KGB Ordered Papal Assassination
March 30, 2005 | Leave a Comment
ROME (AFP) – New documents found in the files of the former East German intelligence services confirm the 1981 assassination attempt against Pope John Paul II was ordered by the Soviet KGB and assigned to Bulgarian agents, an Italian daily said. The Corriere della Sera said that the documents found by the German government indicated [...]
Revolution in Kyrgyzstan!
March 24, 2005 | Leave a Comment
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) – President Askar Akayev’s government collapsed Thursday after opposition protesters took over the presidential compound and government offices, throwing computers and air conditioners out of windows in a frenzy of anger over corruption and a disputed election. The popular uprising in this impoverished Central Asian nation of 5 million forced Akayev to [...]
Deserter Denied Asylum
March 22, 2005 | Leave a Comment
TORONTO (CP) – An American war dodger who fled the U.S. military because he believed the invasion of Iraq (news – web sites) was criminal has lost his bid for refugee status in Canada in a case closely watched on both sides of the border. In a written ruling released Thursday, the Immigration and Refugee [...]
The Spirit of Lincoln
February 12, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Today is the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. I’ve been studying Lincoln’s life and speeches in reverent awe for over thirty years. Five years ago Rocket Man and I picked up one thread in Lincoln’s life that led to the most famous of the cases he tried as a practicing lawyer: “A genius for friendship.” [...]
Counter-Counter-Inaugural
January 21, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Ten minutes after telling his fellow protesters to stay safe, Gil Kobrin lay huddled in the slush and mud as two anarchists repeatedly kicked him in the back. How he got from point A to point B is simple enough. Kobrin, accompanied by a dozen members of the conservative group ProtestWarrior, crashed a rally of [...]
Rapid Response
January 4, 2005 | Leave a Comment
Millions of people along the coasts of Myanmar (Burma), Bangladesh, and India may be at risk of suffering a catastrophic tsunami-generating earthquake, according to a new study. The northern Bay of Bengal could be pummeled by a temblor as massive as the one that sent devastating tsunamis into Indonesia and other Indian Ocean countries in [...]
Bin Laden’s Nightmare
January 3, 2005 | Leave a Comment
A Muslim woman author, once described as Osama bin Laden’s worst nightmare, is to call for the setting up of an Islamic reform movement to press for a change in the faith’s attitudes towards human rights, women and pluralist societies at a public meeting this week. Irshad Manji, a Canadian-based writer and broadcaster, is to [...]
Nature is a Bitch
December 29, 2004 | Leave a Comment
When two brothers found themselves in trouble off the coast of Spain, pounded by massive waves and with failing radio equipment, they felt their chances of survival were slim. But though they feared for their lives, David and Brian Scott were not to be beaten. As their mayday calls went unheard, they realised they had [...]
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