Archive for Maj, 2008

Nigerian desperate need of a wise leaderEMEKA EZEAGU, San Jose,…

wtorek, Maj 27th, 2008

What is puzzling is not that the nation is backward, has been backward and shows no signs of ever changing; it is that normal and intelligent human beings in various leadership positions in Nigeria have failed to see reason and have cowered in the face of truth.

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Let’s ignore the sideshow and stand up for the children of war

czwartek, Maj 15th, 2008

Liberal Senator Romeo Dallaire’s clumsily expressed comments before the parliamentary subcommittee on human rights were regrettable, but not for the reason many people have suggested.

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Education is the antidote

wtorek, Maj 13th, 2008

Peter Parker at 81 years old can never forget his experiences of the Nazi death camps, or as then Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, Dwight Eisenhower called them, the “horror camps.” Parker looks younger …

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The forgotten refugees of Africa

poniedziałek, Maj 12th, 2008

For a great many Kenyans, January and February 2008 were the most harrowing months of their lives, when post-election violence, which displaced over 300,000 people and claimed the lives of about 1,200, threatened to crush the country.

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Mervil, Lapointe headline festival

sobota, Maj 10th, 2008

The 33rd annual Franco-Ontarien Festival in June includes some of Quebec’s most popular performers, as well as a tribute to the 400th anniversary celebrations of Quebec City.

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New figures reveal scope of Afghan mission’s mental toll

środa, Maj 7th, 2008

At least 1,500 of the 20,000 men and women who have served in the Canadian Forces in Afghanistan since 2001 have suffered from service-related stress conditions, including post traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression or addiction, according to federal government figures released Wednesday.

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Putting Canadians at risk

wtorek, Maj 6th, 2008

Like a bad movie that never ends, a gutless refugee system has yet again chosen the comfort and well being of a career criminal over the safety of the country’s law-abiding citizens.

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