Canada Worse than 3rd World Countries when it comes to Mobile Data Access

"The motto of the CRTC, Canada’s telcom regulator is “Communications in the Public Interest”. Right. If you live in Canada, write to your MP. The CRTC, as an institution, needs to be taken out and shot.* This chart charts the best rates available from all carriers. And...

China bans stories about holdout homeowner

"China's censors have banned further stories about a Chongqing homeowner who refused to sell out to developers.China's State Council Information Service issued an urgent notice to the domestic print press and online media on Saturday banning future coverage of the so-called...

Senate Passes Iraq Withdrawal Timeline Bill

... but the Senate still gave the White House over a hundred billion dollars to spend in Iraq and Afghanistan, along with the accompanying American, British and Iraqi lives. "Senate Democrats ignored a veto threat and pushed through a bill Thursday requiring President Bush to...

Maliki orders security forces to crush foes

News from Iraq:"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki told his security forces on Tuesday to show no mercy toward insurgents in a security crackdown in Baghdad. Iraqiya state television showed Maliki, a Shi'ite Islamist leader, talking to an Iraqi soldier...

US accuses Iran over Iraq Bombs

Pardon me for saying so, but the US Government has a bit of a history of crying wolf. Pardon me further for not believing a word they say until confirmed by an outside source.Considering that the US-led forces cannot control Iraq, which was nearly defenseless pre-invasion and...

Girl, 4, marries man, 45

This is a bizzarre way to settle a feud."Dera Ismail Khan - A four-year old girl was married to a 45-year-old man in a remote Pakistan town to settle a feud, leading to the arrest of 12 people from two families, police said on Friday. The bizarre marriage took place last...

Mahdi Army lowers its profile, anticipating arrival of U.S. troops

"BAGHDAD, Iraq - Mahdi Army militia members have stopped wearing their black uniforms, hidden their weapons and abandoned their checkpoints in an apparent effort to lower their profile in Baghdad in advance of the arrival of U.S. reinforcements. "We have explicit directions...