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Rooting for the enemy

THE Honduras mess is going to heat up, not cool down. Will President Obama keep rooting for the side that rallies to the cry "Yanqui go home"?

Free tuition offered for fallen soldiers’ kids

Four Canadian universities will be covering the cost of tuition for the children of soldiers killed in the line of duty to help them complete undergraduate degrees starting this fall.

Genetic ‘MoT’ for disease free babies

The technique, known as karyomapping, has the potential to spot virtually any inherited genetic disease.

Obama stands with tyrants

Dictators and demagogues can rest easy on President Obama's watch. When thousands of Iranians flooded the streets of Tehran protesting a rigged election and were beaten and shot down by pro-regime thugs, the president bided his time before making a series of noncommittal statements. He seemed to hope it would all just go away. However, when a socialist demagogue was ejected unceremoniously from Honduras on Sunday by his own government for trying to establish a presidency for life, Mr. Obama instantly sprang to his defense.

US suspends military relations with Honduras

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration said Wednesday it has suspended joint military operations with Honduras to protest a coup that forced President Manuel Zelaya into exile. The U.S. withheld stronger action in hopes of negotiating a peaceful return of the country's elected leader.

Homeland Security: Report Released Regarding Infrastructure Protection

The National Association of Chiefs of Police obtained this June 26, 2009 report on the day it was released to the US Congress. The following are highlights from that extensive report:

O CANADA DAY!

O CANADA DAY! IT'S AN ALL-CANADIAN DAY THROUGHOUT THE LAND AS THE STRAINS OF O CANADA WAFT ON THE SUMMER AIR.

Burma’s military regime: Digging the tunnels

June 24, 2009 (DVB)–New images have emerged that show North Korean and other foreign advisers in Burma consulting with officials on what now appears to be an extensive network of some 800 underground tunnels across much of the country.

‘China Safari: On the Trail of Beijing’s Expansion in Africa’

CHINA SAFARI: ON THE TRAIL OF BEIJING'S EXPANSION IN AFRICA By Serge Michel and Michel Beuret Nation Books, $27.50, 336 pages, illus. REVIEWED BY GREG HOULE

Shocking video of NY Democrat sitting through the Pledge of Allegiance

Video of NYS Senate Democrats sitting defiantly through the Pledge of Allegiance in protest after losing political control of the Chamber to Republicans.

I want to thank all the great journalists with Canada Free Press

I want to thank all the great journalists with Canada Free Press. I read your paper every day. I appreciate you telling the truth and not slanting in Obama's destruction of America. Keep up the good work.

Why BBC & CNN reporting things like it’s all over now?

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My Fellow Iranians, Don’t Give Up. We Are With You

I am writing this letter to my fellow Iranians inside Iran. Please spread it and ask everyone to read. This is a message from all the Iranians outside Iran.

Bush was right after all

- Ashok Malik In diplomacy, messages are often not direct or straightforward. Sometimes lessons from one theatre have relevance for another. The belligerence of North Korean dictator Kim Jong II over the past few weeks is a sobering reminder of how things can go wrong if a paramount power decides to speak softly without waving a big stick.

Latest on Twitter: “Mr Obama: Have you been “moved” enough to take a stand against”

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It might save their lives: Tips to defend against Basij

This is a document that a friend of mine who is an Iranian-American police officer has put together. He is the member of the SWAT team and he's an expert on anti riot tactics. he has been watching and studying the videos and the tactics that basij has been using and he put the document together. It would be great to spread this document and pass it on to the kids in Iran. It might save their lives. -- SB

France - What happened to little Typhaine?

Everyone surely remembers the case of Madeleine McCann, the British girl who disappeared in May 2007, a couple of days short of her fourth birthday, while on holiday with her parents in Portugal.

Latest on Twitter: “Army Helicopter droping Chemicals on ppl”

"Gunshots being heard from Enghelab St."

Latest on Twitter:”hell on earth… ppl thrown off bridges, hundreds with clubs beating..”

"It's Happening Again! Obama Help Us! Obama Help Us!”

‘Blood everywhere’ in fresh Iran crackdown

Unmoved ... Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles during a meeting in Tehran with a Belarussian parliamentarian. (AFP: Behrouz Mehri)

The reports suggest thousands of police and pro-government militia have used firearms, clubs and teargas to suppress another opposition rally. There is even one account of a nine-year-old girl being shot.