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    Challenger Disaster

    Cape Canaveral, Fla. — The widow of Challenger's commander laid a wreath of roses and carnations at a memorial honoring fallen astronauts Saturday, the 20th anniversary of the day the space shuttle lifted off from a launch pad a few miles away and blew apart 73 seconds later. June Scobee...
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    So Do you sleep with your children?

    When Toronto chef Susur Lee arrived home late one night last month, he watched television with his middle son, Kai, and ended up falling asleep in the same bed with him. Kai is 14. At other times, Mr. Lee might sleep in the bed of his eldest son, Levi, who is 16. "We have four beds to choose...
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    Hostages Last Chance

    Baghdad — After seven weeks of silence and no word on their condition, a 55-second tape emerged Saturday and provided a glimmer of hope for the families and friends of four kidnapped Christian peace activists, including two Canadians. Al-Jazeera TV aired the tape, dated Jan. 21, showing...
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    NDP will work with Conservatives on number of issues

    Jack Layton meets with his 28 other New Democrat members this week to see whether they can work with the Conservatives, who were vilified by the NDP leader in the election campaign as completely out of step with basic Canadian values. ADVERTISEMENT And despite Layton's initial...
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    U.S military propoganda, will educate the U.S masses

    Truthful, U.S. overseas propoganda that educate the overseas peoples to the goodness of the American military intentions has somehow slipped back home to the growing U.S population that feels the Iraq war is unpopular. However, the U.S Propoganda is not truthful at all and is just a way to...
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    Tories and Quebec Sovereignty

    Now as i was sitting in the Lounge of my local DND unit, waiting to do some paperwork I read the Globe and Mail and about Conservative federalism. Now, they are prepared to give some power to the provinces. However, with regards to Quebec they are nt even planning to run a defence against the...
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    Bolivian Leader takes Pay cut

    LA PAZ, Bolivia - New President Evo Morales cut his salary by more than half and ordered that no Cabinet minister collect a higher wage than his own, with the savings earmarked for hiring more public school teachers. ADVERTISEMENT In one of the first decrees of his five-day-old...
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    Secretive American Units Arrest Civilian wives

    The U.S. Army in Iraq has at least twice seized and jailed the wives of suspected insurgents in hopes of "leveraging" their husbands into surrender, U.S. military documents show. ADVERTISEMENT In one case, a secretive task force locked up the young mother of a nursing baby, a U.S...
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    Kicking Black Population out of New Orleans

    PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The city of New Orleans could lose up to 80 percent of its black population if people displaced by Hurricane Katrina are not able to return to damaged neighborhoods, according to an analysis by a Brown University sociologist. ADVERTISEMENT Professor John R. Logan, in...
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    Is it wise to go as a Centralist option in Canadian Politics

    Now I am planning on making a new political party in the Canadian system. But while most Canadian parties are either on the left or right of the 'Canadian political spectrum', you would hardly find a centralist party, unless you take the Liberals. Link to party...
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    Bush and Blair will be sued for war crimes

    BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Saddam Hussein's chief lawyer said Thursday that the deposed Iraqi president wants U.S. President George W. Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair tried on allegations of committing war crimes. Khalil al-Dulaimi said Saddam wants to sue both leaders, along with U.S...
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    Abbas asks Hamas to form government

    Ramallah, West Bank — Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas asked Hamas on Friday to form a new government after his vanquished Fatah Party rejected a role in the cabinet. Israel ruled out peace talks in what could be the first steps to isolate the extremist group after its election victory...
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    Spanish Tension

    Madrid — A lieutenant-general warns the army might intervene if the government grants too much home rule to a wealthy northeastern region. Days later, a captain publicly warns the Prime Minister of widespread unease at how the country is being “dismembered.” Nearly three decades after Spain...
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    U.S. right-winger tells Harper to combat Canadian culture

    WASHINGTON — A prominent U.S. right-wing commentator has welcomed the election victory of Stephen Harper and the Conservatives, expressing hope that the prime-minister-designate will work to eradicate the "cultural Marxism" he says infests the neighbour to the north. In an on-line commentary...
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    Viva la Revolution

    Now, i was reading in one of my textbooks, that a revolution is occuring. I for one think the revolution has never stopped. The text book was saying that in 2005 and 2006 there will be around about 12 elections in South and middle America, and most will go socialist. So, what do you think...
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    Image

    I do not know if this is the right place to post this or not, but I was wondering if some one could be nice enough and do an image for me. Kind of like what you see in some of the topic threads. If you can do one of those cool images kind of things, can you PM me, thanks.
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    Animal Alliance Environment Voters Party of Canada

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_Alliance_Environment_Voters_Party_of_Canada Out of all the parties so far that i have written too, this is the only party that seems to be interested in what i am planning to do.
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    Earth-like Planet found 28,000 light years away

    Astronomers announced today the discovery of what is possibly the smallest planet known outside our solar system orbiting a normal star. ADVERTISEMENT Its orbit is farther from its host star than Earth is from the Sun. Most known extrasolar planets reside inside the equivalent of Mercury's...
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    New name: Canadian Peoples Party

    Now, i have come up with two names for my political party, Canadian Peoples Party United Peoples Party of Canada Now, do you guys think that these are good names or stupid. And, if you could think of a great name, please either PM me or post it here. Thanks
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    Free Website?

    Does anyone know where someone can find a free website compnay so they could set up a internet site themselves? Kind of like a site that the political parties have so you have all those cool little banners and such. Thanks.