Ottawa cuts links with Palestinian Authority, Hamas Last Updated Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:06:53 EST CBC News Canada has ended all relations with the new Palestinian government, two federal ministers announced Wednesday. "Canada will have no contact with the members of the Hamas cabinet and is suspending assistance to the Palestinian Authority," Fo...
Israeli troops, Jewish settlers clash JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press AMONA, West Bank - Thousands of club-wielding troops in riot gear and on horseback clashed with stone-throwing Jewish protesters Wednesday as they began dismantling homes in this illegal West Bank settlement, officials said. Dozens of people were wounded. It was the first forced evacuation of Jewish settlers since last summer's pullout from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank, a...
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...
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...
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