Death toll rises to 47 for Philippines killings

The casualties of a fight between two Islamic warlords (Mangudadatu versus Ampatuan)  is mounting up the death toll being 47 in an area of the Philippines that still operates on archaic methodologies that...

British Columbia Now Has Canada's Lowest Minimum Wage

As of September 1, British Columbia is number one in Canada on at least one list: worst minimum wage in the country. In April of 2009, New Brunswick tied B.C. for lowest minimum wage, raising the lowest hourly pay...

Canadians want Alberta Oil Sands Production Cut

The Alberta Tar Sands have been in the news for some time, and has been kept alive by environmental groups.  Both former Vice President Al Gore and President Obama have referred to oil coming from the Tar...

The Misinformation About the Canadian Health Care System

For the past few days  I have watched misinformation being bantered about in reference to the Canadian Health Care System.  This article is not intended to sway anyone in the US on either side of the...

Ministry: China steps up pre-Lunar New Year food safety

The campaign would focus on seven provinces, including Hebei where the milk contamination scandal began, ministry spokesman Mao Qunan told a news conference. "Groups and individuals who have broken the law will...

New controversy surrounds Ahmadinejad

Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is confronting more difficulties with the Parliament (Masjid). After his Home Minister was shamefully impeached for forging an PhD degree from Oxford University,...

Twin bombs wound 73 in southern Thailand

 A car bomb rocked the vegetable market in southern Thailand, another bobm loaded on motercycle exploded within minutes, in these twin bombing incident 73 people injured. There is no report of death."A car bomb...

Peru eyes state of emergency; 40 wounded in clash (Updated)

As violence continues to rock four provinces in Peru, its new left leaning Prime Minister Yehude Simon is pondering over the declaration of an Emergency. According to local newspaper El Comercio, protesters at...

Finland: Lynx Population Reaches 100-Year High

THE FINNISH Game and Fisheries Research has estimated that the native lynx population is thriving with between 1,350 to 1,500 of them.   The wolverine population has also grown at a more steady pace with...

Bolivian President Evo Morales urges separatist to sign peace deal today

Caracas, Venezuela, 21 September 2008. Just few hours ago, the Bolivian President Evo Morales urged all separtatist prefects (Conalde) that participated in the peace talks, to sign the agreed deal today. Pro government groups have gathered at Santa Cruz and Cochabamba a...

EU - No Sanctions Against Russia Over Georgia

Despite being severely chastised, the Russian government is upbeat after hearing from the EU that there would be no sanctions against their country for their attack on south Ossetia. Quite coincidentally, I'm sure, the question was asked of the Russian government whether they...

Russian MPs back Georgia's rebels

"Russia's parliament has backed a motion urging the president to recognise the independence of Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Both houses voted unanimously in favour of the non-binding motion, which analysts say could help President Dmitry Medvedev...

US pours $100,000 more for displaced people in Mindanao

" MANILA - The United States will provide an additional $100,000 in relief aid to 31,000 displaced families in strife-torn Mindanao provinces, the US embassy in Manila said Friday. The amount is in addition...

Russia calls halt to 5-day invasion of Georgia

"Declaring "the aggressor has been punished," the Kremlin ordered a halt Tuesday to Russia's devastating assault on Georgia — five days of air and ground attacks that left homes in smoldering ruins and uprooted 100,000 people. Both sides accepted the general outlines of a...

Stephen Harper government pursues NAU agenda to break-up of Canada through "n...

Conservative leader Stephen Harper, Liberal leader Stephane Dion, and NDP leader Jack Layton are apparently colluding to conceal a joint effort to pursue the neo-fascistic SPP-NAU agenda... internet site...

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