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Completed missions [edit] Africa Dates of operation Name of Operation Location Conflict Website 1960–1964 United Nations Operation in the Congo (ONUC) Congo Congo Crisis [1] 1988–1991 United Nations Angola Verification Mission I (UNAVEM I) Angola Angolan War of Independence [2] 1989–1990...

The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes, as defined by several international agreements, most prominently the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The ICC is...

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization that describes itself as a "global association of governments facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity." It was founded in 1945 by 51 states, replacing The League of...

TORONTO (CP) - Ottawa will forge ahead with a promise to halve immigrant-landing fees, but more intractable problems such as speeding up the landing process will have to wait, Citizenship and Immigration Minister Monte Solberg said Monday. ADVERTISEMENT In his maiden speech as minister...

VANCOUVER (CP) - Afghanistan's ambassador to Canada says he was shocked to hear protesters demanding Canadian troops pull out of his country claiming it was better off under the Taliban. ADVERTISEMENT "My embassy just called me this morning and said that some of the demonstrators were...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Some Baghdad residents voiced anger and dismay when asked about their lives as the U.S.-led war in Iraq entered its fourth year Monday, when insurgents and sectarian gangs killed at least 38 more people. Salah Hashim, a 49-year-old businessman, said he yearned for the...

MINSK, Belarus - Thousands of opposition supporters gathered in the center of the Belarus' capital Monday for a second night, hoping their protest would help overturn a presidential election that the U.S. said was flawed by a "climate of fear." The United States and the European Union...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - The FBI agent who arrested Zacarias Moussaoui in August 2001 testified Monday he spent almost four weeks trying to warn U.S. officials about the radical Islamic student pilot but "criminal negligence" by superiors in Washington thwarted a chance to stop the 9/11 attacks...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley One love, one heart Let's get together and feel all right Hear the children crying (One love) Hear the children crying (One heart) Sayin', "Give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right." Sayin', "Let's get together and feel all right."...

Kosova: Talks End Without Deal; New Meeting Set The U.N.-mediated talks between officials from Serbia and Kosovo ended without a clear deal Friday, but the two former foes pledged to meet again next month in their attempts to find a lasting solution for the province. Ethnic Albanian and...

The former Iraqi regime distorted the demography of Iraqi society and politics to create a dissolved community and dictate the Ba’ath ideology to the Iraqis. This severely harmed all sections of the Iraqi community. The Iraqi people have experienced two general elections and a referendum on...

Background King Alexander III of Scotland died in 1286, leaving his three-year old grand-daughter Margaret (called 'the Maid of Norway') as his heir. In 1290, the Guardians of Scotland signed the Treaty of Birgham agreeing to the marriage of the Maid of Norway and Edward of Caernarvon, the son...

What is the importance of religion in this day and age. Does it have to concern with the language we speak, the colour of our skin. Or is it not a concern at all and all the violence that is going on in the name of religion is just radicals trying to spread fear on all sides. In Arabic: يذهب...

KABUL, Afghanistan - An Afghan man is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death on a charge of converting from Islam to Christianity, a crime under this country's Islamic laws, a judge said Sunday. The trial is believed to be the first of its kind in Afghanistan...

MEXICO CITY - These aren't the hide-in-the-hills leftists of yesteryear, ready to take up arms against the oppressor. A new wave of Latin American leaders — variously labeled leftist, populist, nationalist or socialist — is redefining politics in a region where U.S.-backed, right-wing...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the eve of the war's third anniversary, nearly 1,500 U.S. and Iraqi soldiers on Sunday sought to root out insurgents from farming villages an hour's drive north of the capital, and at least 35 people died in insurgent and sectarian violence nationwide. ADVERTISEMENT Iraqi...

TAIPEI (AFP) - Thousands of slogan-chanting opposition demonstrators took to the streets of the Taiwanese capital in the second rally in a week protesting against President Chen Shui-bian. Protesters complained that the independence-leaning Chen is preoccupied with cross-strait matters and...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - On the eve of the third anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion, American troops clashed with gunmen north and west of Baghdad Sunday, and insurgents lobbed a mortar round into Karbala, the holy city south of Baghdad where a million Shiite pilgrims assembled for a major religious...

So I have finally done over 2,000 posts in my several month stay on Canadian content. And I think I will remain for another 2,000+ posts.

The War on Terrorism or "War on Terror" (in U.S. foreign policy circles, Global War on Terrorism or GWOT1; recently also Long War) is a controversial campaign by the United States government and some of its allies with the stated goal of ending international terrorism by stopping terrorist...