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SAN FRANCISCO - Two of Greenland's largest glaciers are retreating at an alarming pace, most likely because of climate warming, scientists said Wednesday. One of the glaciers, Kangerdlugssuaq, is currently moving about 9 miles a year compared to 3 miles a year in 2001, said Gordon Hamilton of...

Ottawa — Two years ago, the influential British magazine The Economist surprised itself with a declaration that Canada was “rather cool.” It still finds the country cool, but “not at its best, just at the moment.” The latest edition says Canada is beset by dysfunctional politics, grumpy...

Bids reach $20 for election vote on eBay Last Updated Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:39:25 EST CBC News Elections Canada is considering whether to lay charges after an enterprising Quebecer put an election vote up for auction on eBay. The vendor's vote went up for sale on Monday and had at least 17 bids...

At least 119 people are feared dead after an Iranian military aircraft crashed into a 10-storey building in a densely populated district of Tehran on Tuesday. According to reports, the C-130 transport plane crashed into the building while trying to make an emergency landing at Mehrabad...

Scott Reid, press secretary for the Prime Minister's Office, announced to Calgary Herald columnist Don Martin, "Alberta can blow me." :laughing5: EDIT: Link doesn't work, here it is...

Harper vows free vote on gay marriage OTTAWA (CP) - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper launched his election campaign Tuesday by steering it straight into the electoral turbulence of gay marriage. With the starting gun kicking off the eight-week race still echoing in the air, Harper went out...

Dont Let the Results of Germany's election ruin hope of a Proportional Representation Voting System. By Larry Gordon While the final outcome of Sunday's election in Germany is unclear, one thing is very predictable. Canadian opponents of electoral reform will portray the results as a reason...

1. Cancelling the Sea King replacement 2. Sponsorship scandal 3. Gun Registry 4. HRDC boondoggle 5. Problems with Transition Job Funds program 6. Tainted blood 7. Radwanski Spending Affair 8. Pearson Airport 9. GST Flip Flop 10. Airbus Investigation 11. Voting against Red Book promise...

THE US Library of Congress is kicking off a campaign to work with other nation's libraries to build a World Digital Library, starting with a $US3 million ($4.1 million) donation from Google. Librarian of Congress James Billington said he was looking to attract further private funding to develop...

Major new poll shows sharp rise in belief U.S. should mind its own business By Alex Johnson Reporter MSNBC Updated: 7:17 p.m. ET Nov. 17, 2005 Americans’ appetite for world leadership has waned significantly since before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, with more than two-fifths saying the United...

The men and women of the Canadian Forces have demonstrated time and again that they will rise to any challenge. Let your Canadian Forces members know you appreciate their service by sending a message using this monitored message board. Link to send your message Christmas is coming, a nice way...

By Nina Caplan, Metro 21 November 2005 Think of French restaurants and you think of great food? Well, think again. According to one of the world's leading food experts, you'd be better off heading to the nearest British pub. Egon Ronay's 2006 Guide to the Best Restaurants And Gastropubs In...

If you want to understand the Left, most of what you need to know can be summarized thus: The Left hates inequality, not evil. As one raised as a New York Jew (who, moreover, attended an Ivy League university) and therefore liberal -- it took me a while to recognize this fatal moral...

LONDON, England (Reuters) -- One in three Britons believes a woman who flirts is partly or totally responsible if she is raped, a "shocking" opinion poll showed on Monday. Between a third and a quarter of respondents also put part or all of the blame on the woman if she fails to say "no"...

By The Associated Press WASHINGTON — An experimental project in Canada to inject carbon dioxide into oil fields has proven successful, removing 4.5 million tonnes of the heat-trapping "greenhouse" gas, while enhancing oil recovery, the Energy Department said Tuesday. If the methodology could...

TORONTO - Canadians have long prized their public healthcare system as a reflection of national values, and have looked askance at the inequities of private medical care in the United States. But now that the Canadian Supreme Court has ruled private health insurers should be allowed to...

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - A Russian mini-submarine carrying seven sailors snagged on a fishing net and was stuck 625 feet down on the Pacific floor Friday with only enough air for crewmen to survive one day, and the United States was rushing an unmanned vehicle there to help in rescue efforts...

By ABDULLAH AL-SHIHRI, Associated Press Writer RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, who moved his country closer to the United States but ruled the world's largest oil-producing nation in name only since suffering a stroke in 1995, died early Monday, the Saudi royal court said. He...

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The IRA has formally ordered an end to its armed campaign and is to pursue exclusively peaceful political means. In a long-awaited statement, the republican organisation said it would follow a democratic path ending more than 30 years of violence. The IRA made its decision after an internal...