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Prince William and Kate Middleton's India trip: No amount of fawning media coverage can cover up these sordid facts Missing from the couple’s visit will be remembrance or even utterance of the Bengal Famine, where three million people starved to death under the stewardship of Winston...

Australia seeks to cut ties with UK monarchy - World | Daily Nation

Blessed are the poor minded, for they shall inherit the earth. :roll: "One of Canada’s most prestigious universities has defended a course that promoted the benefits of cancer and taught students that vaccines are unsafe, because quantum mechanics. The department of Anthropology at the...

Anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters take aim at 'arrogant West' at Hizb ut-Tahrir rally in Lakemba Hundreds of people have gathered in western Sydney to protest against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, which published an image of the Islamic prophet Mohammed after jihadists murdered 12...

How provincial trade barriers remain a national conundrum OTTAWA — Blame the Fathers of Confederation, if you like, for being overly optimistic. When the union of British North America was forged in 1867 — then a much smaller and eastern-dominated dominion — it was envisioned as a place...

The UK government is the most open and transparent in the world, according to global rankings looking at public access to official data. But web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee, whose organisation compiled the table, says the country has "a long way to go" before it has a fully open government...

Jordan and India named the world's least tolerant countries U.S., Britain, Canada and South America are among the least racist Survey asks people if they would want neighbours of a different race Read more: Map shows world's most racist countries (and the answers may surprise you) | Daily...

Survey of 10 developed European countries puts UK at bottom of the pile due to high costs of living, while France takes top spot (Oh my, the Frenchies are better than the Brits - SOL Comment) The UK has been named the worst place to live in Europe for quality of life, behind countries with...

British workers retire three years after the French UK life expectancy is two years less than in France Fuel and food costs in UK are above European average Britain is the worst place in Europe to live despite offering the biggest salaries, a study revealed today. High incomes in the UK are...

Britain came 11th in the Global AgeWatch Index of 96 countries. Norway is the best country in the world to grow old in, according to a global index ranking the quality of life for the elderly.The Scandinavian country topped the 2014 Global AgeWatch Index of 96 nations, followed closely by...

America spends too much on defence and peacekeeping, but Canada and most allies spend too little. Canada spends only 1% of GDP on military and peacekeeping activities, the US 3.8% while Britain, France, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Poland and even Estonia are at 2% of GDP. Germany is 1.3% and...

A half-century has passed since the last person in Canada was executed, but a recent public opinion poll suggests Canadians are warming to the idea of a return to capital punishment. The survey conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion in partnership with the Toronto Star found that 63 per...

The UK has been named the worst place to live in Europe for quality of life, behind countries with damaged economies such as Ireland and Italy, according to the latest uSwitch quality of life index. continued...............UK has 'worst quality of life in Europe' | Money | The Guardian

8O Artist nails his scrotum to the ground in Red Square | World news | theguardian.com

WASHINGTON — The spectacle of buttoned-down Canadian diplomats picketing Canada’s embassy drew some fascinated stares Friday from tourists and other passersby in the U.S. capital. About three dozen placard-waving foreign service workers marched in front of the famed Capitol Hill building in...

The United States and Canada share two borders and their bilateral relationship is among the closest and most extensive in the world. It is reflected in the high volume of bilateral trade--the equivalent of $1.6 billion a day in goods--as well as in people-to-people contact. About 300,000...

A fresh campaign is underway to push the United Nations to label Canada's treatment of First Nations people "genocide." On Monday, former National Chief Phil Fontaine, elder Fred Kelly, businessman Dr. Michael Dan and human rights activist Bernie Farber sent a letter to James Anaya, UN...

Washington (CNN) -- In a sign of the political hangover congressional Republicans are suffering in the wake of the government shutdown, three-quarters of Americans in a new national poll say that most GOP members of Congress don't deserve to be re-elected. A CNN/ORC International survey...

As the world waits with bated breath for the emergence of the latest—and cutest—member of the British Royal Family, allow us to put forth a gentle reminder: In a just world, this innocent child would be going up for adoption, since its family would have been imprisoned for crimes against...