An Oregon special election in which national Democrats have sought to paint the Republican congressional candidate as a Tea Party radical foreshadows a tactic the party will employ in its quest to take back Congress seats lost in the 2010 election. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee has spent about $1.3 million in the race, half [...]
Israel, Finland and Sweden are seen as leading the way in “cyber-readiness”, according to a major new security report. The McAfee-backed cyberdefence survey deemed China, Brazil and Mexico as being among the least able to defend themselves against emerging attacks. The rank is based on leading experts’ perception of a nation’s defences. The report concluded [...]
An unexplained rumbling disturbed hundreds of Windsor, Ont., residents this weekend to the extent that some thought it was an earthquake, prompting calls for Ottawa to step in. City Coun. Al Maghnieh said he was inundated with telephone calls, emails and Facebook messages this weekend after the so-called “hum” returned, louder than ever. “Between the [...]
Street battles raged at the gates of the Syrian capital on Monday as President Bashar al-Assad’s troops sought to consolidate their grip on suburbs that rebel fighters had seized only a few miles from the centre of government power. A diplomatic battle loomed in the United Nations, where the Arab League – backed by the [...]
Russia has said it will block a draft UN Security Council resolution calling for a transfer of power in Syria because it “leaves open the possibility of intervention” in Syria’s affairs. The US, the UK and France are lobbying on behalf of the Arab League’s draft text, which calls for President Bashar al-Assad to hand [...]
Irbil, Iraq — Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi has lashed out at Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, predicting that Iraq could soon return to widespread sectarian violence that could require the return of U.S. forces. “Al-Maliki is pushing my country to reach a turning point with deeply sectarian dimension,” the Sunni vice president told CNN on [...]
Occupy protesters have defied a noon police deadline to remove their camps or face arrest in Washington DC. They have erected a “tent of dreams” around a statue in McPherson Square as part of their protest against eviction. The camps at McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza are Occupy’s most visible sites after the one in [...]
A teacher at Fort Richmond Collegiate in Winnipeg has been charged with sexual exploitation of a former student. Laurence Lussier, superintendant with Pembina Trails School Division, said Regan Moses is a social studies teacher at the school but she has been off work since being charged in early January. Students are taking the news very [...]
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