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The UN has released details of a dramatic final email sent by one of its workers in West Timor just hours before he was hacked to death by rampaging pro-Indonesian militiamen. The message, written by American Carlos Caceres, one of three UN staff to be killed, sheds new light on the build up to...

So who will win the World Series???? I say Toronto.

So has the NHL allowed it for the smaller based teams to get better and have a chance at the playoffs. From what I have seen and heard that owners are still whining about money, it seems to keep the top teams in the playoff position and the smaller teams remain where they are. And we wasted a...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld allowed an "abusive and degrading" interrogation of an al Qaeda detainee in 2002, the online magazine Salon reported on Friday, citing an Army document. ADVERTISEMENT In a report a Pentagon spokesman denounced as "fiction,"...

The UN has released details of a dramatic final email sent by one of its workers in West Timor just hours before he was hacked to death by rampaging pro-Indonesian militiamen. The message, written by American Carlos Caceres, one of three UN staff to be killed, sheds new light on the build up to...

Taiping Rebellion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Taiping Rebellion (1851–1864) was the second bloodiest conflict in history[citation needed], a clash between the forces of the Qing Empire in China and those inspired by a Hakka self-proclaimed mystic named...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - Canadian troops were drawn in to a day-long running battle in the desert west of here Friday after a joint Afghan army and police patrol was ambushed by a small group of Taliban fighters. A Canadian light armoured vehicle was hit by two rocket-propelled grenades in...

Veteran environmentalist pondering run for Green Party leadership -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 18:47 on April 14, 2006, EST. By DENNIS BUECKERT OTTAWA (CP) - Elizabeth May, one of the country's best-known environmental activists, is...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. (CP) - An animal rights group documenting the annual seal slaughter off southern Labrador pulled out Friday, saying protesters felt threatened after confrontations with local hunt supporters. They left as the kill ended for most large vessels and at least one fleet of smaller...

OTTAWA (CP) - Ministers in the new Conservative government have been warned they could be banned from travelling, publicly humiliated or even fired for verbal gaffes. Prime Minister Stephen Harper is determined not to have his agenda derailed and his ministers have been made aware they will...

U.S. marines suffer heavy casualties in western Iraq fighting -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 18:43 on April 14, 2006, EST. An Iraqi boy cycles past one of two Iraqi Mosques which were attacked by suicide bombers Friday in Baqouba...

Now I have asked the question about Hollywood, but now I want to know out of all the athletes in the world who would you date or want to go out with and do things with. :D If I dated an athlete it would be Trish Stratus (wrestler) Or I would date both Williams sisters. Serena and Venus...

Casaulties [edit] Official figures The official death toll for federal troops was about 4,705 during the Second Chechen War as for the period of 1999 to December 17, 2002. According to the latest figure released by the Russian Defence Ministry on August 10, 2005, 3,450 Russian Army soldiers...

Since independence from the British Empire in 1948, there has been tension between the different ethnic groups on the island. While many religious practices of the Buddhists and Hindus in Sri Lanka have been intertwined by centuries of cultural union, including worship of common deities and...

N'DJAMENA, Chad - Government forces used attack helicopters, tanks and heavy weapons Thursday to beat back rebels who charged 600 miles in pickup trucks from the Darfur border to reach the capital of this volatile, oil-producing nation in the center of Africa. ADVERTISEMENT The Forex market...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government is reluctant to give new help to lumber firms as long as a window is open for discussions with the United States on negotiating an end to their timber dispute, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said on Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT " President Bush has...

TRIPOLI (AFP) - A senior Libyan official damned the United States and said President George W. Bush was insane, as Libya marked the 20th anniversary of deadly US air raids on the country's two biggest cities. ADVERTISEMENT The remarks by deputy parliament speaker Ahmed Ibrahim were...

WASHINGTON - The White House faced new questions Wednesday about President Bush's contention three years ago that weapons of mass destruction had been found in Iraq. ADVERTISEMENT The Washington Post reported that a Pentagon-sponsored team of experts determined in May 2003 that...

Le Québec est l'une des provinces les plus socialistes ou les plus de gauche dans la fédération canadienne. Il a eu ses propres parties de seperate mais je me demande, a le nouveau parti démocratique a jamais eu beaucoup de puissance dans le Québec ou pas. Ou ils ont la puissance maintenant au...

Maintenant ce que j'ai entendu des rapports de nouvelles du PQ au Québec ne fait pas un bon travail qu'il a des problèmes internes extrêmement mauvais. Et que diriez-vous de Boclaire, a-t-il un siège chez l'assemblée ou pas ? Le bidon n'importe qui m'indiquent la forme de ce qui se produit dans...