![]() guardian.co.uk | Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy BBC News The EU's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity. After his selection at a Brussels summit, he stressed his credentials as a consensus politician and made ... Politics needs poetry – so hooray for Herman Van Rompuy New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey The new EU chiefs: Rompuy-pumpy and Cathy Who? |
![]() TIME | UNICEF chief calls for end of "unspeakable violations" against children Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The "unspeakable violations" that happen almost everyday to children all across the globe need to be a thing of the past, chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ann Veneman said here on Friday. ... Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After Convention Children's rights treaty readily signed, readily ignored UN marks 20 years of Convention on Rights of the Child |
![]() Globe and Mail | Once the invisible man, now the centre of attention Globe and Mail Intelligence officer and ex-diplomat Richard Colvin, right, arrives at a commons special committee on Afghanistan hears witnesses on transfer of Afghan detainees on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday. The Canadian Press From Saturday's Globe and ... Ottawa asks for patience on torture claims A who's who of officials named in Richard Colvin's testimony No regrets in Afghanistan |
![]() BBC News | Commons Afghan debate may be dropped Toronto Star Defence Minister Peter MacKay, left, and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates field questions after a meeting at the Halifax Citadel National Historic Site in Halifax on Nov. 20, 2009. HALIFAX – The Conservative government says there may be no need for a ... Robert Gates says Afghan donors must fight corruption U.S. to tighten control of Afghan contracts- Gates Defence minister talks Afghan troop withdrawal with US counterpart. |
![]() National Post | Lesbian US soldier wins bid for asylum Canada.com Bethany Smith, an American service woman who deserted to Canada because of anti-homosexual persecution in the military listens to her lawyer Jamie Liew discuss her extradition case ... Lesbian US deserter to get new Canada hearing Lesbian US Soldier Wins New Canada Hearing for Refugee Status Canada to review US lesbian soldier's asylum claim |
![]() CBC.ca | Disaster assistance promised for Vancouver Island floods Globe and Mail Vancouver — From Saturday's Globe and Mail Published on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 4:39PM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 9:32PM EST Flood-swamped regions of Vancouver Island, including the Comox Valley and Cowichan Valley, got some good news amid ... Two Vancouver Island communities evacuated after mass flooding BC approves disaster relief for flooded communities 300 homes evacuated after flood in Duncan, BC |
![]() Globe and Mail | BC New Democrats hold double digit lead over Liberals: poll Vancouver Sun VICTORIA — British Columbia's New Democratic Party is maintaining a double-digit lead over the governing BC Liberals, a new poll by Angus Reid Public Opinion shows. Conducted on Nov. ... Tories, Liberals slip as NDP surges: poll NDP making gains at Liberal, Tory expense: Poll Opportunity knocks for the NDP? |
![]() 980 CJME News Talk Radio | Missing teenager turns up safe in Regina CBC.ca An 18-year-old woman from Saskatoon, missing since Wednesday, has been located by police and is safe. Saskatoon police had been concerned about Alexandria Scott who was last seen at a apartment building in the city Wednesday afternoon. ... Saskatoon police say missing 18-year-old found unharmed in Regina Police search for Saskatoon teen feared kidnapped Police believe missing teen is being held against her will |
Canadians seem pleased with additions to immigrants' handbook: poll The Canadian Press OTTAWA — A new immigration handbook that adds sections on military history, legendary inventors and some of the darker aspects of Canada's past seems to be a hit with the public, a poll suggests. Survey respondents warmly welcomed several of the new ... Poll finds support for changes to citizenship book A better sense of what is expected in Canada |
![]() Globe and Mail | NB Power deal leaves Atlantic premiers divided Globe and Mail PEI Premier Robert Ghiz, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams and New Brunswick Premier Shawn Graham smile at the Churchill Falls power station Friday. The Canadian Press Churchill Falls, ... NB and NL remain at odds over utility sale Selling NB Power could alienate regional allies, Opposition leader says Proposed deal to sell NB Power to Hydro-Quebec leaves Atlantic premiers divided |