Rights report targets Canada over missing women, land claims Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 8:47 AM ET Comments40...
Iran says UN agency's report shows Tehran not trying to make nuclear weapons 05:29:43 EST Feb 28, 2006 TOKYO (AP) - A report by the UN nuclear watchdog agency shows there is no proof Iran's nuclear program is aimed at producing nuclear weapons, Iran's foreign minister said Tuesday in Japan. "They could not find evidence which shows t...
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wants Prime Minister Paul Martin to help free four western hostages in Iraq by demanding that all coalition troops be withdrawn from the country.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...
Calls grow to free Iraq hostages by Tuesday 13 December 2005 11:03 AM GMT Palestinians are demanding that the hostages be freed Supporters and well-wishers from around the globe have appealed for the release of four Christian activists held hostage in Iraq, with Muslim groups and relatives reiterating that the four supported the Iraqi people. The previously unknown Swords of Righteousness Brigade, which kidnapped the four men from the Ch...
Muslim clerics demand release of captive Westerners Last Updated Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:21:58 EST CBC News A group of influential Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq and Palestinian activists issued separate pleas Wednesday for the release of two Canadians and three other Westerners being held hostage in Iraq. Palestinian activists called for the release of Harmeet Singh Sooden, above, and other captives, saying they helped Palestinians in the West Bank. (CP Photo/Chris...
Christian agency blames U.S. for kidnappings Last Updated Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:28:17 EST CBC News Christian Peacemaker Teams is blaming the U.S. occupation of Iraq for the abduction of four of its members, including two Canadians. * INDEPTH: Iraq James Loney (CP Photo/Christian Peacemaker Teams) In a statement on its website, the agency spoke about how it is saddened by the kidnappings, and how it has long opposed U.S. ...
Geneva Convention not for al-Qaeda, U.S. court says Last Updated Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:06:21 EDT CBC News An appeal court in Washington has ruled that the 1949 Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners does not apply to members of al-Qaeda. The decision clears the way for a military commission consisting of three U.S. colonels to judge Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, who was Osama Bin Laden's driver in Afghanistan. Prisoner...
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