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  • The Stealth Crusade
    The Stealth Crusade By Barry Yeoman | Wed May 1, 2002 12:00 AM PST At 8 o'clock on a warm Monday morning in January, 20 students file into Rick Love's classroom at Columbia International University in South Carolina. Eyes glassy from writing papers all weekend, they clutch Styrofoam cups of Folgers a...
  • Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region
    Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region Author: Preeti Bhattacharji, Research Associate Updated: July 6, 2009 ...
  • Rights report targets Canada over missing women, land claims
    Rights report targets Canada over missing women, land claims Last Updated: Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 8:47 AM ET Comments40...
  • TIME Magazine: The Bible & The Apocalypse
    The biggest book of the summer is about the end of the world. It's also a sign of our troubled tim...
  • Time Magazine Explains the Israel & Palestine Situation - "The End: How It Got That Way"
    Monday, Jul. 01, 2002 The End: How It Got That Way By DAVID VAN BIEMA Calamity is the mother of end-of-the-world prophecy. This is true as millions of Americans, many rattled into an End Times frame of mind by Sept. 11, line up to buy the latest installment in the Left Behind series, The Remnant. It was true when the first prophecies of the End appeared in the Hebrew Bible in response to a great national catastrophe in 586...
  • U.S. authorities uncover skinhead plot to assassinate Obama
    U.S. authorities uncover skinhead plot to assassinate Obama Last Updated: Monday, October 27, 2008 | 6:01 PM ET Comments145...
  • Charges dropped against 5 Guantanamo detainees
    Charges dropped against 5 Guantanamo detainees U.S. defence secretary calls for swift closure of prison Last Updated: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 | 8:11 PM ET Comments20...
  • Officials' actions contributed to men's torture
    Officials' actions contributed to men's torture 21/10/2008 7:03:42 PM The actions of Canadian officials made an indirect contribution to the torture of Arab-Canadian men in Syria,...
  • B.C. Human Rights Commission rejects complaint against Maclean's
    B.C. Human Rights Commission rejects complaint against Maclean's Last Updated: Friday, October 10, 2008 | 8:14 PM ET Comments37...
  • Judge orders release of Uighurs into U.S.
    Judge orders release of Uighurs into U.S. Last Updated: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 | 1:45 PM ET Comments3...
  • Rights commission dismisses complaint against Maclean's
    Rights commission dismisses complaint against Maclean's Last Updated: Saturday, June 28, 2008 | 7:09 PM ET Comments146...
  • Tribunal hears final arguments on Maclean's article
    Tribunal hears final arguments on Maclean's articleTheStar.com - Canada - Tribunal hears final arguments on Maclean's article ...
  • Freedom of speech needs to be upheld, embattled Maclean's writer says
    Freedom of speech needs to be upheld, embattled Maclean's writer says Last Updated: Friday, June 6, 2008 | 7:31 PM ET Comments32...
  • B.C. tribunal hears complaint against Maclean's article
    B.C. tribunal hears complaint against Maclean's article Last Updated: Monday, June 2, 2008 | 10:31 PM ET Comments2...
  • White supremacists, anti-racism protesters clash in Calgary over veiled voting
    White supremacists, anti-racism protesters clash in Calgary over veiled voting Last Updated: Monday, October 15, 2007 | 10:22 AM MT CBC News Two people face assault charges after members of a white supremacist group protesting a decision to allow veiled voting faced off against anti-racism demonstrators ou...
  • Canada denies Muslim husband entry visa
    Canada denies Muslim husband entry visa Immigration department cites differences in 'culture and religion' Last Updated: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 | 9:05 PM ET CBC News Story Tools: E-MAIL | PRINT | ...
  • Arab League, Muslim groups blame U.S., Britain for Jericho raid
    Arab League, Muslim groups blame U.S., Britain for Jericho raid Last Updated Tue, 14 Mar 2006 13:47:46 EST CBC News The Arab League and other Muslim countries have condemned an Israeli raid on a West Bank jail that netted six Palestinian militants, blaming both Britain and the U.S. for allowing it to happen. INDEPTH: ...
  • Fearful Christmas in Baghdad
    Fearful Christmas in Baghdad By Zaineb Salah Ahmed in Baghdad Sunday 25 December 2005, 9:23 Makka Time, 6:23 GMT Iraqi Christians light a bonfire on Christmas Eve Related: Church blasts fail to dent Iraqi unity Islamist groups deny role in church blasts Iraqi Muslims, Christians stress unity Several killed in attack on Iraqi churches Tools: Email Article Print Article Send...
  • Israeli sonic booms terrorising Gaza
    Israeli sonic booms terrorising Gaza by Laila El-Haddad in Gaza Monday 26 December 2005 3:30 AM GMT Israeli F-16 jets break the sound barrier above populated areas Palestinians liken it to a bomb dropped directly over their heads leaving them shaking and shocked; human rights groups call it collective punishment; and the Israeli military says it is a necessary, and relatively benign, military response. The sonic boom is the Israeli arm...
  • 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. ...
  • Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations
    Scholar: There is no clash of civilisations by Firas Al-Atraqchi in Cairo, Egypt Tuesday 20 December 2005 2:07 PM GMT Armstrong was in Cairo as a guest of the American University One of the foremost authorities on monotheistic religions and traditions, Karen Armstrong's writings on Islam have come into public focus following 9-11. Born in 1944, Armstrong began her journey to faith as a Roman Catholic nun but left her order in 1969 when s...
  • Iran warns Israel of swift retaliation
    Iran warns Israel of swift retaliation by Friday 16 December 2005 2:19 PM GMT Najjar says Iran will retaliate if attacked Rhetorical hostilities between Iran and Israel have grown sharper with Iran's defence minister announcing that any Israeli attack would provoke a "swift and destructive" response. "The policy of the Islamic republic of Iran is completely defensive, but if we are attacked, the answer of the armed forces will be swift, ...
  • Iranian president calls Holocaust a 'myth'
    Iranian president calls Holocaust a 'myth' Last Updated Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:15:57 EST CBC News Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stirred up international controversy Wednesday with a speech calling the Holocaust a "myth." * INDEPTH: Iran Ahmadinejad said the myth has been created by Europeans to create a Jewish state in the heart of the Islamic world. "Today, they have created a myth in the name of Holocaust and co...
  • Indonesia Muslims to guard churches
    Indonesia Muslims to guard churches by Friday 09 December 2005 5:51 AM GMT Christians form the country\'s second largest religious group Volunteers from Indonesia\'s largest Islamic organisation will guard churches across the world\'s most populous Muslim nation on Christmas amid fears of terrorist attacks. Jakarta police have said they will boost security in the capital ahead of Christmas to avoid a repeat of 2000 Christmas Eve bombings...
  • Low-altitude flights over Gaza a form of punishment: doctors' groups
    Low-altitude flights over Gaza a form of punishment: doctors' groups Last Updated Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:05:26 EST CBC News Medical groups and the United Nations have condemned Israel's low-altitude air force flights over the Gaza Strip as an abuse of human rights. The Gaza Community Mental Health Program has joined with Physicians for Human Rights to file a petition at the country's Supreme Court seeking to stop the flights, which routinely break the sou...
  • CSIS head says Iraq war 'serious concern' for Canada's safety
    CSIS head says Iraq war 'serious concern' for Canada's safety Last Updated Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:51:29 EST CBC News Jim Judd, the director of Canada's spy agency, is speaking openly about the way the war in Iraq is creating new dangers for Canada. * INDEPTH: Iraq CSIS says Canadians have joined the Iraqi insurgency. Judd appeared before a Senate committee on Monday to answer questions about the Canadian Security Intellig...
  • 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...
  • Israeli defence minister: no peace with Palestinians in this generation
    Israeli defence minister: no peace with Palestinians in this generation 10:28 AM EDT Oct 28 STEVE WEIZMAN JERUSALEM (AP) - Expressing growing frustration with Mahmoud Abbas, Israel's defence minister dismissed the Palestinian leader as "a one-man show" bereft of support from his own people and said he sees little chance that a peace deal can be reached with the Palestinians in the present generation. Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz's remarks were publishe...
  • Iran's anti-Israel remarks: Arabs mum
    Iran's anti-Israel remarks: Arabs mum by Thursday 27 October 2005 3:15 PM GMT Egypt said the remarks were for a conservative audience Arab governments have maintained silence over the call by Iran's new president for Israel to be wiped off the map. Newspapers across the Middle East reported Wednesday's speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad without comment, many of them on their front pages. Egyptian Foreign Ministry and ...
  • Arar was tortured, inquiry fact-finder concludes
    Arar was tortured, inquiry fact-finder concludes Last Updated Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:21:24 EDT CBC News Ottawa engineer Maher Arar was tortured while in custody in Syria three years ago and he still suffers from the aftereffects of his treatment, a fact-finder appointed by the Arar inquiry concludes in a report released Thursday. * INDEPTH: Maher Arar 'Arar's psychological state was seriously damaged and he remains fragile... Economical...
  • UN report says Volvo, DaimlerChrysler among those who paid Saddam kickbacks
    UN report says Volvo, DaimlerChrysler among those who paid Saddam kickbacks 12:32 PM EDT Oct 27 UNITED NATIONS (AP) - About half of the 4,500 companies in the UN oil-for-food program, including Volvo and DaimlerChrysler, paid $1.8 billion US in kickbacks and illicit surcharges to Saddam Hussein's government, a UN-backed investigation said in a report released Thursday. The report alleged that Jean-Bernard Merrimee, France's former UN ambassador, received $165...
  • Canada joins world in expressing dismay over Iranian leader's attack on Israel
    Canada joins world in expressing dismay over Iranian leader's attack on Israel 11:25 AM EDT Oct 27 JILL LAWLESS LONDON (CP) - Governments around the world, including Canada, expressed shock and scorn Thursday at the Iranian president's call for Israel to be "wiped off the map," and several summoned Tehran's envoys in their capitals for a reprimand. However, Israeli calls for Iran to be suspended from the United Nations over the remarks by President Mah...
  • Banish Iran from UN, Peres demands
    Banish Iran from UN, Peres demands Last Updated Thu, 27 Oct 2005 07:27:45 EDT CBC News Iran should be expelled from the United Nations after calling for Israel to be "wiped off the map," Israeli Vice Premier Shimon Peres said on Thursday. * INDEPTH: Iran Shimon Perez "Since the United Nations was established in 1945, there has never been a head of state that is a UN member state that publicly called for the elimination...
  • Religious turbulence hits Indonesia
    Religious turbulence hits Indonesia by Marianne Kearney in Jakarta, Indonesia Sunday 09 October 2005 9:25 AM GMT The attacks have been a blot on Indonesia's religious tolerance A spate of recent church closures and attacks on the compound of a sect has highlighted a debate raging within the Indonesian Muslim community over religious freedom and tolerance. On 21 September, hundreds of young men attacked the compound of a small sect, the A...
  • Guantanamo ordeal of Aljazeera cameraman
    Guantanamo ordeal of Aljazeera cameraman by Asim Khan & Mahfoud El Gartit Wednesday 26 October 2005 9:06 AM GMT Sami al-Hajj says he has suffered physical and sexual abuse Sami Muhy al-Din al-Hajj, a Sudanese national, was arrested by the US military while working for Aljazeera during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, and detained in Guantanamo for four years without trial. Aljazeera.net spoke to al-Hajj's lawyer, Clive Stafford-Sm...
  • Relief workers warn winter could bring 2nd catastrophe to Pakistan quake zone
    Relief workers warn winter could bring 2nd catastrophe to Pakistan quake zone 11:54 AM EDT Oct 26 ZARAR KHAN MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan faces a second catastrophe and a new wave of deaths if the world does not come forward to help survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake before winter sets in, aid officials said Wednesday, adding that frigid temperatures were already taking a toll on survivors' health. The warning came as the United Nations nearl...
  • UN raises quake aid appeal
    UN raises quake aid appeal by Wednesday 26 October 2005 6:46 AM GMT Oxfam says aid pledges fall far short of needs The United Nations has nearly doubled its appeal for aid for victims of the South Asia earthquake, as a leading charity accused wealthy nations of failing to respond to the disaster. With the UN now seeking more than half a billion dollars in emergency funds, UK-based relief agency Oxfam said the response from many of the w...
  • 4 dead in blast at Israeli market
    4 dead in blast at Israeli market Last Updated Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:10:49 EDT CBC News At least four people were killed on Wednesday in a bombing in the Israeli coastal city of Hadera, said Israeli police and emergency workers. * INDEPTH: Middle East Ambulances rushed to a market area in the Mediterranean coastal city as emergency workers treated people in a nearby field. Police say a Palestinian suicide bomber detonate...
  • Israel fires missiles into Gaza
    Israel fires missiles into Gaza by Monday 24 October 2005 5:42 PM GMT Two resistance fighters were killed by Israeli troops on Sunday Israeli army helicopters have fired two rockets into the Gaza Strip in response to a series of attacks by Palestinian resistance fighters, witnesses and security sources say. One raid on Tuesday was against a building belonging to the Fatah movement of Palestinian Mahmoud Abbas in Bait Hanun in the north o...
  • Spain issues warrant for U.S. soldiers
    Spain issues warrant for U.S. soldiers Last Updated Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:53:45 EDT CBC News A judge in Spain has issued an international arrest warrant for three U.S. soldiers in the shelling of a hotel in Baghdad that killed a Spanish journalist. High court Judge Santiago Pedraz issued the warrant on Wednesday for Sgt. Shawn Gibson, Capt. Philip Wolford and Lt.-Col. Philip de Camp, then of the U.S. 3rd Infantry. Jose Couso, of the Spanis...
  • Israel Supreme Court bans military use of Palestinian civilians as 'shields'
    Israel Supreme Court bans military use of Palestinian civilians as 'shields' 12:23 PM EDT Oct 06 JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday banned the military's practice of using Palestinian civilians as "human shields" in arrest raids, saying it violates international law. The court ruled in response to petitions by human rights groups. In August 2002, the court had issued a temporary injunction against the practice. Human rights groups have said t...
  • Israel accused of skewing elections
    Israel accused of skewing elections by Khalid Amayreh in the West Bank Monday 03 October 2005 1:39 PM GMT The Israeli army is targeting Palestinian civil servants The Israeli army is cracking down on civil servants and community leaders, including elected local government officials, throughout the West Bank, in what some believe to be a bid to force Hamas out of upcoming Palestinian elections. Palestinian sources told Aljazeera.net that ...
  • 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...
  • Angered by Iraq war, bombers driven to suicide attacks, say friends
    Angered by Iraq war, bombers driven to suicide attacks, say friends 12:20 PM EDT Jul 15 SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI LEEDS, England (AP) - Shahzad Tanweer, the 22-year-old son of an affluent Pakistani-born businessman, turned to Islam, the religion of his birth, a few years ago. The transformation was gradual, but then his relentless reading of the Qur'an and daily prayers became almost an obsession, his friends told The Associated Press. He became withdrawn...
  • The US war with Iran has already begun
    The US war with Iran has already begun by Scott Ritter Sunday 19 June 2005 12:06 PM GMT Americans, along with the rest of the world, are starting to wake up to the uncomfortable fact that President George Bush not only lied to them about the weapons of mass destruction in Iraq (the ostensible excuse for the March 2003 invasion and occupation of that country by US forces), but also about the very process that led to war. On 16 October 2002, President Bu...
  • Israel to build 700 new settler homes
    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...
  • Saudis debate ban on women drivers
    Saudis debate ban on women drivers by Friday 10 June 2005 5:27 AM GMT Saudi Arabia is the only country that prohibits women drivers A Saudi man's call to lift a decades-old ban against women driving - the only prohibition of its kind in the world - has been met with death threats and opposition. Mohammed al-Zulfa's knew his proposal last month to Saudi Arabia's appointed advisory council, of which he is a member, would stir controversy....
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