An attack in a Muslim-majority province in far western China has left 16 police officers dead.
Attackers kill 16 police in Chinese border province 04/08/2008 10:53:15 PM An attack in a Muslim-majority province in far western China has left 16 police officers dead....

Teen dead after alleged attack by father
Teen dead after alleged attack by father Last Updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2007 | 9:58 AM ET CBC News Peel Regional Police on Tuesday released the name of a 16-year-old Mississauga teen who died after allegedly being attacked by her father. ...

Pentagon probes alleged marine 'rampage' in Iraq
Pentagon probes alleged marine 'rampage' in Iraq Last Updated Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:43:02 EST CBC News The Pentagon has begun a criminal investigation after graphic videotape surfaced suggesting U.S. marines killed at least 15 unarmed civilians in November in the Iraqi town of Haditha. INDEPTH: ...

Rare 1st edition of King James Bible surfaces in Manitoba
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/12/21/kjbible051221.html Rare 1st edition of King James Bible surfaces in Manitoba Last Updated Wed, 21 Dec 2005 17:56:39 EST CBC News Scholars have discovered that an old Bible in the University of Manitoba's archives is a rare first edition, first printing of the King James Bible. "We had hoped that it was going to be a first edition, first printing, but we couldn't confirm it until now," ...

Suspected CIA flight landed at Gander: report
Suspected CIA flight landed at Gander: report Last Updated Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:46:07 EST CBC News A Hercules aircraft owned by a Maryland firm alleged to be a front for the CIA landed in Gander, NL., last month, according to a Canadian Press report. Records obtained by CP show the Hercules aircraft left Bob Sikes Airport in Florida and landed at Gander on Nov. 28. The next day, it headed to Prestwick Airport, near Glasgow, Scotland. The ...

Sons of beaches: a land girt by bigots
Sons of beaches: a land girt by bigots * * Email * Print * Normal font * Large font By Tony Parkinson December 13, 2005 Page 1 of 2 AdvertisementAdvertisement BEFORE we get into the blame game over what went so awfully wrong at Cronulla, it is important to recognise how much Australians stand to lose collectively. In the iconography of this country, it is the beach cul...

U.S. soldiers accused of assaulting Afghan prisoners
U.S. soldiers accused of assaulting Afghan prisoners Last Updated Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:33:09 EST CBC News Two American soldiers have been charged with assaulting two detainees at a military base in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military says. A military statement issued on Sunday alleged that the two soldiers punched the prisoners in the chest, shoulders and stomach while they were being held in Uruzgan province in July. "The command rem...

Warning to Muslims Not To Distort The Meaning of Halal
Qur'an 16:116But say not - for any false thing that your tongues may put forth,- "This is lawful, and this is forbidden," so as to ascribe false things to Allah. For those who ascribe false things to Allah, will never prosper.I found this verse to be very important because the verse before this one 16:115, was describing the conditions of what food is permissible and what is not all...

Canada In Afghanistan
Helping Afghanistan will protect Canada, says top soldier http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/15/hillier-attack050715.html I am very proud and impressed at the common sense approach our fellow Canadians have responded to these ridiculous statements Mr Hillier made. (people's comments here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/yourspace/hillier_afghans.html) I think every letter I read there got it right and it is comforting to k...