Venezuela won’t recognize decisions of World Bank-affiliated arbitration body Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his government may pull out of a World Bank-affiliated arbitration body and will no longer abide by its decisions, reported the...

North Korea vows to defend Kim Jong-un North Korea stated during the country’s annual New Year’s message on Jan. 1 that it would defend Kim Jong-il’s young son and successor “unto death”, reported CBC News. The...

Over 1000 Afghans protest possible pact to keep US troops in Afghanistan More than 1,000 university students blocked a main highway in eastern Afghanistan on Nov. 20 to protest any agreement that would allow U.S....

Had Winnipeg MP Pat Martin been a teenager being scolded for obscene language by a strict parent, he may have reverted to some well-known evasive terms in place of more offensive expletives. For instance, the...

Italian prime minister resigns Italians celebrated the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi outside Rome’s presidential palace on Nov.12, as the prime minister officially stepped down, ending his 17-year political career, reported CBC News. Berlusconi had pledged to...

For some it may be hard to imagine Marketa Irglova without her long-time collaborator, Glen Hansard, as one half of the Swell Season . The 23-year-old jumped into the spotlight alongside Hansard in 2008...

Bangkok evacuations ordered as death toll from flood exceeds 500 The death toll from Thailand’s worst flood in half a century surpassed 500 on Nov. 6, reported the Globe and Mail. The spreading flood waters threatened...