Lindsay Lohan freed after 15 hours in jail
Actress Lindsay Lohan was freed from jail late Friday night after spending around 15 hours behind bars for evidence of another failed drug test, a Los Angeles-based celebrity website reported
View ArticleRussian-U.S. space crew lands in Kazakhstan
A Soyuz capsule carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a U.S. astronaut from the International Space Station landed safely in Kazakhstan on Saturday
View ArticleRex Murphy: The United Nations, once a noble dream, is now just a joke
Rex Murphy: After so many instances of the UN’s impotence, corruption and waste, why does the body still retain any residue of prestige?
View ArticleA New Mafia: Crime families ruling Toronto, Italy alleges
Anti-Mafia prosecutors in Italy probing an international crime network say they've uncovered the new face of the Mafia in Toronto, alleging there are seven dominant mob families in the city
View ArticleBringing democracy to Iran
At 50, Reza Cyrus Pahlavi, son of the late Shah of Iran, dismisses talk of restoring the monarchy in the country and says his life is now dedicated to creating a non-violent, democratic revolution there
View ArticleArmed citizens should look to their own security
George Jonas: Canada has gone out of its way to make criminals as invincible, and victims as vulnerable, as possible. This wasn’t the aim of gun control, of course, only the result
View ArticleCanadian police consider hoax in plane bomb threat
Canadian police said Saturday they were looking into whether a bomb alert they received that forced the emergency landing of a Pakistan-bound airliner in Stockholm was a hoax
View ArticleSearchers find body of elderly man killed by Hurricane Igor in Newfoundland
The body of an elderly man who was swept away by Hurricane Igor this past week as he stood in his driveway on a Newfoundland island has now been found, authorities said Saturday
View ArticleCommonwealth Games chief says all countries will take part
The Commonwealth Games Federation chief said on Saturday there was a lot of work to be done amid security concerns before India’s showcase event opens on Oct. 3, but that all countries were expected to...
View Article'Elites' are here to stay
'Elite' is a code word loose enough that it lets the modern voter complain about the shadowy 'ruling class' without importing all that outdated Marxist baggage, says a professor of government and...
View ArticleWashing blood off their hands
On the eve of the 40th anniversary of Quebec's October Crisis, a TV documentary claims to reveal that Front de libération du Québec conspirators were motivated to spread propaganda, not revolution —...
View ArticleBritain’s Labour elects new leader in cliffhanger
Former cabinet minister Ed Miliband pipped his brother to win the leadership of Britain’s opposition Labour Party on Saturday thanks to union backing and could take the party down a more left-wing path
View ArticleThe woman Toronto needs
Conrad Black: The best mayor we could have is a can-do, straight-talking woman who is not mired in the rancid bouillabaisse of municipal affairs, looks like a successful person and is one and will...
View ArticleAbbas vows peace, urges settlement end
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas vowed on Saturday to do everything possible to make peace negotiations with Israel succeed and avoided any direct threats to break off the talks over settlements
View ArticleRains cause mudslide, power outages on Vancouver Island
Heavy rain and wind caused two major mudslides as well as flooding that swamped homes and roads on Vancouver Island this weekend, prompting a local state of emergency in one community
View ArticleState of emergency lifted after Vancouver Island mudslides
Heavy rain and wind caused weekend mudslides and flooding that swamped homes and roads on northern Vancouver Island and forced RCMP to airlift residents from one small coastal community to safety
View ArticleChina offers hope of easing one-child policy
China marked the 30th anniversary of its controversial one-child policy with talk of relaxing rules, at least in some provinces, that have reined in population growth but caused heartache for millions...
View ArticleIndia races to finish Commonwealth Games Village
Workers painted walls and mopped rain water at the Commonwealth Games Village as India raced on Sunday to address complaints about dirty and unhygienic facilities one week before the start of the...
View ArticleNewfoundland continues to pick up the pieces
States of emergency still exist in more than a dozen towns on the eastern part of Newfoundland, which was hit hard by Hurricane Igor last week. The Canadian Forces started arriving en masse in to help...
View ArticleNewest Commonwealth woe reportedly snakes
Two more Australian athletes withdrew Sunday and a South African competitor reportedly found a snake in his room
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