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Health Canada approves first and only once-a-month treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis

Health Canada has approved Actonel(R) (risedronate sodium tablets) 150 mg, Canada's first and only once-a-month dosing option in the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis. Canadian patients at high risk of osteoporotic fracture now have the convenience of taking one tablet on the same day each month.

Still hope for the safe return of Madeleine McCann

As the hunt for Madeleine McCann steps up again, Portuguese police are telling anyone who comes forward with new information: “The case is closed, she is dead.”

Canada’s swine flu cases jump 20 per cent, largely due to rise in Ontario

TORONTO - Canada's swine flu case count has jumped nearly 20 per cent since Wednesday, largely due to a rise in cases in Ontario.

Jaruzelski: I agonized for months over martial law

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's last communist leader said Thursday that he had agonized for months before declaring martial law in 1981 to try to crush the Solidarity freedom movement knowing he would make enemies of his countrymen.

Joke of the Day

Politician to debutante: "what's your opinion on Rwanda?" Debutante: "I don't watch her. I only watch Oprah."

The Bilderberg Plan for 2009: Remaking the Global Political Economy

Andrew G. Marshall, Global Research From May 14-17, the global elite met in secret in Greece for the yearly Bilderberg conference, amid scattered and limited global media attention. Roughly 130 of the world’s most powerful individuals came together to discuss the pressing issues of today, and to chart a course for the next year. The main topic of discussion at this years meeting was the global financial crisis, which is no surprise, considering the list of conference attendees includes many of the primary architects of the crisis, as well as those poised to “solve” it.

Cruise ship Pacific Dawn quarantined near Cairns over swine flu

THE P&O cruise ship Pacific Dawn will be quarantined off Willis Island, east of Cairns, tomorrow after three crew exhibited flu-like symptoms.

Searching

I looked for happiness everywhere I searched for years and years But high-or-low where ere I’d go I found fewer smiles than tears

‘Fill in the Blank’ Flu Propaganda

Watching the events of the Mexican/swine/H1N1 flu unfold over the past several weeks, I am consistently puzzled by the actions taken by the US government and the American mainstream media.

They died for you

The first thing to know about World War II is that it was a big war, a war that lasted 2,174 days and claimed an average of 27,600 lives every day, or 1,150 an hour, or 19 a minute, or one death every three seconds. One, two, three, snap. One, two, three, snap.

Good quote on the demise of the Republicans

Things can change quickly in the political game - just look at the rapid demise of Lyndon Johnson in less than four years. The Republican Party was left for dead when LBJ conned America into trusting him. They won the next election. The Republicans are far from finished, just down for now. Buyer's remorse should be setting in soon on the Big O, clearly unqualified to be president, as Joe Biden himself stated during the campaign when running against him.

GM's (Government Motors) first car after restructuring

Two-state solution no solution

Few had high expectations of the meetings between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington this week and there is precious little reason for optimism now that the meetings have concluded. One thing is clear. President Obama seems to have both a moral blindeness and backwards priorities.

Homeland Security seems to have severe mental illness

I’m sorry if you feel that way…..I’m sorry if you misunderstood the report…..I stand behind the report but I think there was a misunderstanding regarding the report…….Doesn’t this sound like the naughty 14-year-old who stole the keys to your car, ran it into the ditch then promptly blamed it on the car, ditch and parents? Little Suzie of course had nothing at all to do with it, yet, that is exactly how Secretary Napolitano sounds. Madam Secretary, you shouldn’t be trusted with keys!

Lifetime TV Beats Up on Divorced Dads

Strong families need strong fathers, but American television has come a long way from the 1950s series "Father Knows Best."

Madeleine McCann’s Parents Sue Police Chief for Defamation

Kate and Gerry McCann are taking the action over comments made by the man who previously led the inquiry into Madeleine's disappearance.

Tamil Protests, Terrorist organization

With the war apparently over in Sri Lanka, the Tamils continue to protest on our streets today.This has got to stop. They are disrupting our streets, roads and highways.I have to wonder just what our Prime Minister, is going to do about this.Canadians are getting fed up.The Tamil Tigers have been labeled a terrorist organization in Canada as well as other countries in the world.

Radical Muslims guilty of firebomb plot on publisher of Prophet Mohammed book

A radical Muslim who dressed his baby daughter in a hat with “I love al-Qaeda” on it tried to firebomb the home of the publisher of a controversial novel about the Prophet Mohammed.

Chicago Police Dog Afraid of Thunder Comes Home

CHICAGO — A Chicago police dog named Bear who is apparently a scaredy cat when it comes to thunder is back home after going missing during a storm.

Hezbollah’s Road to Victory in Lebanon’s June 7 Parliamentary Elections

Webster Brooks, Foreignpolicyreview.org The specter of a Hezbollah-led coalition victory in Lebanon’s June 7 parliamentary elections looms large over the Middle East . Under Hassan Nasrallah’s leadership, Hezbollah’s March 8 Coalition is on the threshold of ruling the Arab world’s most ethnically and religiously diverse democracy. With all the legitimate instruments of state power at Nasrallah’s disposal, Lebanon’s transformation from a weak Balkanized state into a fortress of Iranian influence in the Levant is a foreboding certainty. Bracing for a strategic setback in the region, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made an unannounced stop in Beirut on April 27 to assess the situation and reassure America’s Lebanese allies they would not be abandoned in tough times. Laying flowers on the grave of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, Clinton pledged support for the “voices of moderation”—the pro-American “March 14” Cedar Coalition led by Saad Hariri, (Rafik Hariri’s son) and promised that the Obama administration’s dialogue with Syria would not compromise Lebanon’s sovereignty.