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Pirates

Re "Standoff With Pirates Shows U.S. Power Has Limits." (April 10): Pirates cannot operate without safe land bases. Seeing that the U.S. has both the expertise to locate these bases and the means to take them out, what's the holdup? William Bedford Toronto, Ontario

Thank you for another voice of reason

I just discovered Canada Free Press and am delighted! Thank you for another voice of reason. How do you survive in Canada? Randall Stone

Money Woes May Force Six Shriners’ Hospitals to Close

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- The Shriners organization may shutter six of its 22 free hospitals for children, citing rising costs, lagging donations, and a dwindling endowment.

More ex-Muslims celebrating Easter this year than at any time in history

- Joel C. Rosenberg Jesus said in Matthew 16:18, "I will build My Church, and the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it." (KJV) Guess what? He wasn't kidding. You rarely hear about it on the news. You rarely even hear about it in churches in the West, in the East, or even in the Middle East. But the big, untold story is that more Muslims are coming to faith in Jesus Christ today than at any other time in history.

Meeting of UN Crime Commission to deal with “global crime wave”

VIENNA, April 9 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will hold the 18th session from April 16 to 24 in Vienna, to discuss the increasingly severe international crimes.

Dog overboard found four months later

SYDNEY -- A pet dog that fell overboard in rough seas off Australia has been reunited with its owners after surviving alone on an island for four months, reports said Monday.

Can This Man Fix The Housing Market

Shaun Donovan has the worst job in Washington and doesn't seem to know it.

Dramatic slump at New York’s housing market Read more: Dramatic slump at New York’s housing

New York - The house sales in the previously lucrative housing market in New York City declined about 60 per cent in the first quarter compared to the same period in 2008, the New York Times reported Thursday.

Economy sheds 61,300 in March as job losses rival early ‘80s recession

OTTAWA — Canada is shedding jobs at a rate not seen since the deep recession of the early 1980s, as March saw another 61,300 workers join the ballooning ranks of the unemployed.

Thank you Canada Free Press

THANK YOU once again for insightful and informative articles.

With economy so bad, Bank of Canada my revert to printing money,

Re: With economy so bad, Bank of Canada my revert to printing money, Julian Beltrame, April 06 [url=http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090406/national/economy_money_supply]http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/090406/national/economy_money_supply[/url]

The Economy

Stephen Harper should take his own advice: "Let's assume that we need dramatic action and let's do it."

The most Economic Car in the world (MT)

This is not a toy, and not a concept car. It is a newly developed 2-seater car in highly aerodynamic tear-shape road-proven real car. It is ready to be launched as a single-seater for sale in Shanghai in 2010 for a mere RMB 4,000 !

Are We A Mature Responsible Sovereign Nation Or Not?

Canadian Abousfian Abdelrazik has been stranded in Sudan without a passport since 2002. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence denied him a passport citing national security concerns. CSIS and the RCMP say that there is no evidence that Mr. Abdelrazik is a security threat, so security concerns may not be an issue.

Uncle Sam as GM’S CEO: Not a Good Thing

- David Magee When the U.S. government forced General Motors Chairman-CEO Rick Wagoner from his job last week, headlines read that company president Fritz Henderson was taking charge. But in reality, Mr. Henderson only assumed a new title. Uncle Sam took charge of the automaker. And now the business world is watching to see what the collateral impact of such a non-capitalistic arrangement will be.

Ford, GM March sales drop more than 40 percent

SAN FRANCISCO Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Corp. on Wednesday posted March U.S. vehicle sales declines in excess of 40 percent that, while better than lowly Wall Street targets, still served as a stark reminder of an industry in crisis.

Historic drop for Manhattan housing market

NEW YORK — The recession has hammered confidence in the Manhattan real-estate market, with first-quarter sales falling to their lowest number in decades, experts said.

Deal galore in real estate

Faced with a vanishing customer base, it's no wonder developers and real estate agents are thinking up new ways to encourage potential home buyers to take the leap. Often their offers aim to assuage people's understandable fears about what the future holds, whether it relates to home values or job security.

In Las Vegas real estate, someone’s loss is another’s gain

LAS VEGAS – If you'd like to learn about adapting to change, spend an afternoon with Jennifer Martin, Realtor. You might also buy a condo or a house while you're at it. Priced to insane levels at the top of the bubble, lots of Las Vegas real estate is now available, cheap. If Las Vegas is where you'd like to be, someone else's disaster may be your bargain.

Toyota Outsells Ford in March

- Mukesh Buch Annualized domestic auto sales edged slightly up but in March auto sales plunged. The weak labor market, widening recession and tight credit conditions hurt industry sales. Toyota Motor sales outpaced that of Ford in the month and in the first quarter.