Deadly blasts strike hotels in Indonesian capital At least 9 killed, 50 injured may include Canadian Last Updated: Friday, July 17, 2009 | 2:06 AM ET Comments53...
Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region Author: Preeti Bhattacharji, Research Associate Updated: July 6, 2009 ...
China ramps up propaganda to quell unrest Last Updated: Thursday, July 9, 2009 | 4:16 PM ET Comments103...
Cannon vague on Jewish settlements issue at 14:27 on May 25, 2009, EDT. Jennifer Ditchburn, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - With Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at hi...
Turkish PM gets hero's welcome after shouting match with Israeli leader Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2009 | 7:35 AM ET Comments99...
War in Gaza draws U.S. viewers in droves to watch Al-Jazeera English Published: Saturday, January 24, 2009 | 5:08 PM ET Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine DOHA, Qatar - American viewership of Al-Jazeera English rose dramatically during the Israel-Hamas war, partly because the chan...
Surrey victim of alleged police attack claims he was kicked, robbed and racially abused By Catherine Rolfsen, Vancouver SunJanuary 23, 2009 7:26 PMComments (3) ...
Gaza reconstruction to cost billions Last Updated: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 | 6:41 AM ET Comments3...
UN headquarters in Gaza City hit by Israeli artillery Last Updated: Thursday, January 15, 2009 | 5:58 AM ET Comments189...
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Canada gives $4M for Gaza relief Last Updated: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 | 1:27 PM ET Comments286...
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...
29 dead, dozens wounded as blasts hit western India Last Updated: Saturday, July 26, 2008 | 3:06 PM ET Comments16...
Big mosque on the Prairie opens in Calgary Last Updated: Saturday, July 5, 2008 | 4:38 PM MT Comments243...
Clash between traditional values, modern culture may be behind teen's death Last Updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2007 | 9:26 AM ET The Canadian Press A slain Muslim teen whose father has been charged with second-degree murder apparently chafed at the prospect of wearing traditional religious garb, but members of the Islamic community warn against anyo...
Iranian president banned from laying wreath at Ground Zero Last Updated: Thursday, September 20, 2007 | 8:12 AM ET The Associated Press A request by Iran's president to lay a wreath at the World Trade Center site next week has been turned down by police and blasted by a U.S. diplomat as an attempt to turn Ground Zero into a "photo op." Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, ...
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...
Swedish foreign minister resigns over Prophet cartoon scandal Last Updated Tue, 21 Mar 2006 11:47:29 EST CBC News Sweden's foreign minister, accused of lying about her role in shutting down a website that wanted to publish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, stepped down on Tuesday. INDEPTH: ...
Pentagon probes alleged marine 'rampage' in Iraq Last Updated Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:43:02 EST CBC News The Pentagon has begun a criminal investigation after graphic videotape surfaced suggesting U.S. marines killed at least 15 unarmed civilians in November in the Iraqi town of Haditha. INDEPTH: ...
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...
Police investigating Sydney race riots find pistol, ammunition in house raids 06:53:14 EST Dec 19, 2005 MIKE CORDER SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - Detectives investigating race riots that rocked Sydney last week seized a pistol, ammunition, knives and smoke bombs in a series of raids Monday, police said in a statement. The weapons haul came after police questioned five men arrested Sunday night with a drum of petrol and objects for putting together makeshift...
Who'd have thought it - Blinky Bill, the face of race hatred * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font By John Huxley December 13, 2005 AdvertisementAdvertisement ITS members sing Waltzing Matilda. Its flyers carry pictures of Blinky Bill. And its posters feature the starry cross of the 1854 Eureka uprising. But don't be deceived, say its many critics. The Patriotic Youth ...
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...
Starved, tortured prisoners found in Iraqi cell Last Updated Tue, 15 Nov 2005 13:54:58 EST CBC News Iraq is investigating the discovery of more than 170 prisoners in a government bunker in Baghdad where many were found starved, beaten and tortured. * INDEPTH: Iraq Iraqi officials made the announcement Tuesday, two days after U.S. troops surrounded the Interior Ministry compound where the detainees were being held in an underground ce...
Jewish settler kills 4 Arab Israelis on bus Last Updated Thu, 04 Aug 2005 22:39:37 EDT CBC News A man wearing an Israeli army uniform opened fire inside a bus in an Israeli Arab town and killed four people, in an attack being linked to the country's planned withdrawal from Gaza. 19-year-old Israeli gunman who opened fire killing passengers on a bus in the Israeli town of Shfaram. (AP photo) * INDEPTH: Israeli settlements At le...
Qur'an thrown in toilet by U.S. guards: ex-prisoner Last Updated Tue, 28 Jun 2005 12:58:50 EDT CBC News A Muslim cleric once held at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, has told reporters in Moscow that fellow prisoners told him that guards desecrated the Qur'an by putting it in a toilet. * INDEPTH: Guantanamo A Guantamamo Bay cell block. (AP file photo) Airat Vakhitov, who was released last year, said he did...
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb from a suicide attacker tore through a mosque during Wednesday's funeral for a Muslim cleric opposed to the Taliban, killing at least 20 people, and the local governor said an al-Qaida-linked militant was responsible. At least 42 people were wounded. The attack - which came on the heels of a major upsurge in rebel violence in recent months including assassinations, near-daily clashes with rebels and the kidnapping of an Italian ai...
I am very saddened at the violence in Xinjiang, where fellow Chinese (Han and Uighur) have been fighting amongst each other. I hope that the people of Xinjiang will not fall into the trap and violence that was set by separtists. Regardless of your ethnic background, China has the policy that "everyone is Chinese" and that achieving peace and harmony can only be done through equal treatment of all citizens. I also do not think it is fair to villify Uighurs ...
Helping Afghanistan will protect Canada, says top soldier http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/15/hillier-attack050715.html I am very proud and impressed at the common sense approach our fellow Canadians have responded to these ridiculous statements Mr Hillier made. (people's comments here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/yourspace/hillier_afghans.html) I think every letter I read there got it right and it is comforting to k...
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