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WASHINGTON - A federal judge ordered the Bush administration on Thursday to release documents about its warrantless surveillance program or spell out what it is withholding, a setback to efforts to keep the program under wraps. ADVERTISEMENT At the same time, the Republican chairman of the...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Shiite-dominated Interior Ministry announced an investigation Thursday into claims of death squads in its ranks as police found a dozen more bodies, bringing the number of apparent victims of sectarian reprisal killings here to at least 30 this week. ADVERTISEMENT The...

Okay, because Christianity, evolved from Judaism and is connected to the other big two in some ways, I've got a beef with all you Christian guys who took my holidays. Now, I expect, Christmas, Halloween and Valentines Day to be returned to me right now.

Well, I guess most of you know by now that I like the U.N very much. And I plan to go on a ton of U.N missions either as an aid worker for UNICEF or as a U.N soldier for Canada. So, right now I have been taking a course on U.N security and it is showing me alot about the U.N which is extremely...

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai appealed to Pakistan's powerful military on Thursday to help make his country a strong, stable partner, or risk Pakistan's own progress being hobbled by an unstable neighbor. ADVERTISEMENT A wave of 15 suicide bombings in Afghanistan...

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Democratic progress in Burundi and Congo is helping stability in Africa's volatile Great Lakes region but the world must help build on early steps or risk a return to violence, the U.N. representative for the region said. ADVERTISEMENT "These political, peaceful and...

WARSAW, Poland - A human rights group said Thursday that homophobic rhetoric has escalated in Poland since a socially conservative party came to power, threatening the rights of gays and lesbians in this Roman Catholic country. ADVERTISEMENT Human Rights Watch, a New-York based group, also...

GENEVA - The United States should shut down the prison for terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay and either release all detainees being held there or bring them to trial, the United Nations said in a report released Thursday. ADVERTISEMENT The report, summarizing an investigation by five...

Steve Moore files another lawsuit against Canucks forward Todd Bertuzzi -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 18:34 on February 15, 2006, EST. By STEVE ERWIN TORONTO (CP) - Former NHLer Steve Moore has filed another lawsuit against the Todd...

Now as an Asatru or heathen I do not know why you Christian, Jewish and Muslim people fight. Why why do you people fight? You were all born in the Middle East. You are all Abrahamic Religions. You all have one singular prophet, Moses for the Jews, Jesus for the Christians, and Muhammed for...

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An Australian TV channel has broadcast previously unpublished images showing apparent US abuse of prisoners in Iraq's Abu Ghraib jail in 2003. The images on SBS TV are thought to be from the same source as those that caused an outcry around the world and led to several US troops being jailed...

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Now who do you think were the greatest empires ever in the history of the world. And I must admit that there have been some pretty good ones over time. I say first off 1. Viking Empire; it was big, and it the Vikings were the dominant people for many hundreds of years. They were the ones that...

FOREST, Ont. (CP) - Former Ontario premier Mike Harris has begun testifying at the Ipperwash inquiry, saying he's looking forward to telling his side of the story. ADVERTISEMENT Harris was met by a crush of reporters as he entered the judicial hearing into the 1995 death of a native...

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas on Tuesday condemned U.S. and Israeli interference after a report that officials from the two countries were discussing ways to destabilize a Hamas-led Palestinian government. ADVERTISEMENT The New York Times reported on Monday that officials from the United States and...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran announced on Tuesday it was deferring until next week talks with Russia on its nuclear plans, but gave no sign it was ready to stop enriching uranium on its own soil -- the key element in Moscow's plan. ADVERTISEMENT Russia's proposal to enrich uranium on Iran's...

CALGARY (CP) - A small chain of independent bookstores will not sell the current issue of Western Standard magazine, which includes caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have caused riots overseas. ADVERTISEMENT "We felt it was deemed offensive by Muslims and that it doesn't serve freedom...

TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian newspaper's contest for cartoons about the Holocaust, launched Monday in response to a series of caricatures about the Prophet Mohammed, has already drawn at least one entry, the paper said. ADVERTISEMENT Hamshahri, one of Iran's top five newspapers, said its...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Denmark's prime minister complained Monday that his nation had been unfairly portrayed as intolerant in the international furor over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons, and his foreign minister said a government apology would be pointless. ADVERTISEMENT After meeting with a...