AT least 150 people were arrested as violence broke out after thousands of anti-G20 protesters marched through downtown Toronto on Saturday, prompting police to use tear gas in the city for the first time. “I am profoundly disappointed in the criminal acts which have taken place,” Toronto police Chief Bill Blair told reporters. "We have [...]
Using the McChrystal Moment to Raise a Forbidden Question By PROF. DAVID RAY GRIFFIN THERE are many questions to ask about the war in Afghanistan. One that has been widely asked is whether it will turn out to be “Obama’s Vietnam.” This question implies another: Is this war winnable, or is it destined to be [...]
IANS As India and Pakistan opened talks Thursday, Jammu and Kashmir separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani was detained under a tough law and moderate Mirwaiz Umer Farooq was put under house arrest. Geelani was booked under the Public Safety Act for making provocative speeches inciting youths to violence, Srinagar District Magistrate Mehraj Ahmad Kakroo said. [...]
NEWS RELEASE TORONTO –When the world’s top 20 governmental leaders meet in Toronto later this week, the stability of today’s current global financial system will be discussed. That will no doubt include the burgeoning Islamic Financial industry which provides a viable alternative to the conventional financial system. The top 20 economic leaders will aim to [...]
By SARA BOKKER I AM an American woman who was born in the midst of America's "Heartland." I grew up, just like any other girl, being fixated with the glamour of life in "the big city." Eventually, I moved to Florida and on to South Beach of Miami, a hotspot for those seeking the "glamorous [...]
Councillor Adam Vaughan's Letter to the Residents Dear Residents and Businesses of Ward 20, The summit is here and the city is prepared as best it can to host the event. Over the last two months my office has been sending security updates, holding town halls and advocating on behalf of residents, small business and [...]
By YVONNE RIDLEY AMERICA is still embarrassed by the infamous McCarthy Hearings which ruined the lives of thousands of innocents during the Fifties. Anyone then, suspected of being linked to communism was arrested, interrogated and either imprisoned or forced to give names of others suspected of communist tendencies. And so the fear and intimidation spread [...]
By KOUROSH ZIABARI SEEING the footage dispatched from London to TV stations around the world following the massacre of peace activists onboard the Freedom Flotilla embarrassed me for several reasons. First and foremost, as an Iranian Muslim who ideologically supports and upholds his brothers in religion during crucial times, I found myself incomprehensibly ineffectual as [...]
By ELDER GEORGE MANY people have become aware of the malfunctioning of society but few recognize the cause. Most feel that a little tampering of the basic system will “fix” things and then society will function properly. Reliance on the basic system and its various institutions becomes normal due to having been born into them, [...]
WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court upheld a law that bars Americans from providing support to foreign terrorist groups (declared by the US government on whatever reasons), rejecting arguments that it violated constitutional rights of free speech and association. The decision came in the first test to reach the Supreme Court after the September 11, 2001, attacks [...]
