Rights report targets Canada over missing women, land claims Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 8:47 AM ET Comments40...
'Good without God' ad campaign raises questions in Vancouver Similar ads rejected in Victoria and Halifax Last Updated: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | 2:04 PM PT Comments84...
UN chief calls for ceasefire as Israel pounds Hamas targets Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2008 | 9:53 PM ET Comments1198...
China Muslim minorities Uprising from the ashes of history Last Updated: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 9:40 AM ET Comments64...
Christian activist's whereabouts unknown after detention in China Last Updated: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 | 7:16 AM ET Comments43...
Elections Canada chief won't back down on veiled voting Last Updated: Monday, September 10, 2007 | 12:16 PM ET CBC News Veiled women will not have to show their faces at polling stations in upcoming elections, but theymay be asked for sworn statements in some situations to verify their identities, Ca...
Olmert declares victory in Israeli election, vows compromise Last Updated Tue, 28 Mar 2006 19:55:21 EST CBC News Acting Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert said he's willing to make painful concessions and give up land to Palestinians as he claimed victory in the election Tuesday. His centrist Kadima party has captured the largest share of votes in Isra...
Top US general: Iraqis want us out by Sunday 25 December 2005 11:32 PM GMT Peter Pace (R): Troop levels re-assessed on a monthly basis The United States' top military commander has admitted that Iraqis want US and other foreign troops to leave the country "as soon as possible". General Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also said on Sunday that US troop levels in Iraq were being re-assessed on a monthly basis. ...
Israel approves building of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements 09:20:19 EST Dec 14, 2005 JOSEF FEDERMAN JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements, the Defence Ministry said Wednesday, confirming what would be a violation of the U.S.-backed peace plan. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon scrambled to quell a political uproar following a Newsweek report quoting a Sharon aide as sayi...
Top Israeli official says barrier meant to ensure Jewish majority in Jerusalem 02:06 PM EDT Jul 11 KARIN LAUB JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's separation barrier in and around Jerusalem is meant to ensure a Jewish majority in the disputed city, a cabinet minister acknowledged Monday, contradicting government claims that the divider is solely a temporary security measure. Israel's cabinet on Sunday approved final details of the 65-kilometre Jerusalem barrier, ...
EU envoy says Jerusalem barrier raises humanitarian concerns 12:09 PM EDT Jul 11 KARIN LAUB JERUSALEM (AP) - The separation barrier Israel is building in Jerusalem raises humanitarian problems for Palestinians and could complicate future negotiations on a final peace deal, the visiting European Foreign policy chief said Monday, after meeting with Israeli leaders. Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved final details of the Jerusalem barrier, which will cut...
US 'admits' torturing prisoners by Friday 24 June 2005 2:04 PM GMT A committee is preparing for hearings in May 2006 Washington has for the first time acknowledged to the United Nations that prisoners have been tortured at US detention centres in Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan and Iraq, a UN source says. The admission was made in a report submitted to the UN Committee against Torture, said a member of the 10-person panel, speaking on condit...
Israel to build 700 new settler homes by Sunday 19 June 2005 1:41 PM GMT Illegal West Bank settlements continue to expand Israel has announced that it will seek tender offers within months for 700 new homes in the occupied West Bank, as furious Palestinians accused the government of trying to change the face of Jerusalem. A spokesman for Israel's housing ministry said on Sunday that by the end of the year the ministry would put out to te...
Israel to build sea barrier off Gaza by Friday 17 June 2005 1:17 PM GMT Israel has ignored an ICJ ruling and a UN resolution The Israeli navy plans to build a sea barrier off the coast of northern Gaza, saying it will keep out potential attackers once Israel pulls back from occupied land this summer, military officials say. The navy said the barrier, stretching 950m into the sea, is necessary because of the expected loss of surveillance ...
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2005-06-03T153128Z_01_N03252941_RTRIDST_0_INTERNATIONAL-MIDEAST-REVENGE-DC.XML Israeli troops admit 'eye for eye' killing spree Fri Jun 3, 2005 11:31 AM ET By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli commandos killed eight Palestinian policemen in "eye for an eye" shootings three years ago that were ordered to avenge comrades slain in an ambush on an army checkpoint in the ...
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/38C7D317-77AC-4B68-BEB0-ADB406473FB4.htm During his tenure as Air Force Commander between 2000-2004, Halutz approved and oversaw operations that caused the death of many Palestinian civilians, including numerous children. In July 2002, Halutz ordered the Israeli air force to drop a one-tonne bomb on a Gaza apartment complex, killing 14 civilians, including at least 10 children. The target of the bombing was Salah...
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Jerusalem municipality will push ahead with plans to demolish 88 homes in an Arab neighbourhood in the disputed city to make room for a national park, the city engineer overseeing the project told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The plan has infuriated the Palestinians. It comes at a time of growing Israeli-Palestinian tension over the fate of Jerusalem, a city claimed by both as a capital. The demolition campaign, if approved, would be one of the largest i...
RPearce says: Yes, Mulims in China are free to build Mosques, in exactly the same way Christians are allowed to build Churches. And, just like with Priests, all Imans are approved by, and then appointed by, the Chinese state. You will find lots of sites complaining about the Chinese restrictions on the Christians. ======== In France, they have strict restrictions on Imam's, you need to have a Master's to be an Imam. In other Western countries they pla...
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