Arab leaders scramble to contain Mideast crisis (AFP)

" CAIRO (AFP) - Arab leaders condemned Israel " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " /> Israel 's deadly offensives against Lebanon and the Gaza Strip " /> SEARCH News | News Photos | Images | Web " />...

Lebanon calls for ceasefire as Israel boils over

"Lebanese ministers have called for a ceasefire with Israel, saying that all means should be used to end "open aggression" against their country. International calls for restraint are growing, with...

Any solution for India's power crisis?

"India's power sector today ails not just from inadequate addition to generation capacity."

UN Blames Israel for Crisis in Gaza

" After Israel hands Gaza over to the so-called Palestinians. After they continue to make plans to hand over the West Bank to the same freaks. The UN, after having said nothing as severe when Palestinian...

N. Korea threatens to fire more missiles

"AP - North Korea angrily mocked international criticism of its multiple missile tests, threatening Thursday to fire off more rockets."

Trouble in Timor Leste.

"HumanitarianCrisisFilter; Timor Leste, formerly known as East Timor, is on the brink of civil war today. The crisis began after a group of soldiers from the western part of the country claimed that they were being discriminated against in favor of soldiers from the eastern...

Russia Said to Be on Edge of AIDS Crisis

"AP - Vitaly is the face of Russia's AIDS epidemic, epitomizing many of its most troubling characteristics."

Shelling of the Gaza Strip Continues as crisis grows

"Monday's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv rightly drew international condemnation, yet criticism of Israel's relentless shelling of civilian population centres in the occupied Gaza Strip has been blocked by the US at...

Israel briefly opens Gaza crossing amid shortages

"Reuters - Israel reopened the main goods crossing into Gaza on Monday following warnings of a looming humanitarian crisis in the impoverished Palestinian territory, but later closed it, citing a security alert."

Spying in the US - crisis or non-event?

"To many international observers, the controversy raging in Washington DC’s governing classes over what the Bush administration calls "terrorist surveillance" and critics label "domestic spying" is very difficult to understand. For those unfamiliar...

Alberta: Education Cross Roads Conference

Public Interest Alberta (PIA) announces Post Secondary Education At the Crossroads February 23 – 26, 2006

The Destruction of Polar Bears

Already imperiled by melting ice and a brew of toxic chemicals, polar bears throughout the Arctic, particularly in remote dens near the North Pole, face an additional threat as flame retardants originating...

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