Apr 9 2008
he Canadian dollar was little changed against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, despite an upbeat report showing a flurry of Canadian home building in March. Domestic bond prices rose in tandem with the larger U.S. market as investors adjusted their...
Apr 8 2008
check out Hillary Clinton (the US presidential Candidate) in all her glory.
Apr 7 2008
An article titled “Canada, U.S. Agree To Use Each Other’s Troops In Civil Emergencies” appeared on CanwestNews Service on February 22, 2008. According to the report, Canada and the U.S. have signed an agreement that paves the way for...
Apr 7 2008
The woman was still woozy from anesthesia when Italian police interrogated her shortly after she had had an abortion. Then they confiscated the fetus. In Spain, police have swept into clinics, hauled away cartons of medical records and questioned...
Apr 5 2008
Thousands mourned Friday the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King 40 years ago, but embraced a recommitment to his dream of equality. “We are here because destiny has drawn us here,” his youngest daughter, Reverend...
Apr 3 2008
A judge has granted a new hearing to a Nebraska man who was convicted of two murders 20 years ago and a pair of jeans may hold the key to reopening the case. Jeff Boppre insists that DNA evidence will prove his innocence, even though one of the victims...
Apr 3 2008
When George W. Bush first met Russian President Vladimir V. Putin in June 2001, Bush rhapsodized that he “looked [Putin] in the eye” and got “a sense of his soul.” For a time, Bush viewed “Vladimir” as his staunch...
Apr 2 2008
If there’s one universal constant in human society, it has to be alcohol. Rare indeed is the culture that hasn’t worked out the tricksy process of fermenting and/or distilling some type of vegetable matter — be it malted barley,...
Apr 1 2008
When the results of Zimbabwe’s elections come in, Britain will have a chance to help the shattered country more actively than it has done so far – and it will have no excuse for not doing so. If, by some scarcely believable feat, the opposition...
Mar 24 2008
The gigantic biotech corporation Monsanto is threatening to destroy the agricultural biodiversity which has served mankind for thousands of years. The endless list of genetically modified seeds sold and controlled by Monsanto are putting at enormous...