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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- Canadian soldiers embarked on the country's largest combat mission since the Korean War are using handguns that date back even further -- to the Second World War. The nine-millimetre Browning High Power, which serves as the soldiers' "weapon of last resort" in southern...

FrontPageMagazine.com | February 6, 2006 Back in 1988, Andres Serrano submerged a crucifix in a vat of his urine, photographed the result and called it “art.” Naturally, many of the world's two billion Christians were bothered by his antics. Members of the U.S. Congress called for a hard look...

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Western embassies in Middle Eastern cities have been torched. Angry crowds have marched in the streets of London carrying placards calling for beheadings and massacres. Yet despite how it looks on television news, the response to the cartoons of the prophet Muhammad has mostly been non-violent...

VIENNA, Austria (CNN) -- The United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency passed a resolution Saturday reporting Iran to the U.N. Security Council over its nuclear program. In response, Javad Vaeedi, deputy of Iran's nuclear negotiating team, said Iran would resume its full nuclear-related...

CAIRO, Egypt - An Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,300 people sank in the Red Sea overnight during bad weather, and rescue ships arriving at the scene Friday pulled dozens of bodies from the water, an official said. About 100 survivors were rescued in five lifeboats. An Egyptian Embassy...

WC It's 5am back in California, You've already been online for an hour, don't you people ever sleep out west? Need a hand? Rock-a-bye baby, in the tree top When the wind blows, the cradle will rock When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall And down will come baby, cradle and all :D

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) - In a last-ditch bid to save western Canada's spotted owls, the emblem of North America's environmental movement, nature lovers are suing the federal government in court to force action. A coalition of four environmental groups wants a judge to order Canada to draft an...

FROM THE MOMENT the first airplane crashed into the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11, 2001, the world has asked one simple and compelling question: How could it happen? Three and a half years later, not everyone is convinced we know the truth. Go to Google.com, type in the...

Remember the Red Menace, also known as the Communist threat? Or how about the Third Reich, the creator of which became the chief metaphor for evil in the 20th century? Most Americans, certainly those younger than 30, don't remember either. Hell, they don't even remember Vietnam or Nixon or The...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Trying to calm anxieties about soaring energy costs, President Bush is using his State of the Union address this week to focus on a package of energy of proposals aimed at bringing fuel-saving technologies out of the lab and into use. In Bush's vision, drivers will one day...

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan considers challenging Sen. Feinstein IAN JAMESAssociated Press CARACAS, Venezuela - American peace activist Cindy Sheehan, whose son was killed in Iraq, said Saturday she is strongly considering running for office against U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein because the...

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Israeli cabinet on Sunday that since the election Hamas was acting responsibly. Shortly afterwards, a senior Hamas official called on Israel to change its flag. Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz told the Israeli cabinet on Sunday that since Hamas won a sweeping...

An Interview With Bolivia's New Energy Minister Lawyer and journalist Andres Soliz Rada is one of the most well-known personalities on the Bolivian left. For over 30 years, since his involvement in the founding of the National Left current in Bolivia, he has been one of the strongest defenders...

Saudi Arabia has recalled its ambassador to Denmark in a row about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad published by a best-selling newspaper. A Saudi government spokesman said the ambassador had been recalled for talks following Denmark's failure to deal with the insults to the Prophet. Some of...

Palestinian PM says government will quit after Hamas win Israeli PM: 'Will not negotiate' with those who won't fight terrorism Thursday, January 26, 2006; Posted: 7:23 a.m. EST (12:23 GMT) RAMALLAH, West Bank (CNN) -- In a stunning development ahead of official election results, Prime Minister...

January 24, 2006 Canada: This Union Can’t Be Saved By Kevin Michael Grace [Previously by Kevin Michael Grace: Canada's Harper Rejects Sailer Strategy—And Loses] Here are the facts about yesterday’s Canadian federal election: Stephen Harper won a minority government. His party, the...

by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Compared with life in Western countries, where the socialist sector is sizable, life under total socialism is miserable. The standard of living is so deplorable that, in 1961, the socialist East German government built a system of walls, barbed wire, electrified fences...

U of T student conducts `test' Casts ballot in Trinity-Spadina Jan. 25, 2006. 01:00 AM LESLIE FERENC STAFF REPORTER An American student and budding journalist who wanted to expose flaws in Canada's voter registration system says he can't believe how easy it was to register and vote Monday...

Posted Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 "Tonight, friends, our great country has voted for change," Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper told a raucous Calgary crowd Monday night after it was clear he will be the country's next Prime Minister. The vote-for-change part was true to the extent that a...