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The End of White Flight
"The End of White Flight For the First Time in Decades, Cities' Black Populations Lose Ground, Stirring Clashes Over Class, Culture and Even Ice Cream By CONOR DOUGHERTYJuly 19, 2008; Page A1 Decades of white flight transformed America's cities. That era is...Filipinos emerge as new force in BC politics
Even though I've been following the Vancouver election quite closely I was unaware of this dimension. An interesting read from a local paper that gets too little credit for publishing important news."Behind the...Israel agrees to Hezbollah prisoner deal
OpinionBarry Artiste, now Public ContributorIsraels swap of a Lebanese Man, Samir Kanter who crushed the head of a 4 year old girl to death with a rifle butt in exchange for the bodies of two dead soldiers,...
Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Plans New York Chapter
"Chandigarh (ABC Live): The Chandigarh chapter of NIRC of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) organized a felicitation of CA Ved Jain, President of the ICAI on 10th June, 2008 in Chandigarh." St Paul's Cathedral opens new South Churchyard
The magnificent St. Paul's Cathedral in London opened its new South Churchyard to the public today. This new peaceful space in the grounds took three years to complete at a cost of 3.8 million pounds." The... Top police killed in Mexican assassination wave
One of Mexico City's anti-kidnapping commander was assassinated earlier today, which makes him the fourth top police authority to be killed in 10 days."One day after acting federal police chief Edgar Millan was... Midnight Madness: Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV Expected to Sell 9 Million C...
Sadly enough, I was one of those hapless folks waiting in line at my local EB Games at midnight last night for Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto IV (4). I wasn't going to do it (after all, I'm the 'morning guy' for... Bush administration releases images of Syrian reactor
After months of secrecy, the Bush administration has released satellite images of the nuclear reactor site which Israel destroyed in an airstrike alst year. The purpose of releasing the images is to demonstrate that...Microsoft at GDC 2008
"The world’s hottest developers pave the way for a banner year with a blockbuster lineup that includes “Gears of War 2,” “Fable 2,” “Ninja Gaiden II” and a rich mix of indie Xbox LIVE Arcade titles. Today at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2008, Microsoft...Hells Angels: "Halos of Innocence"
Defence Lawyers in British Columbia seem to thrive on defending their Criminal Clientele putting them in a positive light resulting in a Catch and Release Justice system which is seen by some as a Justice System...FBI Gives Private Contractors 'Shoot to Kill' Powers
The FBI has a new set of eyes and ears, and they're being told to protect their infrastructure at any cost. They can even kill without repercussion. Welcome Infragard the private corporate spies and police to... Red Cross Faces $200 million Deficit, Layoffs
Apparently the lack of any high profile disasters has dropped the amount of contributions the Red Cross normally receives, and they are being forced to lay off 1,000 employees. They face a budget deficit of $200... Beijing allows Hong Kong to elect its leader by 2017
"HONG KONG: Hong Kong will be allowed to directly elect its leader in 2017 and all of its lawmakers by 2020 at the earliest, China said Saturday, an announcement that sparked protests by pro-democracy activists who sought an earlier date. "A timetable for obtaining universal... The year that changed everything for climate change
"PARIS: When the history of climate change is written, 2007 will deserve a chapter all to itself. In just 12 months, global warming has been elevated to the great challenge of our time, a cause for public and... Palestine: a political fabrication?
"That this was a political confection was, perhaps inadvertently, revealed to the West by Zahir Muhse’in, a member of the PLO Executive Committee, in a 1977 interview with the Amsterdam-based newspaper Trouw:
“The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a...
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