Rockets fired from Lebanon strike northern Israel
Rockets fired from Lebanon strike northern Israel Israeli military bombs Gaza overnight as conflict against Hamas enters 13th day Last Updated: Thursday, January 8, 2009 | 2:12 AM ET Comments35...

Olmert declares victory in Israeli election, vows compromise
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...

Peace falls off agenda in Israeli vote
Peace falls off agenda in Israeli vote Last Updated Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:08:01 EST CBC News With the centrist Kadima Party seemingly headed for a narrow win in Israel's general elections Tuesday, few of the 31 parties in the race have made peace a priority because of the recent Hamas electoral victory. INDEPTH: ...

Toronto marchers back right to publish Muhammad cartoons
Toronto marchers back right to publish Muhammad cartoons Last Updated Sat, 11 Mar 2006 22:03:47 EST CBC News More than 100 demonstrators took to the streets in Toronto on Saturday to support free speech. TIMELINE: Muhammad cartoons ...

Muslim groups praise Canadian response to cartoons
Muslim groups praise Canadian response to cartoons Last Updated Fri, 17 Feb 2006 14:00:45 EST CBC News A coalition of Muslim groups praised Canadians on Friday for their non-violent reaction to caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that have sparked violent protests around the world. INDEPTH: ...

Top US general: Iraqis want us out
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. ...

Church urges PM to demand withdrawal of troops from Iraq
Church urges PM to demand withdrawal of troops from Iraq Last Updated Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:08:54 EST CBC News The United Church of Canada wants Prime Minister Paul Martin to help free four western hostages in Iraq by demanding that all coalition troops be withdrawn from the country. * INDEPTH: Iraq The church issued an open letter to Martin on Wednesday saying the foreign military occupation of Iraq must end. "We implor...

Iraq election body rejects fraud claims
Iraq election body rejects fraud claims by Tuesday 20 December 2005 8:40 AM GMT Al-Dulaimi demanded a new election be held in Baghdad Iraq's Electoral Commission has rejected a call from the biggest Sunni bloc to rerun last week's vote in Baghdad after partial results showed the ruling Shia Alliance with a big majority in the capital. Adnan al-Dulaimi, one of the leaders of the National Concord Front coalition, said the group rejected th...

Memo: Bush wanted Aljazeera bombed
Memo: Bush wanted Aljazeera bombed by Tuesday 22 November 2005 5:56 AM GMT The memo has been described as 'hugely damaging to Bush' US President George Bush planned to bomb Arab broadcaster Aljazeera, British newspaper the Daily Mirror has reported, citing a Downing Street memo marked top secret. The five-page transcript of a conversation between Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair reveals that Blair talked Bush out of launching a...

U.S. soldiers accused of assaulting Afghan prisoners
U.S. soldiers accused of assaulting Afghan prisoners Last Updated Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:33:09 EST CBC News Two American soldiers have been charged with assaulting two detainees at a military base in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military says. A military statement issued on Sunday alleged that the two soldiers punched the prisoners in the chest, shoulders and stomach while they were being held in Uruzgan province in July. "The command rem...

US televangelist wants Chavez killed
US televangelist wants Chavez killed by Tuesday 23 August 2005 6:56 AM GMT Chavez has emerged as one of America's harshest critics US televangelist Pat Robertson has called for the assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez while a radio host has been fired by a Washington station after he refused to apologise for calling Islam a terrorist organisation. Calling Chavez a "terrific danger" to the US, Robertson, founder of the Christ...

MI5 links bomb attacks to Iraq war
MI5 links bomb attacks to Iraq war by Christian Henderson Friday 29 July 2005 6:07 AM GMT The agency's position contradicts that of Blair The British intelligence agency MI5 has said there is a link between the Iraq war and the recent bombing campaign in London. In an information briefing released on MI5's website after the 7 July attacks the agency said Iraq was a key issue motivating the bombers. "Though they have a rang...

When Government Agencies Manufacture Terror
This is quite alarming if the RCMP (Police) in Canada could even manipulate and coerce, vulnerable, addicts who became Muslims. A lot of rhetoric calls for "Muslims to speak out against terror and stop it". How can we stop it when the police are the ones behind it and possibly other governments and intelligence agencies? In fact if we look at most cases of terror no one is ever held responsible for organizing or creating the terror. Sufficient investigation i...

Response to Jim Reed's Well Written Article
My response to a viewpoint comment on the Jim Reed article - The revaluing of a society http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_reed/20050727.html I have to say Mr. Reed's article was well researched and well thought out and is a nice balance compared to American biased media that attempts to paint today's conflicts as a black and white, west versus east or Islam versus the world picture which could not be further from the truth. I also agree with Mr. Zarnett an...