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DUBAI (Reuters) - Arab fury at the West intensified on Monday after images of British soldiers apparently beating Iraqi youths were aired in a region already inflamed by caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad. Some Arabs said the video, like the Danish newspaper cartoons, was proof of the...

I posted this elsewhere and will no doubt get lost, perhaps it bares repeating. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Lamb Monday, February 6, 2006 At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland last week, the United Nations Development Program...

Talks on normalizing relations with Japan are spotlighting just how vast Pyongyang's kidnap scheme was. By Hideko Takayama and Evan Thomas Newsweek International Feb. 20, 2006 issue - The 13-year-old girl was on her way home from badminton practice when she disappeared. Every night for five...

(CNN) -- British Prime Minister Tony Blair has promised to investigate allegations of abuse by his country's forces in Iraq after a newspaper released what it said was a video showing soldiers savagely beating Iraqi youths. The News of the World said on Sunday the alleged attack by eight...

SAN FRANCISCO - The key to kicking what President Bush calls the nation's oil addiction could very well lie in termite guts, canvas-eating jungle bugs and other microbes genetically engineered to spew enzymes that turn waste into fuel. It may seem hard to believe that microscopic bugs...

BRISBANE, Australia - Several tourist beaches along Australia's popular Gold Coast were closed again Sunday because of a massive feeding frenzy involving more than 100 sharks, a lifeguard official said. Several beaches in Queensland state were closed for the second straight day after more than...

ROME, Italy (Reuters) -- First it was Napoleon. Now it is Jesus Christ. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has compared himself to both, prompting the open scorn of his political opponents and even the quietly raised eyebrows of his coalition partners. "I am the Jesus Christ of...

CALGARY -- The cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad that sparked riots worldwide angered Calgary Muslims yesterday after the caricatures were published in a city paper. The Jewish Free Press -- an independent paper -- reprinted three of the cartoons in its Thursday edition alongside paintings of...

U2's Bono Lavishes Praise on President Bush and American Generosity to the Poor By John-Henry Westen WASHINGTON, February 10, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The lead singer of the famous rock band U2 which just this week claimed an incredible five Grammy awards, has praised President George W. Bush...

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:roll: :roll: TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line president on Saturday accused the United States and Europe of being "hostages of Zionism" and said they should pay a heavy price for the publication of caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have triggered worldwide protests. Denmark —...

says Bolivian official President also promotes legal uses of plant, while fighting cocaine trade LA PAZ, Bolivia - Bolivia’s foreign minister says coca leaves, the raw material for cocaine, are so nutritious they should be included on school breakfast menus. “Coca has more calcium than milk...

:cry: In 1980, thousands of Americans were under siege by an unknown virus, destined to attack whomever it wished in a vicious, unbelievable way. The response from the government was to ignore it, the response from the primary community it attacked was denial, and the response from the doctors...

Is there such a thing as being anti-American, anti-Canadian, anti-(insert nationality here)? Does any one human being have the ability to hate an entire country and it's people? If anti-anything does exist, how can you discern the difference between not liking certain aspects of that country...

Well we're finally done, after three long years of gathering information on our two countries we will be ready to begin the estimated 4 hour documentary film on US/Canadian relations. For those of you who are recent to Canadian Content, I am involved in a non profit organization that...

The image of the US as a gas-guzzling, energy consuming nation is at odds with a number of green initiatives in the country at large. In the boardrooms of great corporations, among city mayors and state governors, even among evangelical Christians - the most loyal supporters of President...

The White House has given details of 10 major terror plots that President Bush says have been foiled by the US and its allies since the 11 September attacks. Mr Bush cited the disrupted plans in a speech, designed to boost support for the so-called war on terror. They include a plot to use...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wayne Gretzky knew about a betting ring at the center of an unfolding National Hockey League scandal, the New Jersey Star Ledger reported on Thursday, citing law enforcement sources. Gretzky, whose wife, actress Janet Jones, has been implicated as a heavy bettor with the...

Study Says Drug Used in Africa Prevents Spread of AIDS Virus From Mother to Child By MIKE STOBBE ATLANTA Feb 9, 2006 (AP)— The drug nevirapine prevents the spread of the AIDS virus from mother to child time after time, a new study suggests, challenging earlier findings. The new research...

Canada's province of British Columbia has announced plans to protect a huge swathe of Pacific Coast rainforest, known as the Amazon of the North. The forest is home to a rare white bear species and is the ancestral land of several indigenous Canadian tribes. The deal will save a vast area of...