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Children feel 'hurt' on their national day
" The commemoration of National Children's Day turned sour Wednesday with the government refusing to allow children to read out their demand for the establishment of a special ministry of their own. The request...Activists win right to promote condoms to Catholics at World Youth Day
Activitists in Australia have won the right to distribute condoms at the world youth day in Sydney marking the pope's visit, blocking an order that had attempted to stop them from doing so by barring people from "annoying" the pilgrims."Young Catholics attending World Youth...
US 'insults' Berlusconi in press notes
"The Bush administration was forced yesterday to issue a grovelling apology to the Italian prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, after White House officials briefed the travelling US press corps that Berlusconi was... Dozens hurt in Belarus bomb blast
A powerful explosion occured just after midnight local time (2100 GMT), as thousands of people were gathered for a concert at a war memorial in the capital. " At least 50 people have been injured in Belarus after a bomb exploded during a concert in the capital,... 107-Year-Old Man Leads High School Alumni Parade
He's 107 years old, and leading the Phillips Academy parade in his golf cart. Let's hear it for C. Yardley Chittick, who was a schoolboy with Humphrey Bogart."C. Yardley Chittick sneaked off school grounds with... Street protests vs rice prices start
And then it has happened. The stiff cost of food has brought people, especially the poor, out in the streets to vent out their dismay. " Children of street vendors joined their parents in a noise barrage here Wednesday to express their dismay over not being able... U.S., British Diplomats Released After Rough Handling in Zimbabwe
US and British diplomats were handled roughly and illegally detained, then released on Thursday in Zimbabwe. The five Americans, four Brits and three Zimbabweans were travelling in a convoy when they were attacked by police, who stopped their vehicles and slahed their tires.... Burnaby BC: Mass Decontamination after Meth PreCursor Chemical Spill?
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorThe Chemical spill which happened yesterday, was far more serious than many believed. Here is a tidbit the Newspaper didn't tell you, most likely because they have no... Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene of crime
The computer does not even need to be shut down to extract evidence."Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes.The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online... Ban Ki-Moon to Chair UN Task Force on Food Crisis
The head of the UN has held a joint press conference with the head of teh World Bank to discuss how the two organisations are going to deal with the food crisis. So far Moon has been criticized for not doing enough to draw attention to the problem."United Nations... Oklahomans pause to remember victims of 1995 bombing
Before 9/11, there was the Oklahoma City bombings, which is still the deadliest act of domestic terrorism in US history. Today marks the 13th anniversary of the deadly attack. 168 people were killed in the bombing of... Chinese troops move into Tibet
Hundreds of Chinese troops moved into small towns in Tibet today making them seem like army encampments. This could be a sign that there is more violence to come in the region.Protests errupted into rioting last... Larry Craig gets standing ovation, tapping toes not heard
"In spite of his wide stance defense that turned Idaho into a national joke, Sen. Larry Craig got people to their toe-tapping in feet to applaud the three-term Republican. As if suffering from short-term memory loss, the party loyalists attending the Mini-Cassia Lincoln Day...Time to Disband the RCMP
From the murder in Alberta of 4 young Constables, through public unjustified taserings, the mysterious deaths of people in RCMP custody; to nepotism, political interference, botched investigations like Air India and...Congo conflict claims 5 million lives
I am pretty aware of what's going on in the world, as I know most people are at nowpublic, but to see the numbers sometimes really puts everything in perspective. "(CNN) -- Hopes are high that the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and armed groups can end a...
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