Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region
Uighurs and China's Xinjiang Region Author: Preeti Bhattacharji, Research Associate Updated: July 6, 2009 ...

'Good without God' ad campaign raises questions in Vancouver
'Good without God' ad campaign raises questions in Vancouver Similar ads rejected in Victoria and Halifax Last Updated: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 | 2:04 PM PT Comments84...

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...

UN chief calls for ceasefire as Israel pounds Hamas targets
UN chief calls for ceasefire as Israel pounds Hamas targets Last Updated: Monday, December 29, 2008 | 9:53 PM ET Comments1198...

Harper 'regrets' publication of Muslim caricatures; group warns of danger to troops
Harper 'regrets' publication of Muslim caricatures; group warns of danger to troops Last Updated Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:26:31 EST CBC News On the same day a Canadian Islamic group warned that reprinting cartoons of Muhammad could endanger Canadian troops overseas, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he regretted their publication. "Free speech is a ri...

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...

UK rules out public inquiry into London transit bombing
UK rules out public inquiry into London transit bombing Last Updated Wed, 14 Dec 2005 12:09:13 EST CBC News The British government was on the defensive Wednesday over its decision to not hold a public inquiry into the July 7 bombings in London. * INDEPTH: London Bombing "If we ended up having a full scale public inquiry ... we would end up diverting a massive amount of police and security service time," British Prime Minister Tony Bl...

CSIS denies imam's charge
CSIS denies imam's charge Last Updated Wed, 27 Jul 2005 22:32:11 EDT CBC News The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has hotly denied an allegation from a Muslim cleric that two of its agents roughed up a Muslim woman. CSIS spokesperson John Dunn says the service has investigated Imam Aly Hindy's charge that security agents manhandled a young Muslim woman when her husband was out of their home. The imam, well-known in the Toronto are...

Report ties London bombs to Iraq war
Report ties London bombs to Iraq war Last Updated Mon, 18 Jul 2005 09:37:59 EDT CBC News Britain's government is denying suggestions that its role in the Iraq war provoked the deadly bombings in London earlier this month. A study co-authored by two of the country's leading think-tanks – the Royal Institute of International Affairs and the Economic and Social Research Council – said the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq gave al-Qaeda a fundraising and recruitme...