws in Canada's voter registration system says he can't believe how easy it was to register and vote Monday...

Posted Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 "Tonight, friends, our great country has voted for change," Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper told a raucous Calgary crowd Monday night after it was clear he will be the country's next Prime Minister. The vote-for-change part was true to the extent that a...

Frontpage Interview’s guest today is David Hawk, a former director of Amnesty International in the USA. He directed the Cambodia Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the time, the largest UN human rights field office. He spent much of the 1980s investigating the Khmer Rouge...

CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's vice president said today that U.S. Sen. John McCain "can go to hell" for suggesting that "wackos" run the South American country. Jose Vicente Rangel was reacting to McCain's statement on Sunday that America must explore alternative energy sources to avoid...

What Does It Mean to Be a (Canadian) Conservative? by Isaac Post Posted Jan 24, 2006 In yesterday’s Canadian election, the new Conservative Party swept into power for the first time since 1993. Paul Martin and the Liberals, it turns out, were unsuccessful in their campaign to demonize -- yet...

Not necessarily, although it can be. It is also a matter of personality, when a situation is grim, one can easily be optimistic. Nice wording, faith is a coping mechanism that ensures something beyond the grave. We're back to the evidence bit, provide evidence to me that love exists...

Another case of mad cow disease has been confirmed in Canada, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. INDEPTH: Mad Cow Disease It's the fourth such case in Canada since the first one was discovered in Alberta in May 2003. A U.S. animal that tested positive for BSE two years ago...

Polls show Martin losing election to Conservatives OTTAWA, Canada (AP) -- Canadians are set to determine whether to send the Liberal government packing after 13 years of rule and give the Conservatives a crack at repairing relations with Washington and tackling thorny issues such as health...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The U.S. Navy boarded an apparent pirate ship in the Indian Ocean and detained 26 men for questioning, the Navy said Sunday. The 16 Indians and 10 Somali men were aboard a traditional dhow that was chased and seized Saturday by the U.S. guided missile...

Anybody living in the US and is interested, C-SPAN will cover the elections live. 09:30 PM EST 3:00 (est.) LIVE Broadcast Canadian Election Night Coverage Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The beginning and end of this live program may be earlier or later than the scheduled times. CSPAN LINK

Finally, the luxury of choice Randall Denley, The Ottawa Citizen Published: Sunday, January 22, 2006 Canadians are typically reluctant to say who they're voting for. It's nice to have the plausible deniability when the party you actually supported self-destructs. But let's not by shy. I'm...

The Swedish Invasion: Does a Mixed Economy Lead to Domestic Bliss "We want to produce the soundtrack to the ongoing war against capitalism." That's the creed of Sweden's new garage band The (International) Noise Conspiracy. They're avowed socialists, to the point of caricature. A comically...

"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. This world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its...

The 60th Anniversary of VE Day, Bush's Visit to Russia and America's Hypocrisy about "Spheres of Influence" A BUZZFLASH GUEST CONTRIBUTION by Walter C. Uhler As President Bush prepares to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the May 8–9, 1945...