Mission abandoned
On Oct. 21, 2011, almost every news channel I turned to was covering two things: the announcement that former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi had been…
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International News Briefs
U of M graduate awarded U.S. medal of honour Yvonne Brill was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation by U.S. President Barack Obama…
Welcome home Gilad Shalit
Five years ago the Hamas terrorist group snuck across the border into Israel. They captured then 19-year-old Gilad Shalit, a member of the Israeli military….
International news briefs
Libya’s new leaders declare liberation Members of Libya’s interim government declared the official liberation of the country on Oct. 23, three days after the death…
Recognize Palestine
As a first-generation Canadian of Jewish decent, and having had many family members killed in Auschwitz and Sobibor concentration camps, the Jewish New Year (Rosh…
Puerto Rican coqui frogs
This week I have been bitten by fire ants, termites and a cactus. Now that I’ve got all that out of the way, I hope…
Protest sparks persecution
Twenty-five people, mostly of the Coptic Christian faith, have died and hundreds were left injured during a violent sectarian clash that erupted on the night…
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Arab League ignores calls to suspend Syria over violent crackdown on protests The Arab League plans to open dialogue between the Syrian government and opposition…
Things are good, but they could be better
It’s time for a good ole revolution. Well, sort of. In what is being compared to the Arab Spring, the left in the U.S. have…
Libyan students feel effects of revolution from miles away
Though physically thousands of kilometres away, Libyan students and expats of the country have felt the emotional — and sometimes financial — effects of the…