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NATO worried over possible Libya war crimes probeMisc World | 206790 hits | 6:40 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
NATO officials are worried that their organization may be investigated by the International Criminal Court after its prosecutor said allegations of crimes committed by NATO in Libya would be examined impartially and independently.Scotland's separatist movement gains momentum while Quebec's stumbles | News | National Post
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China tries to rein in Internet with new threats
China's censors are trying to prevent critical postings and rumours on the Internet from reaching a broader audience, issuing new orders to prohibit news media from reporting online information before it is verified.
Misc World | 206842 hits | 11:56 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
China's censors are trying to prevent critical postings and rumours on the Internet from reaching a broader audience, issuing new orders to prohibit news media from reporting online information before it is verified.Public gets first glimpse of Fukushima nuclear plant
Reporters visited the ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Saturday for the first time since Japan's worst tsunami in centuries swamped the plant March 11. Eight months later, they discovered a plant still in shambles.
Misc World | 206671 hits | 11:51 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
Reporters visited the ravaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant Saturday for the first time since Japan's worst tsunami in centuries swamped the plant March 11. Eight months later, they discovered a plant still in shambles.Arab League votes to suspend Syria
The Arab League has decided to suspend Syria over its violent crackdown on protesters calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad.
Misc World | 206681 hits | 7:13 PM on Saturday | posted by Strutz
The Arab League has decided to suspend Syria over its violent crackdown on protesters calling for the ouster of President Bashar Assad.Ciao, Berlusconi: Italian PM resigns
Misc World | 206615 hits | 1:57 PM on Saturday | posted by Gunnair
MacKay marks Remembrance Day in KandaharMisc World | 206758 hits | 5:42 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
Defence Minister Peter MacKay marks Remembrance Day in Kandahar by reading aloud the names of the Canadians who have died in Afghanistan. New 7 Wonders omit Bay of FundyMisc World | 206809 hits | 5:40 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A global competition has named its provisional New 7 Wonders of Nature, but no Canadian sites have made the list.Nuke agency reports unusual radiation in Europe
The UN nuclear agency is reporting "very low" -- but higher than usual -- levels of radiation in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe.
Misc World | 206738 hits | 1:01 PM on Friday | posted by Hyack
The UN nuclear agency is reporting "very low" -- but higher than usual -- levels of radiation in the Czech Republic and elsewhere in Europe.Afghanistan: Mother, daughter stoned to death in Ghazni
A group of armed men stoned a woman and her daughter to death in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, security officials tell the BBC.
Misc World | 206952 hits | 11:20 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
A group of armed men stoned a woman and her daughter to death in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, security officials tell the BBC.Turkish quake kills 12, including aid worker
Rescue workers with pickaxes and earth-movers searched on Thursday for survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 12, including a Japanese aid worker.
Misc World | 206771 hits | 10:54 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Rescue workers with pickaxes and earth-movers searched on Thursday for survivors of an earthquake that killed at least 12, including a Japanese aid worker.Prince William to deploy to Falkland Islands
Prince William will be deployed to the politically sensitive Falkland Islands next year as an air force search and rescue pilot, Britain's defence ministry said Thursday.
Misc World | 206624 hits | 6:28 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Prince William will be deployed to the politically sensitive Falkland Islands next year as an air force search and rescue pilot, Britain's defence ministry said Thursday.Joe Paterno exit sparks Penn State fans riot
Penn State students have gone on the rampage after Joe Paterno, one of the most famous coaches in American sport, was sacked amid a child abuse scandal.
Mr Paterno, 84, has been accused of failing to act over allegations of molestation by a long-servin
Misc World | 207024 hits | 1:18 PM on Thursday | posted by xerxes
Penn State students have gone on the rampage after Joe Paterno, one of the most famous coaches in American sport, was sacked amid a child abuse scandal.
Mr Paterno, 84, has been accused of failing to act over allegations of molestation by a long-servinMuslims Against Crusades banned by Theresa May
Home Secretary Theresa May is banning Muslims Against Crusades, a group planning an anti-Armistice Day protest.
Misc World | 206967 hits | 1:11 PM on Thursday | posted by martin14
Home Secretary Theresa May is banning Muslims Against Crusades, a group planning an anti-Armistice Day protest. Canadian discovered secret to Everest, not MalloryMisc World | 206852 hits | 11:18 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
It was a little known but brilliant and tenacious Canadian who found the key to success on Mount Everest, not the legendary climber George Mallory, according to a new book that reconstructs the first three assaults on the mountain.White House says no evidence of alien life
The Obama administration has made the unusual declaration that it has no evidence that extraterrestrial creatures exist in response to a feature on its website that allows people to submit petitions.
Misc World | 206843 hits | 10:52 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
The Obama administration has made the unusual declaration that it has no evidence that extraterrestrial creatures exist in response to a feature on its website that allows people to submit petitions. Asteroid the size of Parliament Hill getting closerMisc World | 206877 hits | 7:41 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
Scientists say an asteroid 400 metres across will come close to Earth on Tuesday but in this case close means 324,600 km away.Tehran says UN evidence of nuclear weapons is fabricated
New intelligence the UN atomic agency plans to release on alleged nuclear weapons work by Iran is fabricated, the Iranian foreign minister said Saturday.
Misc World | 206740 hits | 4:31 PM on Saturday | posted by Hyack
New intelligence the UN atomic agency plans to release on alleged nuclear weapons work by Iran is fabricated, the Iranian foreign minister said Saturday. 'No humanitarian aid onboard'Misc World | 207073 hits | 12:12 PM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb
News: Navy forces tow Irish-Canadian flotilla ships to Ashdod port after successful take over, say no weapons or humanitarian aid found. Pro-Palestinian activists to be transferred over to police, Immigration Authority. IDF official: No one was hurtIsraeli navy boards boats approaching Gaza
Israel's navy boarded two protest boats trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip on Friday and towed them to an Israeli port just north of the Palestinian territory, officials said.
Misc World | 206737 hits | 8:28 AM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Israel's navy boarded two protest boats trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip on Friday and towed them to an Israeli port just north of the Palestinian territory, officials said.France's shock as homless mother's baby dies in street birth
Misc World | 206495 hits | 3:55 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Cuba legalizes sale, purchase of private property
Cuba announced Thursday it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President Raul Castro.
Misc World | 207058 hits | 11:08 AM on Thursday | posted by DanSC
Cuba announced Thursday it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President Raul Castro.Chevrolet turns 100
Chevrolet turns 100 - Iconic brand has gone from facing off with Model T to aiming to make its mark in electric car market
Misc World | 206759 hits | 8:27 AM on Thursday | posted by stemmer
Chevrolet turns 100 - Iconic brand has gone from facing off with Model T to aiming to make its mark in electric car marketPlane carrying 230 lands without wheels in Poland
Misc World | 206677 hits | 7:00 AM on Wednesday | posted by QBall
Almost half China's richest want to emigrate: surveyMisc World | 206961 hits | 6:40 AM on Tuesday | posted by QBall
Nearly half of China's wealthiest citizens are considering emigrating, with the United States and Canada the most popular destinations, according to a new report from the authors of China's rich list.Saudi royal offers $1M reward for capturing Israeli soldier
A member of Saudi Arabia's royal family increased to $1 million a reward offered by a Saudi cleric to anyone who captures an Israeli soldier to swap him for Palestinian prisoners.
Misc World | 208477 hits | 2:41 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A member of Saudi Arabia's royal family increased to $1 million a reward offered by a Saudi cleric to anyone who captures an Israeli soldier to swap him for Palestinian prisoners.Poundland u-turn over poppy after complaint from Lisburn employee
A complaint by a Poundland employee in Lisburn has led to the company changing its policy over the wearing of poppies.
Misc World | 208533 hits | 2:02 PM on Sunday | posted by Hyack
A complaint by a Poundland employee in Lisburn has led to the company changing its policy over the wearing of poppies. Harper arrives in Australia for Commonwealth summitMisc World | 208207 hits | 11:24 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has arrived in Perth, Australia, for a summit of Commonwealth leaders.Merkel wins rescue fund vote after raising spectre of war
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, won a parliamentary vote of support for boosting the firepower of the bailout fund after raising the spectre of war in a speech in the Bundestag.
Misc World | 208257 hits | 9:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by DanSC
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, won a parliamentary vote of support for boosting the firepower of the bailout fund after raising the spectre of war in a speech in the Bundestag. Coca-Cola offers millions to protect polar bearsMisc World | 208154 hits | 11:56 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Coca-Cola Ltd. is pledging millions of dollars to help scientists plan how other icons such as polar bears can survive in Canada's melting Arctic. 18M tonnes of tsunami debris drifting to B.C.Misc World | 208469 hits | 6:36 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Up to 18 million tonnes of tsunami debris floating from Japan could arrive on British Columbia's shores by 2014, according to estimates by University of Hawaii scientists.Last of America's most powerful nukes being dismantled
The last of the United States' most powerful nuclear bombs -- a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima -- is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.
Misc World | 208222 hits | 6:29 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
The last of the United States' most powerful nuclear bombs -- a weapon hundreds of times stronger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima -- is being disassembled nearly half a century after it was put into service at the height of the Cold War.Earthquake hits Turkey, up to 1,000 possibly killed
Misc World | 206482 hits | 7:37 AM on Sunday | posted by stemmer
Chinese toddler run over twice dies
A child who was twice run over by vans and then ignored by passersby on a busy market street died Friday a week after the accident and after days of bitter soul-searching over declining morality in China.
Misc World | 208453 hits | 10:45 AM on Friday | posted by Hyack
A child who was twice run over by vans and then ignored by passersby on a busy market street died Friday a week after the accident and after days of bitter soul-searching over declining morality in China.Barack Obama: All US troops to leave Iraq in 2011
All US troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama announces.
Misc World | 208483 hits | 10:01 AM on Friday | posted by martin14
All US troops will be pulled out of Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama announces.China defends level of Internet censorship as normal
China's Foreign Ministry defended the government's censoring of the Internet on Thursday, saying it meets international norms, as the U.S. questions whether the practices amount to a trade barrier.
Misc World | 206800 hits | 3:16 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
China's Foreign Ministry defended the government's censoring of the Internet on Thursday, saying it meets international norms, as the U.S. questions whether the practices amount to a trade barrier.Falling German satellite may crash into Earth
Pieces of a retired German satellite hurtling toward the atmosphere may crash to earth this weekend, the German Aerospace Center said Thursday.
Misc World | 206806 hits | 1:59 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
Pieces of a retired German satellite hurtling toward the atmosphere may crash to earth this weekend, the German Aerospace Center said Thursday.Gadhafi killed, Libyan PM says
Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been killed, as his hometown of Sirte fell to revolutionary fighters, the country's prime minister says.
Misc World | 207159 hits | 8:11 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb
Ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has been killed, as his hometown of Sirte fell to revolutionary fighters, the country's prime minister says. Gadhafi captured, says military council on Libyan TVMisc World | 207673 hits | 4:42 AM on Thursday | posted by canuckns
Revolutionary fighters have captured deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, Libyan television said Wednesday, citing the Misrata Military Council.Violence erupts as general strike shuts down Greece
Hundreds of rioting youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens on Wednesday during a big anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures that erupted into violence.
Misc World | 206824 hits | 8:29 PM on Wednesday | posted by Strutz
Hundreds of rioting youths smashed and looted stores in central Athens on Wednesday during a big anti-government rally against painful new austerity measures that erupted into violence.Lee Harvey Oswald's lover hopes to clear his name
Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the 1963 assassination of then-U.S. president John F Kennedy, but just two days later he was shot dead. Now, the woman who claims to have been Oswald's mistress says she has proof he didn't do it.
Misc World | 207116 hits | 6:07 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack
Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the 1963 assassination of then-U.S. president John F Kennedy, but just two days later he was shot dead. Now, the woman who claims to have been Oswald's mistress says she has proof he didn't do it.Video shows Chinese toddler struck by van, ignored by passersby
The grainy video of how a toddler named Yueyue ended up on the verge of death is almost too horrifying to watch, but millions of Chinese have stared at it in shock over the past few days.
Misc World | 206951 hits | 4:40 PM on Monday | posted by snookums
The grainy video of how a toddler named Yueyue ended up on the verge of death is almost too horrifying to watch, but millions of Chinese have stared at it in shock over the past few days.Greenpeace launches new Rainbow Warrior flagship
BREMEN, Germany — Greenpeace launched a new Rainbow Warrior on Friday, a $33 million schooner that replaces its battered 50-year-old boat, which saw numerous encounters with whalers, seal hunters and illegal loggers.
Misc World | 206903 hits | 12:19 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack
BREMEN, Germany — Greenpeace launched a new Rainbow Warrior on Friday, a $33 million schooner that replaces its battered 50-year-old boat, which saw numerous encounters with whalers, seal hunters and illegal loggers.Belarus gives KGB new powers, tightens grip on opposition
MINSK, Belarus — The parliament of Belarus has passed a series of measures tightening restrictions on opposition groups and expanding police powers.
Misc World | 206792 hits | 8:40 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
MINSK, Belarus — The parliament of Belarus has passed a series of measures tightening restrictions on opposition groups and expanding police powers. Misc World | 207341 hits | 12:25 PM on Thursday | posted by CommanderSock
“We looked at Canada, and we saw that it worked – even though Canadians don’t always say this, from a Swedish perspective we felt that Canada is a model that should be followed,” said Martin Adahl, one of the book’s editors and a fellow with the Stockholm Eat less meat to help double world's food supply: studyMisc World | 206882 hits | 11:16 AM on Thursday | posted by Strutz
A newly published blueprint for doubling the global food supply includes a key suggestion about how everyone can contribute to this increasingly pressing ambition: eat less meat.18 injured as Amtrak trains collide
Authorities say two passenger trains collided at the Amtrak station in Oakland, Calif., and local media report as many as 18 people are injured.
Misc World | 206914 hits | 12:11 AM on Thursday | posted by Hyack
Authorities say two passenger trains collided at the Amtrak station in Oakland, Calif., and local media report as many as 18 people are injured.8 killed, 1 hurt in shooting at hair salon in California
SEAL BEACH, Calif — A gunman opened fire Wednesday in a busy hair salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another while leaving bodies scattered throughout the business in a normally sedate Southern California beach community.
Misc World | 206955 hits | 10:45 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
SEAL BEACH, Calif — A gunman opened fire Wednesday in a busy hair salon, killing eight people and critically wounding another while leaving bodies scattered throughout the business in a normally sedate Southern California beach community. Amnesty calls on Canada to arrest George W. BushMisc World | 206963 hits | 10:26 PM on Wednesday | posted by Hyack
Amnesty International wants the federal government to arrest former U.S. president George W. Bush when he visits British Columbia next week.Death certificate reveals what killed Steve Jobs
SAN FRANCISCO — A copy of Steve Jobs' death certificate made public Monday indicates that the Apple Inc. co-founder died of respiratory arrest resulting from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs.
Misc World | 206794 hits | 10:47 PM on Monday | posted by Hyack
SAN FRANCISCO — A copy of Steve Jobs' death certificate made public Monday indicates that the Apple Inc. co-founder died of respiratory arrest resulting from pancreatic cancer that had spread to other organs.Back to Canada News
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