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Canadians are not unarmed Americans with health care

Despite using the same language, reading the same books and magazines and watching the same movies Canadians are, at bottom, fundamentally different.

(Calgary, Alberta) - Known primarily as the oil capital of Canada, every July Calgary hosts the “Stampede” which attracts more than a million visitors to the city—from all over the world.

This year it attracted Walt Wawra and his wife—he a 20-year veteran of the Kalamazoo, MI police department.

Postal `Road Warrior` Headed for Salem, Bend, Powell Butte, Pendleton

The August 1^st default will have no impact on postal operations, only its credit rating.

(SALEM) - August 1^st, the U.S. Postal Service defaulted on its obligation to pre-fund retiree health benefits. Patrick Donahoe, the Postmaster General announced that the service is out of cash and out of credit.

Breaking News from ITCCS: Key Witness to Canadian Residential School Death Dies

Harry Wilson: 1953-2012

(BRUSSELS) - The first eyewitness to go public with his discovery of a dead adolescent at a United Church Indian residential school died yesterday in Vancouver.

Harry Wilson, 59, sustained massive head and brain injuries earlier this year from an undisclosed cause. He lapsed into a coma and never recovered.

Reincarnation/Rebirth of the Indo-Lanka Accord

It is obvious that no Sri Lankan government will find a viable political solution to the Tamil question in the Island.

(PARIS, France) - Reading this headline, extreme Singhalese may say, ‘another....... paving the way for a separate state’, extreme Tamil nationalists may say, ‘another one going against the independent state’, but the wisest may say, ‘the right thinking at the right time’.

Twenty five years ago, the India's PM Rajiv Gandhi and the Sri Lanka Pres. J. R. Jayawardene signed the Indo-Lanka accord..

UN Urged to Take Notice of Atrocities Against Baloch People

The Baloch Human Rights Organisation urges the UN to take notice of ‘state terrorism’ in Balochistan and send a fact finding mission to impartially observe the endless brutalities against Baloch people.

(KARACHI, Pakistan) - The Baloch Human Rights Organisation held a protest in front of Karachi Press Club against on-going state terrorism in Balochistan.

Large numbers of Baloch women, children and elderly gathered outside the Karachi Press Club to demonstration against raids on houses of innocent Baloch and military offensives in different areas of Balochistan.

Mediacide in Myanmar: Militant Buddhism`s toll on Rohingya Muslims

It's Time We Ask, why is this being allowed in Burma?

(SALEM) - The Genocidal patterns of militant Buddhists are increasingly claiming large swaths of humanity, sweeping remains into unmarked mass graves.

We're familiar with the term 'Democide' in reference to today's brand of western diplomacy; which involves smashing people like Afghans and Iraqis to smithereens. Now we're confronted with Mediacide which war criminals love and embrace.

Orwellian Ramifications Begin to Unfold in Syria

Turkey is making a tactical mistake by supporting terrorism in Syria and supplying them with weapons, military training and human resources.

(TEHRAN) - There is horrible speculation that the insurgents in Syria may have seized hold of chemical weapons.

Apart from the catastrophically unthinkable havoc the rebels can wreak in Syria and in the region with the WMDs, the rhetorical question which remains is how these weapons of mass destruction have fallen into the hands of the insurgents who are chiefly composed of Wahhabi al-Qaeda mercenaries...

Egypt`s Border Attack: It Couldn`t Get Any Better for Israel

“This terrorist operation benefits only Israel”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - Every time I step into an elevator, I keep my fingers crossed till I reach my floor safely. I am not claustrophobic.

I am just worried that a sudden power cut, which are frequent nowadays in Egypt, will leave me trapped inside a metal box for endless hours.

Salem Fire HAZMAT Team Dispatched to Oregon State Capitol (VIDEO)

Powder in an envelope puts workers in state of alarm.

(SALEM) - Salem Fire personnel was dispatched to the Oregon State capital on a possible HAZMAT (Hazardous Material) situation today. At approximately 3:50 p.m. OSP Capitol Mall troopers were notified and responded to an office that is part of a suite of offices for members of the Governor's staff.

Verizon/Big Cable Deal: Fewer Choices, Higher Prices

This information monopoly will continue to funnel money out of the pockets of consumers and into the pockets of cable and wireless executives.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Verizon Wireless and the nation’s largest cable companies including Comcast and Time Warner have inked a deal to come together and sell each other’s products and services.

If the deal between Verizon Wireless and large cable companies goes through, it will end up costing much more than the price of your cable bill.