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Al Jazeera: Two car bombings in Baghdad, one of them caught on film, have killed over 130 people and left many hundreds more wounded. The blasts, which went off less than a minute apart, targeted the justice ministry and the Baghdad provincial council. Al Jazeera's Owen Fay reports on...

Pakistan's anti-government militants prove they can attack anywhere at any time: Other news reports indicate that some of the militants communicated in Punjabi, which means the various anti-government groups including the Sikh ones may be coordinating their attacks. Pakistan's military probably...

Can anyone name the international treaty which is being used by treaty violators as a basis for imposing economic sanctions on a country which abides by the treaties terms and conditions?

Anyone else notice this hypocrisy? Recent Afghan elections have been exposed as fraudulent. That's a fact not a suspicion. No Western fudge can fix the mounting Afghanistan election crisis - Times Online Where is all the twitter buzz? Where are all the calls for sanctions? Not so long ago...

This year's TIFF theme is "Spotlight on Tel Aviv". Author and activist Naomi Kline sums up the problem many people have with this theme. If you don't know what Naomi Kline is talking about, here is detailed report by Amnesty International's regarding Israel's actions in Gaza December...

Canada Park, which is in an area of the West Bank that juts into Israel north of Jerusalem, was founded in the early 1970s following Israel's occupation of the West Bank in the 1967 war. It is hugely popular for walks and picnics with the Israeli public, most of whom are unaware they are in...

OK its still a tropical depression, but hurricane forecasters have given it a 80% chance of becoming a hurricane within 12 hours and a 20% chance of becoming a category 4 or greater within 4 days. National Hurricane Center Bermuda has the best chance of getting clobbered.

Canadian citizen Suaad Hagi Mohamud finally returns home: Ouch, that comment hurts. Ms. Mohamud's case is hardly isolated: In each of the above cases, the government only acted when they were forced to act by family members or news stories. Sort of makes one wonder how many other...

John Pilger on Honduras, Iran, Gaza, the Corporate Media, Obama’s Wars and Resisting the American Empire. Award-winning investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, John Pilger, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation on on Honduras, Iran, Gaza, the media, health care, and Obama’s wars...

Amnesty International Report "Operation Cast Lead" - 22 days of death and destruction Amnesty International's Report regarding Israel's "Cast Lead" operation in Gaza from December 27, 2008 to January 18, 2009. At the time of the operation, our airwaves were filled with misinformation regarding...

Very few people seem to know how many deaths have been attributed as a direct and indirect consequence of the US decision to invade Iraq since March 2003. Iraq Body Count gives this number: 92,393 – 100,868 June 2, 2009 Iraq Body Count But IBC only counts civilian deaths reported by...

1977 Nobel Peace Prize winner Amnesty International has just released its 2009 Annual Report: Amnesty International Report 2009 | Working to Protect Human Rights If you are looking for an honest, objective view of the current state of the world, Amnesty International has no equal. They...

Gee I wonder who was behind this? With the cooperation of our news no less...

The Canadian government failed in their attempts to prevent Canadians from hearing Galloway's banned speech. Judge for yourself if this man is dangerous. This speech is free: Galloway on Gaza | rabble.ca If our laws can misused to prevent Galloway from entering Canada, I think something is...

Tomorrow Israel's new government will be officially sworn in. The new ruling coalition consists mostly of war mongers, racists and right wing extremists. Particularly repugnant is the racist Arab hating new Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. At one time or another he has argued in favor of...

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Here's the headline: He is outspoken and fights a great fight. Here are some of my Galloway favorites: Galloway VS SkyNet regarding the 2006 Israel/Lebanon war YouTube - Galloway on Israel and lebanon 06/08/2006 Galloway VS the US Senate: YouTube - George Galloway at the US Senate Part 1...

Israel used to be peaceful place until relatively recently. For hundreds of years Muslims, Christians and Jews lived together with very little conflict compared to most of the rest of the world. Unfortunately the people living here known as Palestinians had the misfortune of living on land...

Some of you might remember this news story at the time it happened: Except that our government investigation hit a road block. Israel refused to cooperate with the investigation. Our government accepted their word it was an accident and closed the case even though many obvious questions...

A man made humanitarian crisis is going on and its not being covered by Canadian news. Canadians should be aware that more than Hamas militants were targeted during Israel's recent Gaza invasion: The above damage is only half the story. Gazans have been suffering chronic shortages of food and...