tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-297371702011-04-21T20:57:00.483-04:00News and Articles about what's going on around the world. PLEASE NOTE: Here on Planet Earth is not responsible for the content of external sites. FEEL FREE TO TAKE ANY LINKS AND BLOG ABOUT THEM, I DON'T NEED ENDORSEMENT.A_Residenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10429231762680144865noreply@blogger.comBlogger3371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29737170.post-1167587602227121652006-12-31T12:51:00.000-05:002006-12-31T12:53:22.246-05:00

We had an unexpected death in the family during the holidays and both of us have the flu. Sorry for not posting lately. I should be back in a few days.

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With everything that has been happening in Palestine, the fighting and supposed civil war, it surprises me that some people make out like it actually is a surprise. What else did anyone expect the outcome of all this created chaos to end up in? Happiness? Utopia?If you expected anything less than chaos, you are either playing dumb or playing along. The sad thing is, the players aren't the ones

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I was reading Saskboy's (one of my favorite bloggers along with the dawg bloggers) and read his excellent post on how to get traffic to your site. I knew that I wouldn't be a big hit. First, I'm not really into politics, I've always been more of a political by-stander. I don't always know who is who, or even what they do. I joined Prog Blog for two reasons, I found I liked reading what the people

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and NDP ethics critic Pat Martin questioned whether Harper knew about Carson's past when he was hired, but stressed that people deserve a second chance in life."Having a past offence in your record I don't think precludes you from having a position of confidence, as long as there was full disclosure along the way," Martin said. Linktypical government stuff...

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Say good-bye to any hopes of seeing more "made in Canada" stamped the products we buy. Link to article.

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Couldn't that be almost every country in the world. Who gets to say who are the terrorists? It seems to me they are everywhere! Supposedly even Canada has some. So does that mean the Canadian Government can be sued? Anyway, here is the link.

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A good article I stumbled across. You can also keep up to date on the Border Trade Alliance here

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"American democracy is truly a wonder, not because of its own self-inflated glory and rhetoric of its greatness, but because, contrary to that, of its shallowness and lack of democratic processes that put some of the most powerful people in the world into positions for which none of them have been elected. Further, they are mostly people who have not been elected by anyone at all for anything."

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The two residents spearheading the legal fight are descendants of donors who bequeathed money or land in the early 20th century to create the park and preserve the green space. Link

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WTF #1. This one had me seeing red!VRA EXPANSION IN DANGER... As gov’t shies away from sovereign guarantee for $215m LinkWTF #2. A school in Perth will register children for lessons by scanning their fingers when they enter a classroom at the start of a lesson. Check out what they had to say: "As far as we were concerned, it wasn't necessary for us to seek parental consent in this. It's a system

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Introducing Friday Little Bits. Every Friday I will post 10 quick headlines in one post. Things I've saved over time that I think others might be interested in...or not. #1 - On November 7th, 2006, Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP) announced through the media its intent to take over Agricore United through a share exchange. They are calling it a merger. It isn't. It is a hostile proposal. Link#2 -

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There has to be some way we can get a digital camcorder in this guys hands. Someone has to know someone who can donate, give one wholesale, or even one they no longer use. He's been in the news, it's not a scam, and he is a great activist, people love him! He's on a fixed income and would never be able to afford one.Please leave a comment or contact Charles himself if you can help in any way.

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In a panel discussion on U.S.-Mexico relations at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Enrique Berruga, Mexico’s ambassador to theNations, said a North American Union is needed.Another article from this site:Port San Antonio, Lazaro Cardenas and Free Trade Alliance Conduct Second Corridor Marketing Visit to Southern China . Link

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The decision Synenco Energy and SinoCanada Petroleum Corp.’s to contract more than half of its oilsands mine construction to China, Korea and Malaysia will hurt local jobs.Opti-Nexen’s Long Lake and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.’s Horizon also exported the contracts to Asia.They want government take some action but premier-designate Ed Stelmach says he has no intention of intervening. Link

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ain't war grand?(Quip)Marine Brig. Gen. David Heinz, deputy director of the F-35 program, last week told Reuters that Canada -- which has already contributed $150 million to the program -- would sign the memorandum on Monday, followed by Australia on Tuesday.The remaining partners on the $276.5-billion project to develop and build a new family of radar-evading warplanes, including Britain, Italy,

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The instructions:Find the nearest book. Turn to page 123. Go to the fifth sentence on the page. Copy out the next three sentences and post to your blog. Name the book and the author.""Major problems arise for the Bolivarian (as for most other Latin American) countries in the area of urban growth. Migration to the cities have been continuous since the beginning of the century. Because of this,

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I wonder if by some sudden unknown reason the Canadian dollar and the American Dollar will become equal. Dollar for dollar. Hmmmmmm Well come on, isn't that the plan? The great hype for the adoption of the "Amero"Anyway, here is the link to a great article that has nothing to do with my little conspiracy rant above.

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I only put this up because I wondered why they are building it in Canada and not in the States.Anyone have an answer?

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hmmmmmand then go check out this story that mentions another Canadian mining company:Tanzania: Secret Contracts, Public Headache

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(Quip from this article) the Canadian Dollar is tracking the anemic U.S. greenback southward. On Friday, December 8th with the large rise in the U.S. Dollar, the Canadian Dollar did virtually nothing. Seems we cannot get a break here, good or bad.From a fundamental basis, the reason we see for the decline and the short-term (we hope) predicament for the Canadian Dollar is due to the recent

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Quips from the article:CWB president and CEO Adrian Measner and elected director Allen Oberg will addresses the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry tonight at 7 p.m. EST and will relay messages from buyers in China, Singapore, Mexico, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Canada.With our concern over the position of Adrian and the Board in general, we feel that we would be ultimately

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...with sensors along a highway running from Texas to Canada. This article is just loaded with information about this Super Corridor / NAFTA Super Highway. We are going to be soooooo screwed people. And we can't say we were taken unaware. this has been common knowledge for sometime. But no one is doing anything about it. When it is finished, and tax dollars have been spent, and people finally

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And guess who said it?One guess....Bet you get it rightFind out here.

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Full text of the book can be found here.

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Gunmen opened fire on the car of a senior Palestinian intelligence official, killing three of his children and the driver as he was dropping them off at school.Hat tip to The Truth Will Set You Free

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Desmond Tutu was to investigate the killing of 19 innocent Palestinians in Beit Hanoun but has not been given the necessary clearance.Hat tip to What Really Happened

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David Emerson announced the appointment of Eric Siegel as President and CEO of Export Development Canada (EDC).I did a search on the EDC and Mr. Siegal and came across a few articles of interest:"'Bottomless hypocrisy' demands scrutinyEconomist calls for royal commission" Link"interim auditor general on Tuesday criticized the Export Development Corporation on how it reviews the environmental

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I had a few days off and ruined my sleeping pattern. Now I'm wide awake and have to work in about 6 hours. So I'm pulling an all nighter. I guess I'll sleep well tomorrow. :)I recently opened a Flickr page where you get to upload pictures. There's a story behind that. I was reading Matthew Good's blog and he was showing a picture of an unfinished ceiling in his apartment. He was asking what he

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Little News Bits:I have added a few photographs on my Flickr page taken on a road trip to B.C.Lake Louise, a Mountain scene and a Grain Elevator in Saskatchewan.The world's first compressed natural gas ship has been approved for construction.Parking meters and RFID. Now we know where you have been and when you left. And don't you dare try to get away with speeding because now they can stop you by

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"The outflow through two hydroelectric dams at Jinja is part of the problem — a tiny part, says the Uganda government, or half the problem, say environmentalists.""An extreme example lies 1,500 miles northwest of here, deeper in the drought zone, where Lake Chad, once the world's sixth-largest, has shrunk to 2 percent of its 1960s size. And the African map abounds with other, less startling

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"Lieberman is welcomed by members of America's so-called pro-civil rights, pro-minority party and their institutions. The hypocrisy of the Democrats ­ who are lined up against ethnic cleaning in Darfur, but support it in Palestine ­ is revolting."

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But they disagree with his statement. Officers cordoned off the area around the satellite equipment so that people wouldn't be exposed to its harmful radio waves, the paper said.Ummm......oh, forget it. Why bother? The reply speaks for itself.

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and "profits from the Democratic Republic of Congo's mines are being used in campaigns for this month's polls, says a report by lobby group Global Witness."The working conditions are terrible and the people in Congo see the profits leaving the country while their standard of living stays the same."But it is companies in China, South Africa and Canada that have reaped most of the benefits from the

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This is an article I saved back in April. Can you believe it? Too concerned? That is what managing director of uranium developer Paladin Resources Ltd John Borshoff had to say.

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Continuing on with the dumping of my saved articles old and new:Grain Millers Canada President Rick Schwein Elected NAMA Chairman. His bio includes: president of La Crosse Milling Company, a 16 year career wtih General Mills, immediate past chairman of the former American Oat Association, former member of the Chicago Board of Trade as well as the Minneapolis Grain Exchange and he served on the

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I have to admit I love Christmas songs. I love decorating the house and baking goodies. We don't buy gifts and give money for the younger ones to pick something on their own. Which they like because they actually get to buy something REALLY wanted. Let's face it, to get a gift for teenagers now, it runs into the hundreds for one item. This way they pool the money and are able to have the more

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I keep saving things I come across thinking I'll post them another day. Another day comes and goes and the list piles up again. I think it's my excuse not to switch over to the other computer. As long as I still have "all this stuff" to finish up, I can keep on using this old machine, even though it freezes up, I can't even install the software for my new camera and I get the "insufficient memory

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A 300-hectare industrial park located to the north of Querétaro City at the intersection of Mexico's most important highway, Highway 57 (the NAFTA Highway), and the by-pass to Mexico City.The new $50 million industrial park marks the first major investment in Mexican real estate development by U.S.-based pension funds. The first phase of the project, a $20 million investment involving 120

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Stefane Marion, National Bank's Financial economist estimates "Chinese shipments to Canada have quadrupled in the past four years — rising at a much faster pace than Chinese sales to the rest of the world, and 60 per cent faster than Chinese exports to the U.S"AND``In our opinion, this development argues for more downsizing in Canadian manufacturing,'' he added.This isn't an issue? It should be.

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The Ecuadoran government gave the mining company the grant to use the land without the consent of the locals and they aren't happy. Link

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A R500m investment. BUT it's success will depend on the "local authority's ability to extend its water, electricity and effluent management infrastructure" AND "black ownership in SA was not an option." The article goes on to say: "The problem of introducing black managers to the company was that McCain would be competing with everyone else for a pool of engineering and management personnel."

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Instead of posting all the photo's on this blog, I opened a Flickr account. I'll try to get them all up ASAP. So check back for new ones.Here is the link. Some of the photo's were only 2x3 and many of them were poor quality. But I put them up anyway because it's history. Isn't history all blurry anyway? :)If you click on them you can view a larger image.I have also put a link to "My Flickr Page"

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If you want the scoop from an earlier post about how I obtained these photographs. Click here.I'll post one from time to time, but I thought maybe I would list all the photographs that are in the album and if you are interested in a particular one, just ask and I'll put it up.So here is the list:-Mesopotama 1918 Ezra's Tomb-2 people walking down a Baghdad Street-A Mosque in Baghdad-Children-Water

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Click on photos for larger image

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This photo was very small. I haven't figured out how to enlarge photos yet. There are too many buttons and things. It will require a bit of reading on my part. I'm just playing around with it for now.

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WAR- TRADE - WAR - TRADE.....It just seems to go hand in hand.Good for business I guess.Link

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An investigation on contaminated feed in Ontario and Quebec showed that there was just a low risk to animal health. The probability of BSE being in the feed was extremely remote. Probability! What is this Russian Roulette?And why does this keep happening? How long has there been a ban on this type of feed? Where are the agencies that are supposed to be protecting us? Too busy going after the

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I found this article quite interesting. Here is a short quip from it:"One final note: most of the climate change community, steered by Kyoto and IPCC, limit the scope of their consideration to the year 2100. By setting up the problem in this way, the calculation of a safe CO2 emission goes up by about 40%, because it takes about a century for the climate to fully respond to rising CO2. If CO2

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I could be wrong, so that is why I'm asking. But from what I read the Mackenzie Gas Project is run by Esso, Shell, ConocoPhilips, ExxonMobil and the Aborigional Pipeline Group.If that is right, and our Goverment doesn't own or is not making money from this venture why is it that Canadian tax dollars would be spent on it? The land it is running through is First Nations Territory and Ottawa has

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What does the average person think? I hear that a lot. Most progressive bloggers are part of the political circle and have politcal friends. I read a comment somewhere that obviously only politcal people read or are interested in political blogs and news, and that they wonder about the average person, and what they think or care about.Well, I'm about as average as they come, and so are my friends

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The blogger Charles Leblanc who made headlines in November and won when a judge aquitted him on obstruction charges, has been one person who has taken his blogging seriously.I had heard from someone who donated a digital camera AND a computer to him that it would be great if Charles could get his hands on a digital video recorder. This guy covers so many things and is a true activist. And it

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I haven't given my 2 cents about the Liberal Leadership race because I'm not a Liberal and felt I didn't know enough about politics or the Candidates to have a say.But now....OH my Goodness...BYE BYE IGGY and RAE! C YA!!!!I'll have to become more familiar with Dion. From what little I have read, he seems ok.It feels like Christmas to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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paroled after being charged with the murder of his wife in 1983.(I'm right in the middle of the book right now. I guess I know how it ends)

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"Canada is fully implementing the Resolution (1718), which is intended to bring North Korea back to the six-party talks and to encourage it to abandon all of its weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missile programs in a verifiable and irreversible manner," Peter MacKay said.

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(Quip)The kidnapping of four American security contractors earlier this month in Iraq revived allegations that U.S. private security companies are involved in the current bloodshed in Iraq. Iraq war is not just fought by occupation armies and resistance fighters- private firms, consisting of gun-wielding ex-soldiers, are also involved.That is what’s being said in Young Pelton’s upcoming book “

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This is a first for me, as some of you might know, I'm kind of new to this side of the political game. I never knew politics could be so interesting! I love being able to read the blogger reports live on the floor. It ALMOST, but not quite, makes me wish I were a Liberal, just to get in on this. I'm sure that will wear off as soon as the new leader is chosen.Anyway, thanks to all the bloggers for

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(I finally got my husband to write an article for me, so here it is. Introducing, the other side of planet earth A_R)The news has been all over the media. New information comes out everyday. Most of it has to be speculation. This is a spy case, the possibilities for who did it and why are endless. We might never know the truth.But seeing as everyone else is speculating, I figured I might come up

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It looks like it.(Quip)Federal governments are not rushing to fix the infrastructure and municipalities lack the means to do so. “As a result, governments are now much more open to the notion of privatizing their water infrastructure which, in turn, is providing a substantial boost to the private water industry,” Mr. Tal said.“What we are witnessing here is a trend that is profoundly modifying

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This is a sad story when you really think about it. I know there is nothing funny about mental illness and that often times people do need medication for what they are going through. Almost everyone knows someone who has been effected my mental illness. But it seems to me that we hear more and more just how "common" it is to be depressed. And they are right. It is natural to get depressed. Life

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We keep hearing the warnings, but where is the talk in Canada? Our politicians haven't heard about it yet?

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Why is it that big companies get the breaks, and the average joe pays up? It doesn't make even make sense.At a conference in Toronto co-sponsored by Canadian Business magazine. Roger Martin suggested to put in place a "smart" tax system that would make it attractive for companies to come to Canada. He uses a plan from Belgium as an example, it goes like this:(Quip)Let companies deduct from their

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By now everyone has read about Blogger Charles LeBlanc and his court case. I realize this is a long post, but every word of it is worth taking your time to read it. I'd really like to spread the word, and I'm sure many of you can present the story better than me."Marcarc" has some great ideas that he stated over at Vive Le Canada. Here is a sample:"True, the MSM won't always be objective, however

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Please visit Filasteen for further information and stories.I try to keep people informed about Palestine because I believe their plight has been over-looked for too many decades. I wish one day they will have their homes, land and business' back. I wish they find peace and an end to their suffering. And from the bottom of my heart, I thank the brave Israeli's that have spoken out about the truth.

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Michael Schmidt was in a standoff with police and public health authorities on Tuesday over selling raw milk. A week earlier his farm was raided by Ministry of Natural Resources inspectors. He has been on a week long hunger strike and says he will continue until authorities return his confiscated equipment and promise to leave him alone. LinkWhile I understand that there are health risks involved

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I was at a lawn sale two summers ago and bought a small photo album full of black and white photographs of Iraq from 1918. There are pictures of mosques, daily life, Ezras Tomb, camps...There were about 8 more albums, but when I started looking through this one, another man came and scooped up the others! I could have clobbered him!! :)I was going through it this morning and wondered just how

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Good Luck and have fun in Montreal. I'm not a Liberal but I enjoy reading your blogs and hope the best man for the job wins. It would be nice to see a Liberal Leader who really wants what is best for Canada. I hope one of them is that person. Cheers!I think the vote is in December? So give us a good Christmas present (someone who won't go along with the integration of North America) K?

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They are the only ones who want to cut Iraq into pieces. Pro-Iranians in the Iraqi government would like a Shi'a state in the south. Al-Qaida would like a Sunni state in the middle and the US just wants it in pieces and then run away leaving everyone else to pick up the mess.

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(quip)After two decades of discussion and development, the slow pace of approval of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples came to a halt today at the current session of the UN General Assembly in New York. A resolution put forward by the Namibian delegation - in effect, a non-action motion on the Declaration - was supported by a majority with 82 Nation States voting

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That's what I like about the Canadian Action Party. It seems where other parties give a "dumbed down" or zipped lip approach to what is happening in Canada, the Canadian Action Party WANTS you to know what is going on. They are courageous enough to make changes, that might seem "over the top" to some, but they are willing to fight for the best interests of Canada and it's people.I've never seen a

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The UN body urged Israel to dismantle settlements on occupied land. Canada was the only country to vote against this.

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In other words, look for things to get worse, not better? What a sad world we have created. Link

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North American Union exposed during Senate Debate

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Wheat export deregulation to cost billions. Highly profitable growers would survive immediate deregulation, the report found, but about 12,000 farmers with small to medium sized farms could suffer.Isn't that always the way?The monopoly Canadian Wheat Board – set to be deregulated in 2013 – and AWB have been targeted in WTO negotiations as “state trading enterprises” which distort world

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This was revealed by NRI and Liberal Party Member of Parliament of Canada, Sukh Dhaliwal during a meeting with the local industrialists and businessmen.

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Oh, isn't that just great!

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B.C. NDP Leader Carole James has demanded the resignation of the province's health minister George Abbott.

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I shuddered when I heard the news.....The company it may acquire is Advanced Semiconductor Engineering Inc. They test and assemble computer chips.Meet the Carlyle Group

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Here is what I think about the civil wars going on in two words:MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.-I have errands to run so I'll have to post more later.-If anyone is reading this and you know how I can change the title of my blog from black to white, please let me know. It's fine on IE but with firefox, it doesn't show the banner and you can't see my header. Thanks :)-Check out my links list over there,

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The new web site looks just great! A note to anyone who links to CAP, the old one doesn't work anymore, so make sure to update your link.Here is the logo:There are so many good articles on this site. It's a wealth of information. This is one party that I think speaks to Canadians with integrity and honesty. They sure don't mince words!Connie Fogal is the Canadian Action Party Leader:I wish people

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This is a portion of the article:United States' based activists Steve Fleischi and Scott Edwards of Waterkeeper Alliance, Bob Shavelson of Cook Inletkeeper, Terry of Long Island Soundkeeper resolved to work with Indian groups on how the decisions of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund were impacting countries. They would investigate where the taxpayers' money was going. Was it

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Iran criticized Canada for its human rights violations, in particular those against its native residents and migrants.

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Here is a paragraph from the article:But this is often overlooked because of the current confrontation in the Middle East. Leaders would do well to look back at the example of Spain when ruled by the Moors. Until the invasion of the more conservative Almohad dynasty, Muslim Spain, at its best, was a beacon of religious and cultural tolerance, of libraries and literature. It produced great Muslim

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This article shows how the press went back and forth over the issue. But the UN did not point any fingers to Iraq. Both Iran and Iraq accused eachother of using gas on the Kurds.The US Army War College conducted an investigation and concluded based on the specific gas weapon used that it was Iran, not Iraq that gassed the Kurds.The Pentagon issued a report that said that both sides used chemical

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I have nothing to add but $$$$$$$$$$$

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In this web-site, you will read the thoughts and feelings of Palestinian teenagers. Their ideas have not been edited because we believe you want to know what is really in their hearts and minds. Students are asked questions and directed to comment on given topics. They also often write about issues they choose. Peers edit the articles for grammar. The result is what you see in Behind The Wall.

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Not only that but our cannons are firing Russian ammunition in Afghanistan and our special forces are using small arms procured in Russia.

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but the World Health Organization is not convinced.

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I've been vindicated! I've been saying this for years and people looked at me like I had just told them UFO's were coming. Thank you Tom Tancredo!

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The Canadian funded Peacekeeping Documentation Centre, part of the West Africa Police Project, will open Thursday morning.The Canadian High Commissioner to Cameroon, Jean Pierre Lavoie said "I am thinking particularly on the improvement of the business environment and other economic and political reforms which will enable the full exploitation of Cameroon's potentials," during a business forum.

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SNC-Lavalin Group Inc,Babcock & Wilcox Canada, GE Canada and Hitachi Canada and they are eyeing Ontario.

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Because they are only Palestinians...An Israeli advocacy group, using maps and figures leaked from inside the government, says that 39 percent of the land held by Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank is privately owned by Palestinians.Israel has long asserted that it fully respects Palestinian private property in the West Bank and only takes land there legally or, for security reasons,

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This is a rant from over at Op Ed by one angry man. But I agree with him. A few colourful words are thrown in, to those who might be offended.Link

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Why? Because inspectors found radioactivity levels up to 80 times higher than what is considered safe in the groundwater near the plant and suggests it was due to run off. Link

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Canada might not be able to stay in Afghanistan because of the Olympics? Even though the military hasn't been asked to provide troops.I just know there's more to this story, I just don't know what it is yet.

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The Killing ZoneBritish report on Israeli violence in Gaza against not only Palestinian civilians, but international aid volunteers and foreign reporters as well.

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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade said the negotiations would take place from November 20-23 in Seoul. Link

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Geez...a new cellphone gimic. With the touch of a button, you can locate (track) up to 25 of your friends if they have the same phone. There goes privacy out the window.(Quip)When families adopt positioning cellphone services, a new problem will likely emerge, Professor Mark said. The very act of turning off one’s location beacon may itself be seen as suspicious. “If you don’t want your location

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This is a great article on just how dangerous this RFID technology really is. Not that anyone who uses computers wouldn't already know how easy it would be to steal our personal information. It also takes a close look into the human implant chip. They made their own scanner and conducted a few experiments.Here is a quip from the article:But it turns out that this futuristic device is rather

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