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Pro-Zelaya protests grip Honduras ahead of talks

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya shut down commercial highways on Thursday in protests in the capital and other places, demanding his reinstatement ahead of weekend mediation talks.

China orders Australian film-makers to drop Uighur documentary

China is increasingly determined to control how it is portrayed overseas, frequently attacking what it calls a Western media bias and demanding that a documentary about a Muslim Uighur activist should be dropped from an Australian film festival.

Ousted Honduran leader calls for insurrection

GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) – Deposed Honduran leader Manuel Zelaya has called for a popular insurrection in his country so he can be returned to power after soldiers removed him at gunpoint on June 28.

Meet Me in St. Booie!

Though it's not a widely appreciated fact, we right-winger sports nuts have long known that the sports press is among the media's leftiest precincts. So I suppose we shouldn't be surprised at how little was said (as in nothing at all) about the reception President Obama received last night when he came out on the field to throw out the ceremonial first pitch at the baseball all-star game in St. Louis. It was a packed house (over 50,000 in attendance), and the jeers were easily discernible.

Resource-rich Xinjiang crucial to China

BEIJING (AFP) – Resource rich and a buffer with Central Asia, Xinjiang is vital to China's economic and geopolitical interests.

Drug gangs in Canada

WHILE campaigning for an election on May 12th in which he was easily re-elected, Gordon Campbell, the premier of British Columbia (BC) province, had a personal brush with violent crime. As he was being interviewed by a reporter at a Vancouver hotel, a woman with a gun ran by, having robbed a jeweller. The premier’s bodyguard hustled him to safety; the robber was later arrested. But the incident should have reminded Mr Campbell that crime worries voters almost as much as the recession.

Veterans Fight to Keep 75-yr. old Mojave Desert Memorial cross

Labels

Re "Labels are divisive, but colour me purple." (John Snobelen, July 5): It's hard to disagree with most of what John Snobelen had to say about sticking labels on people. But even allowing for all the complexities that make each and everyone of us both similar and unique at the same time, some labels are still relevant.

AN APOLOGY TO THE REST OF THE WORLD FROM AN AMERICAN CITIZEN

Dear Europe and others, As our President tries to make amends to you for our sorry nation, we the people now must bear responsibility as well.

Straining at gnats and swallowing camels

I think like me many Canadians are getting a bit tired of the media's unprofessionalism and seemingly endless obsession with trivialities. Their preoccupation with Stephen Harper's every move as though he were something other than a normal human being capable of the occasional mistake is regrettable.

Adrienne’s last letter

Adrienne used to write to the editors of various newspapers. This letter appeared today in the Welland Tribune, Friday July 10, 2009 Adrienne died on the 13th of last month. Jake Muldur

Violence is caused by immoral behaviour not poverty

A Letter to Steve Paikin from Adrienne Mulder

Workaholic

My chiropractor tells me that my neck and back problems are the result of trying to keep my nose to the grindstone and my shoulder to the wheel at the same time.

The Woodcarver and other stories of Faith and Inspiration

The Woodcarver is a collection of feature and cover articles written for national and international publications over the past two decades on matters of faith. These true stories illustrate how the Holy Spirit, acting through people and serendipitous events, changes lives in a powerful way.

Botswana says al-Bashir must stand trial at ICC

"The government of Botswana does not agree with this decision and wishes to reaffirm its position that as a state party to the Rome Statute on the International Criminal Court (ICC) it has treaty obligations to fully cooperate with the ICC in the arrest and transfer of the president of Sudan to the ICC," Foreign Minister Phandu Skelemani said in a statement.

Harper here to stay

When Stephen Harper became leader of the Canadian Alliance in 2002 a daunting task awaited him. His party was low in the polls, divided and something of a national laughingstock. In four short years he rebuilt the party, resusicitated his caucus, won a leadership contest and reduced the Liberal majority to a minority and finally into opposition.

Destroying Jobs, Delaying Recovery

- Chris Braddock While "Buy American" rules may sound attractive, these mandates generate red tape that delays "shovel ready" projects and risks triggering retaliation by our trading partners. In most cases, "Buy American" rules aren't creating American jobs -- they're destroying them and delaying our recovery.

The Melamine Scandal: Sentencing

First posted by FelineDadinFla, wayofcats.com Anyone remember the pet-food recall of 2007?… Anyone lost a pet from that, or had one sick?… Anyone disgusted or angered over it?….

The “Secret” Tea Party Protests

An estimated 2,000 “Tea Party” nationwide protests against excessive taxation did not get much coverage in the nation’s mainstream media.

Exclusive: Democracy alive and well in Honduras