Save the Boreal

TORONTO – Prominent Canadian authors, artists and musicians joined seven conservation groups today in calling on Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty to bolster his government's much anticipated climate change plan with protection of Ontario's Boreal Forest. A letter urging the...

Some 25 Percent Of Women Over Age 65 Victimized By Domestic Abuse

"Domestic violence against an intimate partner is not confined to younger women. A recent study found more than 25 percent of women older than 65 had been a victim of abuse by a spouse or other intimate partner. Researchers from Ohio State University said that abuse included...

Stop the US war drive against Iran!

"By the Editorial Board 14 February 2007 Use this version to print | Send this link by email | Email the author The World Socialist Web Site condemns the military and political provocations with which the Bush administration is laying the foundations for an attack on Iran. We...

Hackers: Massive DOS attack disables 3 of 13 Net "root" servers

The motive so far is unclear, but the rogue data has been traced back to South Korea"WASHINGTON - Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since...

Crackdown - Police target knife culture at nightclub

"Police targeted a rising knife-carrying culture among clubbers by drafting an airport-style metal detector into a Teesside nightclub. The special operation took place at the Lava Ignite nightclub in Middlesbrough on Saturday night with the co-operation of the club...

Patients can boycott NHS system, says commissioner

"The Information Commissioner has been told that patients will have the opportunity to refuse to have their details uploaded onto the new NHS medical records system. The news comes just weeks after the Department of Health refused patients that right. The Information...

Dear CAIR: Please Boycott Airlines Serving Hawaii--In May! (satire)

"No longer content with just ramming airplanes into skyscrapers, devotees of the "Religion of Peace" have raised the terror bar another couple of notches. Now these neurotic stowaways from the 7th century have flexed their financial muscle by threatening to boycott Northwest...

Native students threatened over 'Chief Illiniwek'

"Native American students at the University of Illinois have been threatened for opposing the school's controversial "Chief Illiniwek" mascot. Two students made derogatory statements on on Facebook.Com, a popular networking site. One student threatened to "throw a tomohawk"...

Eight Nepali laborers rescued

"Eight Nepali laborers rescued BY MURAHARI PARAJULI KATHMANDU, Jan 13 - The government has rescued eight Nepali laborers who were languishing in a Malaysian prison for a year. It was the first such attempt involving Nepali laborers abroad. “We will hand them over to their...