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BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. ambassador to Iraq has asked one of Iraq's most prominent Shiite politicians to seek the withdrawal of Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's contentious nomination for a second term, two aides said Monday. The aides to Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim said U.S. Ambassador...

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Shiite politicians raged at the United States and halted negotiations on a new government Monday after a military assault killed at least 16 people in what Iraqis claim was a mosque. Fresh violence erupted in the north, with 40 killed in a suicide bombing. The firestorm of...

CARLISLE, Pa. - The United States is faring poorly in its effort to counter ideological support for terrorism, in part because the government does not communicate effectively, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Monday. Rumsfeld made the remark in response to a question from a member...

NEW YORK (AFP) - US President George W. Bush made clear to British Prime Minister Tony Blair in January 2003 that he was determined to invade Iraq without a UN resolution and even if UN arms inspectors failed to find weapons of mass destruction in the country, The New York Times...

Afghanistan to blame for Conservative popularity dip in Quebec: pollster -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 17:58 on March 24, 2006, EST. OTTAWA (CP) - Support for the Conservatives dipped slightly in Quebec in the wake of the prime...

Canadian Auto Workers union leadership urges members to turn back on NDP -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 16:23 on March 24, 2006, EST. By MIKE OLIVEIRA TORONTO (CP) - The acrimony between the NDP and Canada's largest private-sector union...

TIBERIUS, Israel (CP) - An era came to an end Friday as the Canadian military formally gave up its 32-year-old peacekeeping mission on the Golan Heights and pretty much ended its longstanding connection with UN peace forces. Op Danaca, Canada's 190-member commitment to the United Nations...

I would like to know who would you vote for in the next election. Now please try to black out everything before January 23rd and just focus in on that time period for all parties. I of course will vote for the NDP, or possibly the COmmunist Party if they have a candidate.

Now I injured my hand at my job yesterday and it hurts like a b**** but i don't want to go to the doc or to another soldier and tell him about it because I don't want t act like a kid with a non-important injury. So here are the choices 1. Wrap hand in cotton and duck tape 2. Don't worry...

Abrahamic religions A group of monotheistic traditions sometimes grouped with one another for comparative purposes, because all refer to a patriarch named Abraham. Judaism (see also: Jew; Hebrews; Jewish Denominations) Contemporary divisions Rabbinic Judaism Orthodox Judaism Modern Orthodox...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Major powers tried to break a U.N. impasse on Iran's nuclear ambitions with a round of telephone calls among their foreign ministers on Thursday seeking to produce a unified message, diplomats said. ADVERTISEMENT After two weeks of haggling over an initial...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Aruban police reportedly suspect missing Alabama teen Natalee Holloway may not have been killed but died from complications involving alcohol and perhaps drugs during a high school trip in the Dutch Caribbean island. ADVERTISEMENT Witnesses have come forward who say...

Many adherents of historical Germanic paganism and Germanic Neopaganism[citation needed] have been persecuted, mainly by Christians. Persecution may refer to unwarranted arrest, imprisonment, beating, torture, or execution. It also may refer to the confiscation or destruction of property, or...

Disagreements between followers of Islam and people of other beliefs, or between different Muslim groups, have on occasions resulted in the persecution of Muslims in non-Islamic countries, and conversely the persecution of non-Muslims or other Muslims in Islamic countries. Persecution in this...

Conflicts between Christians and non-Christians have resulted in the persecution of non-Christians by Christians. Christians have also persecuted each other when conflicts arose between different Christian denominations. Such persecutions have extended to a wide variety of religious and social...

Democracy (from Greek δημοκρατία (demokratia), δημος (demos) the common people + κρατειν (kratein) to rule + the suffix ία (ia), literally "the common people rule") is a system where the population of a society controls the government. It may be narrowly defined as that of nation-state...

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - In a country hardened by decades of war, hostile to outsiders and often indifferent to life, a tiny tragedy unfolded for Canadian soldiers Thursday as a six-year-old boy lost his battle with cancer. But from heartache, the seeds of a new understanding between...

15 months after Orange Revolution, Ukraine readies for parliamentary elections -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- at 14:05 on March 23, 2006, EST. By FRED WEIR KYIV, Ukraine (CP) - Ukrainians vote Sunday in parliamentary polls that observers are...

PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP) - Two passengers are now believed to have died in the sinking of a B.C. Ferry, despite early reports that all aboard were rescued. B.C. Ferries president David Hahn said Thursday hope began fading when reports the middle-aged couple was seen among rescued passengers...

Mead Types and Ingredients Type Ingredients mead honey, optional flavoring ingredients sack mead strong mead made with extra honey show mead honey braggot honey and malt capsicumel honey with chile pepper ....try it, it's not very hot ;-) cyser honey and apples hippocras honey, grapes...