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The vandals who attacked a Waterloo (Ontario, Canada) mosque a year ago did more than damage a building. They damaged a community. They broke windows and then they broke hearts.
On Sept. 8, one of my nightmares came true. Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a client of mine who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba for more than 10 years, died alone in his cell. His tragic death will surely be greeted with a shrug by some, but it should prompt all of us to reconsider our decision to continue the operation of our infamous offshore prison camp.
It's too soon to know whether the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will be more than a sticking plaster to be ripped off by more violence whether provoked by Israel or not, but while we wait for events to give us the answer, there is a good case for saying that under Netanyahu’s leadership the Zionist (not Jewish) state has suffered a significant defeat.
It's not surprising that the United States (104 medals), China (88 medals) and Russia (82 medals) finished one-two-three in the medals race at the 2012 Olympics, after all these are three of the largest countries in the world and, in terms of overall wealth, three of the wealthiest.
Health is not just a medical issue. There are social determinants of health, and one of the keys is income distribution, poverty if you will.
The Germans have a word for it: Zeitgeist, the spirit of the times. Well, Harper won his majority government on May 2, but he took ownership of the Zeitgeist earlier.
In an article for TomDispatch, Peter Van Buren (a U.S. Foreign Service Officer for many years) posed what he described as Six Critical Foreign Policy Questions That Won't Be Raised in Presidential Debates. Question three was under the headline - What do we want from the Middle East?
A year after the United Church launched a national network of concern for Palestine/Israel, called "The United Network for a Just Peace in Palestine/Israel" (UNJPPI), they're continuing to recruit new members, as numerous people across Canada would like to see a just peace for the people of Palestine/Israel: something they've been denied for three generations.
Dear Chief Duncan and Officer Marcel:
On February 9, Bell Media discharged 16 Ottawa staff, including CFRA talk-show host Michael Harris (No, not that Michael Harris). This one is a left wing, pro-Palestinian guy. So he is out the door. So are 15 others. So what? He was assured that his discharge had nothing to do with the quality of his work.
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Ed Corrigan on the Non Proliferation Treaty for Nuclear Weapons