Canada abandons UN anti-racism conference

Canada abandons UN anti-racism conference ...

Mexico abandons oil rigs ahead of Dean

"Tens of thousands of tourists fled the beaches of the Mayan Riviera on Monday as monstrous Hurricane Dean roared toward the ancient ruins and modern oil installations of the Yucatan Peninsula. Mexico's state oil company, Petroleos de Mexico, said it was evacuating all of its...

!!Pentagon Abandons Active-Duty Time Limit

OH! MY! GOD!--DIGTHEHEAVY---By ROBERT BURNS AP Military WriterJanuary 11, 2007 - WASHINGTON — For the first time since President Bush mobilized the National Guard and Reserve after the Sept. 11 attacks, the Pentagon is abandoning its limit on the time a citizen-soldier can...

Boeing abandons in-flight Internet service

"CHICAGO (AFP) - US aerospace giant Boeing Co. said it was abandoning its Connexion unit providing high-speed Internet service on planes after it failed to win enough support from airlines. "Over the last six years, we have invested substantial time, resources and technology...

Jittery Jaffna

"In the northern city of Jaffna there is a shell of a church destroyed by earlier fighting. Some here worry that it may not just be a symbol of violence past, but of violence to come."