U.S. can't sway Canada on Afghan pullout: Cannon

Canada's foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon had stated that Canada will not extend its stay in Afghanistan beyond 2011. "Let me be perfectly clear: Canada is abiding by the motion that was adopted in our...

Sen. John McCain Lies About Foreign Healthcare VIDEO

The Republican smear machine has gone into action, right on schedule.  Sen. John McCain, who has universal health care through the government, is on TV trying to scare Americans on how awful universal health...

Iran Curbs Foreign Media Coverage: BBC Claims Service Disruptions

Today, as more opposition protests unraveled in Iran and abroad in the wake of Friday's presidential election, Iran has shut out foreign media from continued coverage of protests within the country. An independent...

Obama Presents Saudi King With 2009 Chevy Malibu

While not exactly breaking news, I ran into this story (word for word and un credited) as news in a local publication, and went looking for further information and substantiation on the internet. "In his first...

EU Foreign Ministers condemn the weekend massacre in Sri Lanka

The three EU foreign ministers from Britain, France and Austria condemned the massacre that killed more than two thousand and injured huge number of people. They condemned on the following : -> Use of heavy...

Will Rockefeller succeed in shutting down US Internet access with

"Rockefeller .......wants the US Government to shut down your access to the Internet!Senate bills No. 773 and 778, introduced by Sen. Jay Rockefeller, who declared last month that the Government would all be...

Foreign phobia in Japan.

Japan regulations and laws concerning foreigners are by far the toughest I know so far, from any country I have been to, other than Saudi Arabia of course.One cannot get a visa for more than a year, even if...

EMIRATS ARABES UNIS: Domestic workers face abusive employers

"DUBAI, 2 July 2006 (IRIN) - On an almost daily basis, immigrant domestic workers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), face mistreatment and sometimes physical abuse, according to human rights activists.Noor arrived...

Pakistani party rejects foreign concerns over deal with militants

The ruling party in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP), which recently concluded a peace deal with militants in the restive Swat Valley, has rejected the foreign, particularly the US, concerns over the enforcement of Islamic Shariah in the...

Deflation risk as prices to fall

The RPI measure of UK inflation is expected to be negative - a sign of falling prices- when data is released later on Tuesday. Economists expect the Retail Prices Index (RPI), which includes housing costs, to have...

Italy to boycott Durban 2

" FM Frattini tells Livni his country has problems with conference agenda, adds he is canceling visit to Iran Roni Sofer Published:  03.05.09, 18:36 / Israel News Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini told Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni that...

Canada, allies will never defeat Taliban, PM Stephen Harper says

In an interview on CNN's Fareed Zakaria on GPS yesterday, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper doubts that Afghan insurgents can ever be defeated.  Watch Fareed Zakaria's full interview here.  ...

UK diplomat suspended for anti-Semitic tirade

I personally think it is ridiculous to prosecute someone for making nasty remarks about anyone's religion or insulting anyone or anybody for any reason as long as it doesn't contain any threatening rants. This is the beginning of the end for freedom of speech in Europe. The...

Both sides claim Israeli election win

Israeli election results have thrown a piquant political situation and this is likely to lead to weeks of political uncertainty after an election that ended with clashing claims of victory by centrist foreign...

Over 200 Americans killed in Mexico since '04

"More than 200 American citizens have been killed since 2004 in Mexico's escalating wave of violence, amounting to the highest number of unnatural deaths in any foreign country outside military combat zones,...

closeSign in to NowPublic

is reporting from