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'All my dreams have been disturbed' *
Arrested on suspicion of posing a security threat, Muhammed Naeem says he is an unfortunate victim of circumstance [More]

'Something just snapped,' Svend Robinson says *
Star New Democrat MP Svend Robinson took a sudden and stunning leave from federal politics Thursday -- stepping down from the job he's had for 25 years after he admitting he stole jewellery last Friday. [More]

'We must do better and we will': Martin *
Paul Martin was handed a minority government in a surprising election outcome Monday that marked the party's fourth-straight mandate but a return to the House of Commons with diminished clout. [More]

'We promise 2004 will be an exciting year' (No kidding) *
To Quebec's business community, Jean Charest may look like Santa, reports RHÉAL SÉGUIN, but the labour movement has declared war on him as the Grinch who stole Christmas. [More]

* CNN: Bringing new meaning to the term 'Style over Substance' *
During the American election, CNN's Jessica Yellin was recorded as a hologram and beamed into the studio. This triumph of technology begs one obvious question: "Why?" [More]

* Overseas perceptions of North American elections *
Travelling Americans sometimes provide an altered view of U.S. politics -- but likely not this time! [More]

9/11 2003: The world remembers *
In France, the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks was marked with more attacks, "a million poetic attacks," that is. A group of "thinkers, artists, writers of all beliefs and persuasions" called upon the people of France to "get yourself a book, a book that you like and that changed your view of the world. Write a dedication there, a few words, and release it!" [More]

9/11 and Canada: Still scared, still vulnerable *
Feeling safe yet? No? No wonder: SARS, blackouts, and bad water are reminders that a good security policy anticipates multiple threats, says law professor KENT ROACH [More]

A battle that never ends *
Laws are not enough, says MADAM JUSTICE ROSALIE SILBERMAN ABELLA. Society must be constantly vigilant against this oldest form of discrimination [More]

A bridge too far *
Toronto's new mayor faces big fights and bigger lawsuits if he blocks expansion of the city's island airport. We wish him well, say DAVID CROMBIE and JANE JACOBS. [More]

A capital gain for charities *
Canada has a new Liberal Leader in Ottawa and new governments in Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland. At a time when the federal government will be tabling a new budget -- with an election expected soon -- the Liberals have an opportunity to significantly enhance funding for health care, education, social services and culture. And this can be done in a tax-effective way. [More]

A decade of desperation's enough *
Latin American leaders, facing political tumult at home, are rejecting the economic austerity forced on them in the 1990s. [More]

A dish best served cold? *
In 1990, U.S. president George H. Bush issued an order that broccoli no longer be served aboard Air Force One, the presidential aircraft. At the end of a subsequent press conference, he explained his reasons. "I do not like broccoli. I haven't liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it, and I'm the President of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli." [More]

A genre in a time warp *
The weird thing about sci-fi fans gathered in Toronto for their world convention is how focused they are on the past -- odd for a group famous for changing the present by predicting the future [More]

A lead role in the battle of Bayreuth *
Gottfried Wagner's portrayal of his kin as unrepentant Nazis hasn't won him an honoured place at the family dinner table. [More]

A Liberal Solomon needed *
Paul Martin's two roles, Prime Minister and party leader, are a double-edged sword, especially when it comes to Canada-U.S. relations, says MICHAEL ADAMS. [More]

A made-in-America Middle East *
Like it or not, Washington is calling the shots in the Israeli-Palestinian quest for peace, says SHIRA HERZOG [More]

A man above the fray: Garneau for G-G *
It was about a year ago, at a reception in honour of Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson, that she was approached by a journalist and asked whether she might wish to be reappointed to a second term... [More]

A mere 15 examples for Paul Martin's consideration *
Learn from your mistakes, the wise man said. Paul Martin, the PM in waiting, would do well to heed the advice. The governing Liberals have so many transgressions to learn from that they might want to start a registry program to keep track -- cost overruns hopefully not to exceed those on guns [More]

A new generation redefines civic society *
They don't vote, and they don't join political parties. But in their own ways they're trying to make the world a better place. Day Seven of The New Canada series on Generation Next. [More]

A new reality in Israel *
If I were an Israeli settler living in the West Bank or Gaza, I'd be worried. Not because my Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, said anything really new in his major policy speech last week, but because his tone was far more pointed when it came to the "painful steps" he would take for peace. [More]

A sincere thank you from John Kerry *
. . .the message sent out to Kerry supporters November 3, 2004 [More]

A timely example of why we must have the CBC *
Tonight, the CBC is doing one of those things that it inevitably does and that Canadians expect it to do. It's not just journalism. It's an act of creating context and it connects Canada to far-flung parts of the world. [More]

A vote for Trump's Apprentice is a vote for Dubya *
George W. Bush has had a tough few weeks. That's the cliché being uttered all over the place. Some people are even pointing to the opinion polls and saying that Dubya could easily lose the election this November. [More]

ABC lands first interview with hoax patsy, Jessica Lynch *
ABC News' Diane Sawyer was chosen Monday for the first television news interview with alleged prisoner of war Jessica Lynch. [More]

Aboriginal fisheries: A can of worms *
Canada needs decisive action to unravel the legal knots tying up aboriginal fisheries, says JOHN RICHARDS [More]

Africa: Cries from the heart *
Canada claims to care about Africa, but what about the children of war-torn Uganda? asks LLOYD AXWORTHY [More]

Ahenakew faces hate-crime charge *
Jewish leaders back decision to prosecute former leader of Saskatchewan natives [More]

Aiming in the wrong direction *
Instead of exiling or killing Yasser Arafat, Israel should let the Palestinians decide his future [More]

Al Gore's new best friend *
Beltway wisdom says Howard Dean is sure to lose the race for the White House -- but Al Gore says Democrats must rally round. CNN analyst BILL SCHNEIDER tells why. [More]

Al-Jazeera news service sets up English Web site *
The Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera launched an English-language Web site yesterday, five months after hackers brought down a temporary site at the height of the Iraq war. [More]

Alexandre (Sacha Trudeau) faces the world *
As Pierre Trudeau's middle son steps reluctantly into the spotlight to promote his film on Iraq, he tells SARAH HAMPSON about lessons his father taught him: Confront your fears. Never enter politics [More]

All hail Britain's inquiring minds *
One of the headlines in the British press about the Hutton Inquiry was, "A very British sort of inquiry." Isn't it, though, I said approvingly, and was surprised to find the author thought this was a bad thing. He felt the inquiry was scattered in its intent. He sound miffed, like an English schoolmaster... [More]

All the news that's fudged to print *
The New York Times sacrificed its top editor for the wrong reasons, says Harper's publisher JOHN MacARTHUR. If you think Jayson Blair was loose with the facts, look at how the Times covered Iraq [More]

Alliance MP punished over anti-gay remarks *
Canadian Alliance MP Larry Spencer, who caused a firestorm for his party after telling a newspaper that he would support any initiative to make homosexuality illegal again, has been fired from his role as family issues critic. [More]

America's cultural offensive *
Washington hopes to ease foreign-policy woes in the Middle East by wooing hearts and minds with a new Arabic-language radio network, satellite TV channel and glossy monthly magazine. It's the funky side of the war on terror, SIMON HOUPT writes [More]

An apology, Mr. Harper *
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's election campaign hit a low point with his decision to play politics with the inflammatory issue of child pornography. His actions cast doubt not just on his commitment to free expression, but his powers of judgment... [More]

Analysis: What Bush Really Wants *
Unlike the Turkish emperors of the past, George W. Bush has no territorial ambitions in the Middle East, writes PAUL KORING . But he certainly wants something -- a new world order -- and is royally determined to get it. [More]

And a Merry Mithras to all? *
Mixing a profound religious holiday with a consumer orgy is wrong. Let's abolish state religious holidays and admit Jesus was probably born in May, says MICHAEL VALPY. Mithras is the one with dibs on Dec. 25. [More]

And justice for all *
In 2001, six conflicted young men in New York State are lured to Osama bin Laden's training camp in Afghanistan. They hate it, and come home as soon as they can. A year later -- on what their community now calls 9/13 -- all hell breaks loose. As the second anniversary of Sept. 11 nears, IAN BROWN visits Lackawanna, the home of a 'terrorist cell' that now seems less a menace than a test of what freedom is in today's America [More]

And now for some good news *
Afghanistan is hardly a picnic, but PAUL KORING looks around and sees signs of hope. The violence appears to be easing, Kabul is a boom town and President Hamid Karzai even seems to have an army, of sorts. With luck, the rest of the world won't lose interest too soon and break the spell. [More]

And the laugh was still there *
John Doyle, well into his allotted 15 minutes south of the border, went toe-to-toe with Fox News' Bill O'Reilly and his ilk. Now he finds himself swamped with notes from sympathetic Americans who are frankly embarrassed for some of their countrymen. [More]

Anti-Bush sentiment busts out all over *
And it's not just the usual suspects taking shots, SIMON HOUPT writes. The fire is coming from feature film, theatre and TV. [More]

Apology offered for excluding choir *
An event billed as a mini-festival for all of Canada's professional choirs is turning into a public embarrassment for Soundstreams Canada, which neglected to invite the country's only professional choir dedicated to Afrocentric music. The concerts are taking place this weekend in Toronto, during the final days of Black History Month. [More]

Are the U.S. airwaves about to lean to the left? *
Al Gore and others think they can scoop some viewers who aren't likely to be tuned to Fox News, SIMON HOUPT writes [More]

Arising from the ashes *
As townsfolk battle the inferno, neighbours offer aid and comfort. But why hasn't the rest of Canada pitched in? demands broadcaster LORNA DUECK [More]

Aristide defiant as violence descends on Port-au-Prince *
Canada, U.S. adopt France's suggestion that President's departure might help Haiti. [More]

Aristide flees Haiti *
Armed insurgents, who said they were be former members of Haiti's now-disbanded army, sped through Haiti's capital following President Jean-Bertrand Aristide's flight into exile Sunday and vowed to battle pro-Aristide gangs in the streets. [More]

Aristide rebuffs allies' pressure to resign *
A defiant Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide vowed yesterday to hold on to power until his term ends, despite facing a spreading rebellion and pressure from Ottawa, Washington and Paris to resign. [More]

Arnie a running man *
Arnold Schwarzenegger ended the suspense Wednesday and said he would run in California's recall election, awarding Republicans his marquee value in their campaign to oust Governor Gray Davis. [More]

Arnold pumps up Leno's ratings *
Arnold Schwarzenegger's announcement that he was running for governor of California drew the second-highest rating of the year for NBC's The Tonight Show, Nielsen Media Research said on Thursday [More]

Arnold Schwarzenegger: A script tailored for a star *
Celebrity alone doesn't account for Arnie's rise. Add in resentment and a split opposition, says political scientist MICHAEL GREEN [More]

Arts programs suffer as business gets funds *
The humanities and social science programs at Ontario universities are losing funding dollars to their counterparts in engineering and business as private companies gain more influence on where new money is directed, a new study shows. [More]

As media conspiracies go, kitten-eating is brilliant *
In the matter of the Ontario election, the Tories are correct. Last week, some genius at Tory HQ saw the light, slapped his head and issued a communiqué saying, "We have the media and special interest groups aligned against us." He was so right. [More]

Asian Heritage: If this is 'inclusive,' count me out *
Last month, Heritage Canada unveiled a poster to celebrate Asian Heritage Month that included almost every available offensive caricature of Asians, complete with coolie hat and slant eyes. You'd think we'd come further than this, baby. [More]

At 84, original 'abductee' still wants to believe *
You could say Betty and Barney Hill's last meal -- at least, the last while they still led normal lives -- was eaten in Montreal, one of their favourite cities. [More]

B.C. balances books *
British Columbia buried its reputation as a bad money manager Tuesday and served notice it's about to reap the rewards of ongoing surplus budgets and a triumphant Olympic ride. [More]

B.C. doctors mull action against province *
The provincial government is being accused of once again reneging on an agreement and stealing money from doctors. [More]

B.C. ferry strike over *
The vital transportation link that connects Vancouver Island and British Columbia's mainland was restored Friday when the two sides in a potentially crippling ferry strike agreed to submit to binding arbitration. [More]

B.C. ferry union goes ahead with illegal strike *
A full-scale strike has begun on the B.C. ferry fleet. [More]

B.C. fish wars heat up again *
A pair of B.C. court rulings that outlawed federally mandated fish-sales programs for some B.C. native bands has reignited a deeply divisive battle over how the province's salmon stocks should be shared. [More]

B.C. general strike averted *
A late-night deal that ended a hospital support worker walkout in British Columbia staved off the general strike that threatened to paralyze the province. [More]

B.C. mother angry at attorney general's comments *
A B.C. mother is criticizing B.C's Attorney-General over comments he made in a legal battle with the parents of autistic children. [More]

B.C. won't privatize Coquihalla Highway *
Making his most significant policy reversal since taking office, Premier Gordon Campbell announced yesterday that British Columbia would not proceed with plans to privatize the Coquihalla Highway. [More]

Background checks on rise amid job violence concerns *
More than half of U.S. human resources professionals are somewhat or very concerned about workplace violence, according to a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management. [More]

Banning hijab: the new colonialism *
The land of liberté, egalité et fraternité has taken a decidedly selective definition of these ideals. The banning of all forms of visible religious symbols in state schools (except for discrete pendants) is ostensibly based on France's secular foundations. Some view it as secular orthodoxy, a mirror image of religious extremism that the nation purports to curtail. [More]

Barbershop cut too deep for some *
First film evoked unintentional controversy with jokes about black icons. [More]

Behold the armies of the Lord *
You can no more disengage religion from politics than you can extract beliefs from public life, says theologian DOUGLAS FARROW [More]

Beijing bans Da Vinci Code *
The decision to protect the national film industry came two weeks after Catholic protests against the screening of the film in Beijing were branded as "medieval." [More]

Beijing pulls pages from Clinton memoir *
Former first lady's frank references to repression in China fail to appear in new Mandarin edition. [More]

Being Canadian: FIRST MOMENTS *
For some, it's hearing their child speak English. For others, it's selling a painting. Seven recent immigrants describe when they realized they were Canadian [More]

Belgium dismisses Bush war-crimes complaints *
Belgium's highest court dismissed war-crimes complaints Wednesday against former U.S. president George Bush, current U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, ruling that it no longer has a legal basis to charge them. [More]

Belinda lives and works in a world that daddy built *
Belinda Stronach hates being known as "daddy's little girl." I would, too, if I were her. But that's exactly what she is. Her job comes from daddy. Her money comes from daddy's company. Her house, which sits in the magnificent corporate compound north of Toronto that daddy built, is a stone's throw away from daddy's house. [More]

Belinda lives and works in a world that daddy built *
Belinda Stronach hates being known as "daddy's little girl." I would, too, if I were her. [More]

Berlin, Paris are united in rejecting Iraq proposal *
U.S. plan for UN role called insufficient; Pentagon looks to build new Iraqi army [More]

Better a flow than a flood *
Some Canadians seem to think that a preference for moderate immigration levels reflects hostility toward immigrants. This is absurd. Many immigrants themselves would prefer lower immigration levels, yet when Canadians make this point, we are attacked. [More]

Better brace for history's blowback, Mr. Blair *
So now it is up to history to make the case for war against Iraq? In a week when Tony Blair appealed to the verdict of history and Hollywood studios have upped the ante on digital pirates in Asia, it strikes me that in their urge to impose their authority, these masters of mass media forget the incontrovertible, inexorable logic of history -- that those who dream of dominating the world should expect the world to overrun them. [More]

Better to prevaricate than touch politics' third rail *
Americans call it the "third rail," an issue that, when touched, threatens mortal damage to a political party. [More]

Big money governs California recall race *
Schwarzenegger, other hopefuls accused of patronage, 'legalized bribery' by critics. [More]

Bilingual older adults found to stay sharp longer *
Vraiment? Oui! C'est vrai, mon vieux! [More]

Birth of a new ethnicity *
The Canadian identity has undergone a remarkable transformation in the past half a century, says MATTHEW MENDELSOHN [More]

Bitter root, sweet harvest *
Next week, the Governor-General officially acknowledges the Acadian expulsion of 1755. We Canadians have learned much from this tragedy, says political scientist DONALD SAVOIE. [More]

Black henna ink unsafe, Health Canada warns *
The ingredient para-phenylenediamine, or PPD, in black henna temporary tattoo ink and paste is unsafe and shouldn't be used, Health Canada has warned. [More]

Blair aide sent warning Iraq dossier weak *
'Document does nothing to demonstrate a threat,' e-mail to PM's inner circle said [More]

Blair and the BBC *
Lord Hutton, one of the 12 Law Lords on Britain's highest court, has considered many complex issues in his time, including the 1999 question of whether Chile's Augusto Pinochet was immune from prosecution. He should therefore be up to the task of sorting rumours from facts in the suicide of government adviser and former United Nations weapons inspector David Kelly, and determining what if any censure the Labour government of Tony Blair and the British Broadcasting Corp. deserve in this affair. [More]

Blair attacked in Parliament *
A House of Commons session was suspended Wednesday after purple powder was thrown at Prime Minister Tony Blair. [More]

Blair carries the day at Kelly inquiry *
Smooth as silk, Prime Minister Tony Blair testified yesterday and tore apart the BBC's allegations about his controversial Iraq dossier, saying that the broadcaster had attacked "the credibility of the country" and that he would have resigned if his office had exaggerated the threat posed by Saddam Hussein. [More]

Blair denies authorizing Kelly's identification *
British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Tuesday that he did not authorize the identification of a weapons inspector as the source for a British Broadcasting Corp. report questioning the honesty of a government dossier on Iraqi weapons. [More]

Blair gets away with it *
Whether the British government lied to the world in claiming that Saddam Hussein could launch horrible weapons on less than an hour's notice is, Lord Hutton wrote, a subject that does not fall within his terms of reference. [More]

Blair stands firm on Iraq invasion *
British Prime Minister Tony Blair acknowledged yesterday that his leadership is going through a "rough patch" but made no apologies for having backed the war on Iraq and pushed unpopular domestic policies, and vowed to seek a third term in office. [More]

Blair takes the hot seat, denies dossier manipulated *
Prime Minister Tony Blair told an inquiry Thursday that his office did not exaggerate estimates of Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction and said that he would have had to resign if it had. [More]

Blair vows to co-operate with probe into death *
Judge makes it clear only he will decide extent of inquiry into apparent suicide [More]

Blair wanted dossier public: aide *
Britain Prime Minister Tony Blair's communications director, a key figure in a controversy over the government's case for war in Iraq, said Tuesday that it was Blair who decided to publish a contentious dossier on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. [More]

Blair's in the spotlight as judicial inquiry begins *
There will be little celebration today for Tony Blair as he becomes the longest continuous-serving Labour Party prime minister in history under the shadow of a judicial inquiry that goes to the heart of his style of government. [More]

Blair: Of suicide and spin *
No one does it quite like Tony Blair. No leader currently on the world stage can match the British Prime Minister's ability to shoulder politically risky policies and defend them in person, with consummate debating skill, against a critical public. [More]

Blood spatters the American road map *
To borrow from Gabriel Garcia Marquez's novel, the fate of the American road map already seems like a "chronicle of a death foretold." To really understand what happened, one has to go back to last week's summit in Aqaba and its respective impact on Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud, Mr. Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. [More]

Blow the whistle, if you dare *
If you knew your boss was doing something unethical, would you tell someone more senior? Let's be honest. It's a safe bet that most of the people reading this have witnessed unethical behaviour where they work. Someone using company supplies for personal profit, perhaps, or someone working on a private project on company time. [More]

Bolder than ever *
Forget U.S. claims about a new era in the Mideast; 25 years after the fall of the Shah, war in neighbouring Iraq has encouraged Iran's hard-liners, says SAEED RAHNEMA. [More]

Bones of contention *
For decades the remains of B.C.'s Haida ancestors have been locked away in metal drawers as specimens in museums around the world. Now, the Haida are fighting to bring them home, ALEXANDRA GILL writes [More]

Bonjour, ethno-sovereigntists *
The new Quebeckers aren't pure laine -- but they identify with their province, not Canada, says journalist RIMA ELKOURI [More]

Bono argues with Bush over AIDS spending *
Bono, the Irish rock star and social activist, said Tuesday he had a "good ole row" with President Bush over global AIDS funding. [More]

Bono says he'll be a 'pain' about Africa *
Funny, articulate rock star praises Canada's international presence. [More]

Born-again Orthodox *
Raised in secular homes where Friday evening was just another night, a small but growing number of Jewish Canadians are embracing tradition to forge a deeper level of connection with their faith, reports MARINA JIMENEZ [More]

Bring on unstable coalition governments -- they work! *
With election by proportional representation (PR) on the agendas in Ottawa and several provinces, the familiar argument will be raised that such a system produces unstable coalition governments instead of the strong leadership we always think we need. Now we have a new answer to that objection: Maybe coalition is a good thing. [More]

Britain to focus on security, domestic issues *
Prime Minister Tony Blair's government outlined its new legislative program Wednesday, proposed sweeping new powers for police to deal with terrorist attacks and other emergencies — a plan that has alarmed some civil liberties campaigners. [More]

British government did not 'sex up' dossier: panel *
Prime Minister Tony Blair's government did not deliberately "sex up" a dossier on Iraqi weapons by including a disputed claim about chemical and biological weapons, Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee reported Thursday. [More]

British government ministers pressure BBC to apologize *
Government ministers stepped up pressure Saturday on the British Broadcasting Corp. to apologize for reporting that officials doctored intelligence information to justify war with Iraq. [More]

British spied on UN's Annan, former cabinet member says *
British intelligence agents spied on UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in the run-up to the Iraq war, a former member of Prime Minister Tony Blair's Cabinet said Thursday. [More]

Broken promise: Why I quit Iraq *
America's approach to governing Baghdad has failed to involve Iraqis, says ISAM al-KHAFAJI, who returned home to help rebuild his country [More]

Buffett joins Schwarzenegger team *
Arnold Schwarzenegger has hired Warren Buffett as his senior financial and economic adviser in his bid to replace Gray Davis if the governor loses the recall vote, the Republican actor's campaign announced Wednesday. [More]

Bulgaria awaits verdict in Libyan HIV trial *
It's a legal drama that has held Bulgaria on edge for half a decade. [More]

Bush admits inaccuracy of prewar intelligence *
Defending his decision to invade Iraq, U.S. President George W. Bush said that although stockpiles of biological and chemical weapons have not been found, Saddam Hussein had the capacity to produce such arms and could have developed a nuclear weapon over time. [More]

Bush adviser apologizes over Iraq claim *
Stephen Hadley, U.S. President George W. Bush's deputy national security adviser, on Tuesday became the second administration official to apologize for allowing a tainted intelligence report on Iraq's nuclear ambitions into Mr. Bush's State of the Union address. [More]

Bush could be one-term wonder *
The public's trust in President George W. Bush is at the lowest point of his presidency, with about one-half of those surveyed saying he is honest and trustworthy and almost that many saying he is not, a poll released Thursday indicated. [More]

Bush is not Reagan, and the deficit could cost him *
I was listening to Finance Minister Ralph Goodale address the Toronto Board of Trade Tuesday morning, but I was thinking about George W. Bush. [More]

Bush lied to justify Iraq war, Canada right to stay out: poll *
Canadians overwhelmingly believe President George W. Bush lied to justify the Iraq war and their own government was wise to stay out of the conflict, a new poll suggests. [More]

Bush needs the G8, and it needs him *
When President George W. Bush boarded Air Force One yesterday to rush off to the Middle East, leaving his G8 colleagues to finish the last day of their annual summit in Évian without him, his many European critics were quick to conclude he had given up on the G8 and its French host -- just as he had given up on the United Nations over Iraq a few months ago. [More]

Bush speech a pitch for re-election *
U.S. President George W. Bush pitched for re-election Tuesday with an annual address touting success in boosting the economy and protecting Americans while warning that the United States is still a country at war. [More]

Bush's last stand: turning the war on its head *
The Tinmes of London's Andrew Sullivan offers a brilliant and insightful analysis of the Bush administration's campaign of terror. [More]

Bush's warfare state *
The Iraq quagmire and its ever-mutating justifications show that George W. Bush is oblivious to a basic principle of his own conservative ideology: Top-down central planning -- economic or political -- is doomed to fail. [More]

Bush, Blair look for UN help on Iraq problems *
U.S. President George W. Bush signalled support Friday for an interim government to take power in Iraq on June 30, saying the plan under development by a United Nations envoy is "broadly acceptable to the Iraqi people." [More]

But enough about you, Vancouver *
Let's talk about Toronto. And let's be honest. Vancouver is the better city, at the moment. You really think the way Toronto handled SARS looks good on us? [More]

Cabinet: What you see is not necessarily what you get *
Liberal Party members have been making their way to either the guillotine or heaven's gate all week long. There's much clout to be handed out by Paul Martin when he names his official cabinet tomorrow, let there be no doubt. [More]

Calm, cool and dissident *
With a string of controversial lawsuits, Igor Trunov has made himself the Russian government's public irritant No. 1 -- and a hero to many. MARK MacKINNON reports. [More]

Cambodia: That old black magic *
Violence is never far from the surface in Cambodia. With the recent election only days away, a triple homicide is assumed to be political carnage, the last thing this troubled nation needs. But, as Canadian writer CHRIS TENOVE learns when he finally reaches the scene of the crime, the real motive for the killings may be something ancient and much more sinister [More]

Campbell appeals for calm *
Premier Gordon Campbell and his government tried to quell a growing tide toward a general public sector strike Friday by hitting television airwaves to tell health support workers their pay doesn't have to be cut at all if they agree to some concessions. [More]

Can we Democrats be your next province? *
Having endured the outrages of the 2000 presidential "election" and the 9/11-empowered Republicans' reactionary policies, progressive Democrats, Greens and Independents across the United States are smouldering. Especially in the 20 states that went for Al Gore in the Northeast, Midwest, and West, more and more of us are appalled by the combination of dishonest rhetoric, regressive tax giveaways, international adventurism, environmental degradation and unprecedented arrogance spewing from the President and his congressional cohorts. [More]

Canada as Europe's model? It's an excellent joke *
Believe it or not, there are serious and influential people on the other side of the ocean who want their governments and societies to be modeled after Canada's. [More]

Canada cancels Iraqi debt *
Prime Minister Paul Martin confirmed Friday that Canada would join a number of other G7 countries in eradicating the debt it is owed by Iraq. [More]

Canada mourns with U.S., PM tells Bush *
Chrétien phones President on anniversary of 9/11 attacks in New York, Washington [More]

Canada's craziest mayor earns a new title: Mr. Clean *
First, he tried to enforce a dress code at city hall. Now, writes GRAEME SMITH, Saskatoon's Don Atchison wants to hand out tickets for spitting. [More]

Canada's gun legislation is a double-barrelled disaster *
Prime Minister Paul Martin says he'll revisit Canada's gun legislation. As a gun owner and taxpayer, I applaud this unexpected clarity of thought. A billion-dollar tab for convoluted legislation that fails to achieve its mandate is a galling misuse of taxes. [More]

Canada's kidding itself *
Whatever Stéphane Dion says, Canada shows little talent for dealing with separatist threats, says WILLIAM JOHNSON. [More]

Canada's new marijuana law will hurt U.S. problem: official *
The United States is being inundated with potent marijuana from Canada, and the problem would be exacerbated if Ottawa decriminalized the drug, the U.S. drug czar said Friday. [More]

Canada's vanishing Christians *
The release of the 2001 census data on religion confirms that Christianity -- especially mainline Protestant denominations and francophone Catholicism -- is nearing free fall in Canada. [More]

Canada-U.S. gap in health grows *
Costs three times more south of border [More]

Canadian flashes a mighty pen *
As editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter can make or break Hollywood's A-List; now he's trying to make or break the White House. [More]

Canadian Muslims' new political muscle *
Last September, British Muslims made political history. [More]

Canadian politics: Power to all the people *
Canadians are concentrated in four metropolitan centres, says political scientist ANDREW PARKIN. They need a federal system that reflects that [More]

Canadian soldiers pay tribute to fallen comrade *
Canadian soldiers pay tribute to fallen comrade; British soldier killed in attacks during memorial. [More]

Canadian veterans return to Juno Beach *
It ended where it began on Sunday for Canada's D-Day veterans as they returned to the beach where, 60 years ago, they fought their way ashore amid a hail of Nazi gunfire as the Allies launched their campaign to liberate Europe. [More]

Canadians all talk, pas d'action *
New research shows that Anglophones had a persistent love affair with the idea of speaking both of Canada's official two languages but seem entirely incapable of actually learning French. [More]

Canadians like U.S. but not its President *
As Prime Minister Paul Martin prepares for his meeting today with George W. Bush, a new poll suggests Canadians believe the U.S. President neither likes nor understands this country. [More]

Canadians shouldn't be denied Fox News *
Canada made The New York Times last weekend, and that is never a good thing. [More]

Candidate-screening process riles mental-health advocates *
Mental-health advocates demanded an apology from Prime Minister Paul Martin yesterday for the Liberal Party's move to quiz potential candidates about their mental-health history. [More]

Candidates line up to visit Jon Stewart *
Four presidential candidates are lined up to visit Jon Stewart on "The Daily Show" over the next three weeks as Comedy Central's satirical news review ramps up its cheeky "Indecision 2008" coverage. [More]

Cap-Haitien in chaos *
Residents go on rampage of looting and reprisals. [More]

Caribbean school linked to suspect college *
Ties promoted with now-defunct business facility that's part of federal terror probe [More]

Carmelite nuns of Montreal: HARD-WIRED FOR GOD *
Only something extraordinary could entice the Carmelite nuns of Montreal to break their vow of silence and venture out of the cloister, ANNE McILROY says. They have joined forces with science to look for a concrete sign from God -- inside the human brain. [More]

Cartoon creators sued *
The creators of a popular Internet cartoon that satirizes U.S. President George W. Bush and his Democratic challenger John Kerry are being sued by the copyright holder of Woody Guthrie's classic folk song This Land is Your Land for using the tune without proper authorization. [More]

CBC to face $10-million shortfall *
The CBC will have to get through the next six months without the $10-million that Heritage Minister Sheila Copps earlier said would be available to it. [More]

Celebrity candidates a tradition *
In California, especially, showbiz figures have often crossed over into politics [More]

CEOs as kings of the Hill *
Karl Marx scornfully believed that government under capitalism was simply the "executive committee of the bourgeoisie." Even Marx might raise an eyebrow, however, at the evolving state of Canadian politics. [More]

Children Lost in translation *
Parents in war-torn countries used to flee, then send for their children. Now, they get the kids out first. As MARINA JIMENEZ reports, child refugee claimants pose a special problem for the system: Often they've been told to use a phony story, but that doesn't mean they don't desperately need help. [More]

China holds the key to unlocking the North Korean crisis *
Last week, when the government of North Korea finally agreed to participate in multilateral talks to resolve the crisis over the country's nuclear-weapons program, the Bush administration was quick to claim victory for its hard-line approach toward the Kim Jong Il regime. [More]

China suspected of hiding outbreak *
With its bird-flu outbreak spreading swiftly to new regions, China faces mounting suspicions that its obsessively secretive bureaucracy has again been caught in a cover-up of a deadly disease. [More]

Chirac hearing aid buzz has French whispering *
The image-conscious French are making a hullabaloo over suggestions their dapper, suntanned, but aging President has been wearing a hearing aid -- and is too proud to admit it. [More]

Chrétien signs historic land deal *
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien signed a historic land claim and self-government agreement in Rae-Edzo, NWT, on Monday, giving some 3,000 Tlicho people the power to protect their way of life and control their land, resources and laws. [More]

Chrétien unswayed by critics *
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien was in an unrepentant mood Thursday, defending his right to preach fiscal prudence to anyone, including the Americans, and warning his Liberal colleagues that he will not delay his campaign finance reform bill. [More]

Chrétien was right: It's time to redefine a 'just war' *
The 1990s was a challenging decade. Our consciences were shocked by atrocities from Rwanda to Bosnia and beyond, and by the price that innocent men, women and children paid because of the world's failure to rise to such challenges. [More]

Chrétien's red carpet is getting threadbare *
As Prime Minister Jean Chrétien spends his last months in office trying to build a legacy, Canadians are already paying the price for it. Canada's historic reputation as a champion of human rights has been completely undermined by the Chrétien government, a startling betrayal of our democratic values. [More]

Christian soldier Bush swears by the Lord *
It was on this day a year ago, Feb. 5, 2003, that Colin Powell came before the United Nations to catalogue Saddam Hussein's alleged weapons of horror. [More]

Church drops gay-friendly VanCity *
Archdiocese axes Vancouver schools' banking program over ad campaign by credit union. [More]

CIA chief defends his ground *
Intelligence analysts never told U.S. President Bush before the invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein's rule posed an imminent threat, Central Intelligence Agency Director George Tenet said Thursday in a heated defence of agency findings central to the decision to go to war. [More]

City and country: still apples and oranges *
It isn't that young rural Canadians are like their parents - they aren't. Their differences from young urbanites are surprising. Day 10 of a 12-part series. [More]

Clarkson wraps up Afghan visit *
Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson wrapped up a four-day visit to Afghanistan on Friday, meeting with aid workers and soldiers high atop a mountain in the middle of Kabul. [More]

Classless, crass, deplorable and hairy *
I am sorry. Mea culpa. Me bad. By now, you've surely read about my inadvertent display of partial nudity in the history class that I teach on Wednesday afternoons. Before a roomful of impressionable undergraduates, I loosened my collar to expose a large, sweaty tuft of chest hair. [More]

Claude Ryan: He was armed with a catholic vision of justice *
Quebec and Canada have just lost a remarkable man who made a major contribution to the development of both. The church in Quebec has just lost a man of faith for whom it had a great deal of admiration and whom it knew was profoundly attached to his church. As for me, I have just lost a friend. [More]

Clinton plays down Lewinsky affair *
For Bill Clinton, his greatest failures as president have nothing to do with the scandal over his affair with a White House intern. [More]

Clinton stumps for Kerry *
John Kerry got a high-profile boost to his run for the White House with an strong endorsement Monday from Bill Clinton, the most recent Democrat to live there. [More]

Clinton's autobiography discusses Lewinsky fallout *
Bill Clinton says in his new autobiography that his wife looked as if he had punched her in the gut when he finally confessed to his affair with Monica Lewinsky, and he slept on the couch for at least two months after that. [More]

Coldplay calls for fair trade *
British rock group Coldplay is campaigning to give poor countries better access to global trade, but don't expect their activism to show up in their music anytime soon. "It's very hard to find things that rhyme with North American Free Trade Agreement," said lead singer Chris Martin in Cancun on Tuesday. [More]

Condoleezza Rice: The lady doth protest too much *
One summer weekend in 1998 at the family estate at Kennebunkport, Me., former president George H. W. Bush introduced his ambitious son George W. to a 43-year-old political science professor, Condoleezza Rice. One of the rare black women in the field of Soviet studies, she was rarer still for her neo-conservative views. [More]

Confessions of a Naderite *
We who voted for Nader in 2000 in effect helped elect Dubya. Why are we still mad at the Democrats? JOHN MacARTHUR explains. [More]

Conservative membership swells to 252,000 *
A spirited race for the leadership of the federal Conservatives has pushed the party's membership above a quarter million, but handicapping the voting intentions of those card-carrying members remains a mug's game. [More]

Conservatives Pick Soft Target: A Cartoon Sponge *
On the heels of electoral victories barring same-sex marriage, some influential conservative Christian groups are turning their attention to a new target: the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants. [More]

Controversial U.S. research continues *
The U.S. government is still financing research to create powerful tools that could mine millions of public and private records for information about terrorists despite an uproar last year over fears it might ensnare innocent Americans. [More]

Copps to appeal results of riding race *
Liberal MP who lost nomination battle says her phone message was changed, her lawyers involved in action [More]

Court orders extradition of Vancouver man *
Michael Seifert, a former Nazi prison guard who now lives in Vancouver has been ordered extradited to Italy. [More]

Crisis -- what crisis? *
Where was our Prime Minister when the lights went out? Out of the swing, as usual [More]

Crossing the border to fill a prescription *
Canada's cost controls on prescription drugs are either a beacon of fairness or a dangerous scheme to shirk the expense of drug research, if you believe the rhetoric in last month's U.S. House of Representatives debate on how to regulate pharmaceutical imports. [More]

CRTC move threatens new media *
Funding cutbacks deal a body blow, industry says [More]

CRTC muzzles Quebec shock jock *
He's been sued, criticized and isolated, but outspoken Quebec City radio host André Arthur is not about to clam up — not yet. He may just run in the next federal election. [More]

Cutting through the development barriers *
Ideology won't speed Third World development. But busting bureaucracy and building trust are vital steps, says political scientist ANNA LANOSZKA [More]

D'Estaing joins the French 'immortals' *
The former president of France, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, was elected yesterday as a member of the Académie Française, the elite cultural institution whose main task is to compile the definitive French dictionary. [More]

Davis challenges Schwarzenegger to debate *
Governor Gray Davis challenged Arnold Schwarzenegger to a debate “right here, right now,” accusing the actor Friday of distorting his record. The Schwarzenegger campaign declined. [More]

Day blames Internet, not Afghan involvement, for terror threats *
Meanwhile, Jon Stewart pokes fun at the concept of terrorism in Canada, saying: "It's like being mad at toast." [More]

Dead dog gets Christmas card from PM *
A dead golden retriever named Gregg mysteriously ended up on the federal Liberal party membership list, entitling the pooch to a Christmas card from Prime Minister Paul Martin and invitations to party functions, the dog's owner said Friday. [More]

Deaths put stem-cell vote in the spotlight *
Reeve, Reagan raise profile of divisive California plebiscite [More]

Deliver us from suspicion *
For Muslims, the month of Ramadan is a special time to purify the spirit through fasting, charity and extra prayers. We reflect deeply upon the Koran, expressing gratitude for the many blessings we often take for granted. Whether the favours are tangible (e.g. health, food, shelter) or intangible (peace, personal security), the heartfelt sentiment is best captured by the phrase: "There but for the grace of God go I." [More]

Democracy deficit on the block *
Backroom deals, secret trials, rigged contracts, abuse of taxpayer dollars. Canadians are fed up. They are demanding accountability from governments and they expect the media to help hold governments to their promises. [More]

Democratic despite everything *
This Sunday, Hugo Chavez's presidency, a country's destiny and oil prices are once again on the line, says economist ANNETTE HESTER. [More]

Democrats feel the pain of Iowa farmers *
Parkersburg is not a mirror of the United States, as critics of the Iowa caucuses insist -- but which single state would be? Too rural and too white, sniff the critics. A state Americans fly over or drive through. They're right. But politically, at least in a few ways, Iowa does mirror the United States. [More]

Dicey proposition -- a selection of letters to the editor *
Letters in response to a recent feature by Sheema Khan (Sheema Khan, chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (Canada), holds a PhD in chemical physics from Harvard University)... [More]

DINNER DANCE -- the New Canada *
MICHAEL VALPY breaks bread with the Muracas, an energetic and accomplished family that bridges the gap between ancient Europe and the Canada of tomorrow. But those two forces often pull in opposite directions, as the dynamic young women at the table know better than anyone. So, how modern are they? Do they really have to choose between tradition and the equality they've been promised since birth? [More]

Diplomats: Mourn, but avoid politicized mourning *
On Jan. 29, a Palestinian suicide bomber blew up Jerusalem's No. 19 bus. Among the many dead was a Canadian, Yechezkel Goldberg, a resident of the Israeli settlement of Betar Illit in the occupied West Bank, where some 200,000 Jewish settlers live in uneasy co-existence with more than two and a half million Palestinians. [More]

Disney blocks distribution of Moore's new documentary *
The Walt Disney Company is blocking its Miramax Films division from distributing Michael Moore's documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, which criticizes President Bush's handling of Sept. 11 and connects the Bush family with Osama bin Laden's. [More]

Do we want judges with more muscle? (No.) *
NO: Democracy is at risk if unelected elites in robes have too much say, argues ALLAN HUTCHINSON. [More]

Do we want judges with more muscle? (Yes.) *
YES: Judges' decisions mean zip unless they're implemented. It's a principle as old as common law, says KENT ROACH. [More]

Doctor Earle's diagnosis *
Singer Steve Earle, no stranger to rehab himself, has a few prescriptions for an ailing America, ROBERT EVERETT-GREEN writes [More]

Doctors tout traditional remedies *
But their work is stymied without financial backers, STEPHANIE NOLEN reports. [More]

Doer wins another majority *
Manitoba New Democrats won a second majority governmment Tuesday as voters stuck with the modest, middle-of-the-road policies of Premier Gary Doer. [More]

Dog impresses scientists with 200-word vocabulary *
He may be a dog genius. But a Border collie named Rico with a vocabulary of 200 words is challenging the belief that humans have a unique way of learning language. [More]

Dogfight over ground zero *
As New Yorkers get set to pick a design, LISA ROCHON writes that competing values still grip the World Trade Center site. Will it be a people place or an address for business? [More]

Doing good by doing well *
Private investment must be the main source of income growth and job creation in poor countries -- just as it is in industrialized nations, say PAUL MARTIN and ERNESTO ZEDILLO [More]

Don't Bogart those police dollars *
Decriminalizing marijuana will free up resources to fight real crime, says crime analyst SAMUEL PORTEOUS [More]

Don't crush this chance for peace *
Israel has the right to defend itself even when it's in the midst of talking peace, says MARCUS GEE [More]

Don't look back *
If you're a conservative or fundamentalist Christian, June must have been one tough month. You probably feel like free lunch for the lions. [More]

Don't skew the science *
Some of the most influential scientists in the United States have gone public with disquieting accusations that the Bush administration has suppressed and distorted scientific findings, manipulated research and stacked government advisory panels to suit its political objectives. [More]

Don't take the wrong message *
Mel Gibson's talked-about film should serve as a springboard for bringing Christians and Jews closer together, says Catholic theologian THOMAS ROSICA, not driving them apart. [More]

Dr. Seuss and the right way *
The Tory and Alliance parties should consider the lesson of the Zax, who both lost out because they wouldn't budge for one another, says pollster DARRELL BRICKER [More]

Dr. Seuss: Green eggs and subversion *
In a world of Dick and Jane readers, Theodor Seuss Geisel created delicately coded indictments of rampant consumerism, nuclear proliferation and the evils of Nazi Germany. SARAH MILROY tells the story of a man who helped teach millions of young fans to read between the rhymes. [More]

Dreamchild: Expectations of the children of immigrants *
One in five Canadians in their 20s are the children of immigrants. Driven to make good on their parents' sacrifices, they tend to excel beyond their peers. Fahima Osman is more exceptional yet: At 25, she is a year away from becoming the first Canadian-trained physician in Toronto's large Somali community. And as ERIN ANDERSSEN reports that's only a start. [More]

Drug advertising bad for medicare, CMA says *
Allowing direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs in Canada would be a bonanza for the media, generating an estimated $360-million a year in new ads. [More]

Drug sites: worth a try *
The safe-injection site for heroin and cocaine users that opened in Vancouver this week is an important step toward treating addictions as primarily a medical problem, rather than a legal one. [More]

Dutch make pot a prescription drug *
Pharmacies to sell medical marijuana to the chronically ill in 'historic step' [More]

Dying to make a better life *
The U.S. Border Patrol's battle to stem the tide of illegal migrants from Mexico is legendary. Much less well known, CHRISTOPHER REED reports, is just how many people wind up dead. This year's body count is a record, and critics say Canada shares the blame [More]

Eduard Shevardnadze: Georgia in his time *
Eduard Shevardnadze was a Cold War hero who found himself in hot water for trying to play politics with both the U.S. and Russia, says Russian studies professor STEPHEN JONES. [More]

Educating Adna *
What happens when poor kids are given the kind of school support that most Canadians enjoy? A minor miracle, MICHAEL VALPY reports. [More]

Eid sacrifice ritual latest casualty of BSE *
Halt of Canadian goat exports to the U.S. leaves Muslims looking for replacements. [More]

election updates from Tyee.com *
Election Day! [More]

Elinor Caplan to step down *
Elinor Caplan, the MP for the Toronto-area riding of Thornhill, announced Monday she will not run in the next federal election. Ms. Caplan, 59, "has decided to seek new challenges," said a news release from her office [More]

Embryo research 'a fact' in Canada *
Research on human embryos is common at infertility clinics in Canada and has been for years, a prominent medical ethicist says. [More]

Embryos and the law *
The problem with the bill on assisted human reproduction adopted Tuesday by the Commons is not that it goes too far. It is that it does not go far enough. [More]

Empire Lite: Living with the big guy *
The U.S. is morphing from republic into empire -- at some cost to its own democracy. But it will only crush Canada if we let it, says political scientist JAMES LAXER [More]

English-language boom worldwide draws support and condemnation *
In the Taiwanese city of Tainin, garbage trucks are required to carry loudspeakers that endlessly shout phrases designed to improve residents' conversational English. [More]

Estates' rights in Canadian copyright re-examined *
MP seeks to strike controversial 'Lucy Maud Montgomery provision' [More]

Europe still doesn't get it *
Last week's OSCE conference on anti-Semitism was historic, productive and strange. [More]

Ex-CEO Emerson B.C.'s next cabinet heavyweight? *
Former Canfor boss may become a senior economic minister, writes CAMPBELL CLARK. [More]

Ex-general enters U.S. presidential race *
Retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark entered a crowded and wide-open race for the Democratic presidential nomination on Wednesday. [More]

Ex-head of BBC blasts Blair on Iraq *
'We were all duped,' Greg Dyke writes in a blistering attack on the British PM. [More]

Experts 'do a number' on U of T's Lost Tomb of Jesus statistician *
Prof. Andrey Feuerverger's one-in-600 calculation is based on many assumptions about the prevalence of the names and their biblical significance. [More]

Fabry disease sufferers face a Catch-22 *
Ottawa approves drug for rare illness that costs $300,000 a year, but provinces won't pay for it, ANDRÉ PICARD writes. [More]

Fagan: Canada keeps the peace *
The Americans and the French did the shoving to convince Jean-Bertrand Aristide to leave power. But Canada was doing the compensatory fence-mending across the Caribbean Sunday, and it also moved to send as many as 500 troops to Haiti for a year or more to take part in an international stabilization force. [More]

Faith and politics step out *
Though they ordered 'Roy's Rock' removed from an Alabama court house, U.S. law-makers mix church and state more comfortably than ever, says law professor JOHN WITTE [More]

Faith and politics: uneasy mix *
Ironically, the Vatican's statement against same-sex marriage has done a disservice to the opponents of federal reform, says ethicist MARGARET SOMERVILLE [More]

FBI says cellphones can trigger bombs *
Cell phones modified so they could detonate bombs by remote control were found by investigators probing the recent Saudi Arabia bombings, raising concern that such methods could be used in the United States by terrorists. [More]

Filling Edward Said's empty seat at the table *
The controversial scholar, who died this fall, was irreplaceable as a public intellectual, Arab thinkers say. It would take a dozen people to equal his influence. PAUL KNOX finds out who they are. [More]

Film offers rare glimpse of Parizeau *
'I am not a sad man,' former PQ leader reveals in newly released documentary [More]

Finding Home: In the Footsteps of the Jewish Fusgeyers *
Jewish Community Centre, November 21, 2004, Vancouver, BC., 8:00 p.m. -- Author Jill Culiner has uncovered a largely forgotten corner of Jewish history, The Fusgeyers (the Yiddish word for 'foot-goers' — wayfarers) were Jews who fled persecution in Romania in the early 1900s in order to find refuge, ultimately, in the New World. [More]

Findings 'deeply disturbing,' Auditor-General says *
Auditor-General Sheila Fraser's report into the federal government's sponsorship program paints a picture of systemic rule breaking that extended beyond Public Works and Government Services Canada and into five major Crown corporations and agencies. [More]

First Nations Land Claims: It looked great on paper *
Today, an Ottawa conference looks at what it will take for those much-trumpeted land-claims agreements to finally benefit First Nations, says Inuit activist CATHY TOWTONGIE. [More]

Fontaine new leader of AFN *
Veteran Indian politician Phil Fontaine won a second chance to lead the Assembly of First Nations Wednesday when he scored a second ballot victory over rival Roberta Jamieson. [More]

For CBS, it's okay to talk profits, but not pervy stuff *
An American TV executive is perfectly prepared to talk about profits and the pedigree of new TV shows, but he's not prepared to talk about genital warts. [More]

For the children's sake *
International laws concerning the treatment of children during times of conflict seem to be forgotten in this war against terrorism, says SHEEMA KHAN [More]

For undistinguished reporting *
Reporter Walter Duranty turned a blind eye to one of the greatest atrocities of the 20th century. For that, his 1932 Pulitzer Prize should be revoked, says Ukrainian-Canadian LUBOMYR LUCIUK. [More]

Former GOP Activist says: 'The GOP Brand Has Fallen and Can't Get Up' *
According to former GOP stalwart and current Blue Dog Democratic, Eric Roberson, candidate for Congress in the Texas 32nd District, GOP "rebranding" efforts are too little, too late. [More]

Fossil find fills gap in human evolution *
We were never Neanderthals... [More]

Foster children *
The residential schools for native children were set up to equip native children with one of the most important tools for attaining a successful life: an education. [More]

Fragile -- handle with care *
What has to happen if Bush is to bring in Iraqi self-rule by next June (and incidentally boost his hopes for a second term)? The Globe's PAUL KORING investigates. [More]

France extends ban to bandannas and beards *
As France debates a plan to ban Islamic head scarves in public schools, the country's education minister said Tuesday that even some bandannas and beards should be barred from the classroom. [More]

France votes to ban head scarves *
France took a decisive step Tuesday toward banning Islamic head scarves from public schools, with legislators overwhelmingly backing the government's drive to preserve French secularism from Islamic fundamentalism. [More]

France's language guardians eye Quebec for Internet terms *
Quebec has come to the rescue of its linguistic cousins in France, where the heirs of Molière have been left lost for words in the hunt for Gallic versions of some common terms on the Internet. [More]

Fraser puts heat on PM *
Paul Martin's government was plunged into the heat of a major corruption scandal yesterday when Auditor-General Sheila Fraser reported massive abuses in a sponsorship system "designed to put money into" Liberal-friendly advertising firms. [More]

Fund aims to match talent with opportunity *
Toronto 1, a new soon-to-launch TV station, unveiled two production funds yesterday, totalling almost $15-million, one of which is available strictly to "producers of colour." [More]

Further political thoughts from Dave Olsen *
With the election coming up on Monday (7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.), the Pacific Cinemathéque couldn't have timed its screenings of Viva Maria! any better (Friday the 20th @ 9:30 p.m. and Saturday the 21st @ 7:15 p.m.). [More]

G-G's trips are a very good thing *
As you read this, Governor-General Adrienne Clarkson is touring Moscow trailed by a delegation of 26 notable Canadians -- and the curses of various taxpayers and journalists. "Off with her head!" writes one Globe and Mail reader, while a National Post columnist complains that Michael Ondaatje is now eating beluga caviar at our expense. [More]

G7 ministers call for quick resumption of trade talks *
Facing uneven economic expansion, finance ministers from the wealthy countries urged a quick resumption of global trade talks Saturday, after they fell apart last week amid sharp divisions with the poor countries. [More]

G8 leaders all smiles *
World leaders clamped a harmonious face on a summit simmering with Iraq war disputes Sunday, striking a united front with pledges of billions of dollars to fight AIDS and hunger in poor countries. [More]

G8 leaders remain split on Iran, North Korea *
On Iraq, at least, they turned the page. But feuding world leaders who came together at a let's-make-up summit in France remained split over the next crises darkening the horizon — how to prevent North Korea and Iran from building nuclear weapons. [More]

G8 retreating from disease commitments, activists say *
Signs indicate leaders ready to back away from pledges to aid ill in poor countries [More]

Gallery closing sparks backlash *
Regina's mayor is asking for a decision to shut the Dunlop to be reversed. [More]

Garber rant: Fiction versus real-life and predictions about the Da Vinci Code *
I think the next volley in the Da Vinci debate is that those alleged blood-line descendants of Jesus and Mary -- the purported Merovingians -- will reveal themselves. Good idea, huh? [More]

Garth, Mel -- chose another hymn *
Of all the sacred texts to bring to the screen, why did you pick the most adversarial Gospel? asks scholar DONALD HARMAN AKENSON [More]

Gay activists dispute Statscan survey *
For the first time in its history, Statistics Canada has released a survey on the sexual orientation of Canadians, but some members of the gay community contend that the numbers are dramatically lower than the truth. [More]

Gay B.C. cabinet minister marries partner *
B.C. cabinet minister Ted Nebbeling says he's the first cabinet minister anywhere to marry his same-sex partner. [More]

Get along, governments -- or get out of the way *
When the premiers met last week to breathe life into their proposed Council of the Federation, several suggested that Canada was on the edge of a new era of intergovernmental co-operation. It's in their interest to be right. [More]

Gibson film stirs passionate debate *
Critics accuse star of anti-Semitism, while he screens movie for D.C. elite [More]

Gilligan joins BBC exodus *
The storm consuming the British Broadcasting Corp. sent a chill through British journalism Friday, as senior figures warned that a judge's harsh criticism of the broadcaster could discourage tough investigative reporting. [More]

Giorgio Copello: His welcome expired *
It is not the sort of thing that looks good on one's résumé: "declared persona non grata by the Canadian government." Perhaps that is why Giorgio Copello, a social and immigration officer at Italy's embassy in Ottawa, felt impelled to fight long and hard to stay in the country that made no bones about not wanting him. [More]

Giving a graceless okay to medical marijuana *
Like a recalcitrant teenager ordered to do her homework or lose her TV privileges, Health Minister Anne McLellan has waited until the last possible moment to make medical marijuana available to Canadians, as directed by the courts. [More]

God and the brain *
Mario Beauregard, a neuroscientist with the University of Montreal's psychology department, won a two-year $100,000 (U.S) grant from mutual-fund titan John Templeton to study spirituality. [More]

God keep our land *
At a glance, the stats suggest that more Canadians than ever have no religion. Look more closely, says REGINALD BIBBY [More]

Good for the neshamah *
A small Jewish congregation takes a giant step today by allowing women to read from the Torah -- without a man by their side. MICHAEL VALPY reports. [More]

Gore buys former CBC channel *
After months of speculation, former U.S. presidential hopeful Al Gore and some well-heeled partners finally cemented a deal yesterday to acquire the 24-hour cable channel Newsworld International, which is programmed by the CBC. [More]

Gospel according to Garth *
The film The Gospel of John offers a unique chance to understand Jesus's life , not just his violent final hours, says GARTH DRABINSKY. [More]

Governor Arnie sworn in *
The Austrian-born action hero who unseated Governor Gray Davis in a bizarre recall election last month took his oath of office as California's 38th governor on Monday. [More]

Greening Canadian politics *
Is there a new political force in the making? Led by a former Progressive Conservative who preaches fiscal prudence, Canada's Green Party is on the move... [More]

Greens deserve airtime *
In a lifetime of covering politics, I can remember only one occasion when I participated in a high-level and significant political discussion. [More]

Grinding the axe and passing the buck *
In Britain, it's the suicide of a scientist that spawns the blame game; here, it's the Great Blackout. Grinding various ideological axes, the media weigh in. Governments establish inquiries to reassure voters the cock-up will never again occur, at least until the next time. [More]

Haiti rebellion spreads *
Rebellion spread to central Haiti on Monday as rebels and former soldiers attacked a police station in Hinche and President Jean-Bertrand Aristide pleaded for help to stop the bloodshed. [More]

Haiti's PM calls for international aid *
Canada offers $1.5-million as bloody uprising intensifies; Graham offers 100 officers for police force. [More]

Haitian opposition will consider power-sharing deal *
After a heated five-hour meeting with international envoys, Haitian opposition leaders agreed Saturday to consider a power-sharing plan that would give the poorest country in the Americas a new government but leave President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in office. [More]

Haitian rebels seize Cap-Haitien *
Rebels captured Haiti's second-largest city, Cap-Haitien, after just a few hours of fighting Sunday, claiming their biggest prize in a two-week uprising that has driven government forces from most of the country's north. [More]

Hamas vows '100 reprisals' *
Palestinian group appoints new Gaza Strip chief following Israel's assassination of two of its leaders in less than a month. [More]

Handling the hottest potato (Goldfarb) *
Martin must delay an election until voters are satisfied they know the truth, says MARTIN GOLDFARB. [More]

Handling the hottest potato (Gossage) *
The Liberals need sound crisis communications, says PATRICK GOSSAGE. Martin has done well, his team has not. [More]

Hands off my Bible! *
Today as Parliament reconvenes, MPs face a bill that could redefine biblical teachings on homosexuality as hate literature. Smite it, says LORNA DUECK [More]

Hanks versus Cruise -- the Battle of the Toms *
Does a star's personal philosophy and off-screen behaviour affect box office receipts? How far can a star push the limits of public endurance before a backlash is felt? Does the controversy of a film outweigh its strength as a story, or as entertainment? These, and other questions are about to be answered in coming weeks, as we see how well The Da Vinci Code fares in its opening next week, as measured against the already faltering Mission: Impossible III. [More]

Harrelson: 'I make films for subcultures' *
From his childhood boycott of processed cheese slices to his new film documenting Woody Harrelson's crusade for organic living, Ron Mann has always been the master of the marginal, SARAH HAMPSON writes [More]

Hate crimes rose after 9/11 *
Hate crimes against Muslims rose sharply in the two months after Sept. 11, 2001 but Jewish people were the most targeted overall in 2001 and 2002. [More]

Hate words launch the sticks and stones *
Last month, author-lawyer Howard Rotberg was prevented from delivering a presentation of his new novel, The Second Catastrophe, at the Waterloo, Ont., branch of Chapters bookstores. [More]

Have card, will travel *
I never knew how hard it could be to attend my own opera in the United States, says Alberta librettist and landed immigrant MARK MORRIS. [More]

He must pluck his power *
If Paul Martin wants to conquer our democratic deficit, he should start with the fact that there's too much power in the PMO, says veteran cabinet insider TOM KENT. [More]

He only looks like Mr. Bean *
Spain's new Socialist prime minister is called the 'quiet man.' He may talk softly, writes ALAN FREEMAN, but when it comes to foreign policy, he carries a big stick. [More]

Health care gets $2-billion injection *
Martin ready to hand over cash to premiers, wants funding issue settled before election. [More]

Health care seen top priority *
Health care should be the federal government's top priority, an opinion poll of Canadian corporate executives has found. [More]

Health council finally coming, PM says *
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien says his government will soon announce the establishment of a much-awaited health council designed to keep a watch on the performance of the system. [More]

Health system may not survive the decade, premiers warn *
Inaugural meeting of new council marked by blunt words to Ottawa. [More]

Hear, hear for citizen input *
If we want more engaged voters, let's have less partisan scoffing at citizen-politician dialogues. They're key to 21st-century democracy, says JUDITH MAXWELL. [More]

Heatherington researched stalking, trial told *
Rape and Ritual. The Desperate Game. I'll Be Watching You. These were just three of the seven books on stalking Dar Heatherington was observed reading at the same time she was alleging to police she was being tormented by a stalker of her own. [More]

Heroin's new killing fields *
The Taliban falls and the opium poppy rises. SHAWN BLORE visits the Tajik-Afghan border, where the fierce Russian anti-drug squad this week made its biggest seizure yet [More]

His medicare script *
Prime Minister Paul Martin hopes that health care will be his wedge issue in the next election. But events this week suggest it may instead be a Pandora's box. [More]

Hoax continues: Jessica Lynch receives a hero's welcome *
Former PoW Jessica Lynch returned home to a flag-waving hero's welcome Tuesday, saying "it's great to be home" in her first public words since being rescued. [More]

Hollywood preaches anti-piracy to schools *
As part of its campaign to thwart on-line music and movie piracy, Hollywood is now reaching into school classrooms with a program that denounces file-sharing and offers prizes for students and teachers who spread the word about Internet theft. [More]

Holy? 'Nonsense' *
The man who many Buddhists regard as a living god walks into the room and, before sitting down, displays his famous sense of humour. 'There's a rumour going around Tibet that I have died,' he says through an interpreter. 'Some Tibetans want me to issue a public statement that I'm alive, but why should I? I am teaching, holding meetings and soon I will fly to Canada. Why should I make a statement to say what anyone can see?' He laughs, then sits down on the sofa. [More]

Home run: PM didn't fawn, Bush didn't get ugly *
Never in Canada-U.S. history have a Liberal prime minister and a Republican president hit it off. Among the various reasons was a basic one: ideological differences. [More]

Honesty killed David Kelly *
The brave people of conscience who reveal government wrongdoing always pay a price, says British MP TAM DALYELL [More]

Hopkins presents new film at Venice *
Anthony Hopkins' new film The Human Stain tells the tale of a brilliant man brought down by political correctness, a modern trend that the esteemed actor describes as "a cancer." [More]

How a brilliant kid in Moncton got a Stradivari *
It was a small and quiet crowd that gathered in the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto last Friday morning, but it was an extraordinary ceremony. Eight extremely rare and valuable antique instruments were given out, by a government agency funded by you, to young people, just as a loan, for free. [More]

How about a daily corporate Question Period? *
Conrad Black's fall from grace last week sparked glee and gloating amongst the unwashed rabble of the nation. Mr. Black was Canada's own Monopoly Guy, complete with pinstripes and top hats, his arrogance bluntly offending our egalitarian sensibilities. [More]

How perfect do we want to be? *
In seeking immortality and other godlike attributes, we risk our very humanity, says ethicist MARGARET SOMERVILLE. [More]

How to make friends and occupy people *
REVERSALS OF FORTUNE. When Saddam Hussein's sons died this week, many predicted a warming between Iraqis and U.S. soldiers. But as MARK MacKINNON reports from Baghdad, resistance there may need no leadership, if the U.S. can't calm tempers and assure basic needs [More]

How to win at Happy Families *
There is a card game called Happy Families. The rules involve assembling the 11 families extant in 44 cards so that each has a mother, father, daughter and son. The player asking for a card must say "please" and the receiver "thank you," or there's a penalty. [More]

Huffington pulls out of California race *
Independent candidate Arianna Huffington dropped out of the California recall race Tuesday, saying it was her best hope of preventing Arnold Schwarzenegger from becoming governor. [More]

Hundreds mark 10-year anniversary of Clayoquot Sound protest *
Hundreds of people who were arrested at a massive logging protest on Vancouver Island in 1993 returned to the area for a reunion of sorts on Saturday. [More]

Hundreds protest WTO meetings in Montreal *
Several hundred people gathered in downtown Montreal on Sunday to voice their opposition to a World Trade Organization meeting to be held in the city. [More]

Hussein's sons killed in raid: U.S. general *
Saddam Hussein's sons Uday and Qusay died in a blaze of gunfire and rockets Tuesday, the U.S. military said, claiming their deaths will blunt Iraqi resistance to the American occupation. [More]

Hutton report had narrow focus *
The inquiry into the death of a British weapons expert had no mandate to look at the Iraq war, or at the intelligence failures that helped set it off, says PAUL KNOX. [More]

I spy blocked vision *
If Bush and Blair want to know why they got faulty intelligence on Iraq, they should look at the politicization of their spy ops, says U.K. security analyst PHILIP DAVIES. [More]

ID card sticker shock *
Robert Marleau, the interim privacy commissioner, did taxpayers a service last week, though hardly anyone took notice. In testimony to the House of Commons citizenship and immigration committee, he put forward a cogent, thoughtful analysis on the merits of Immigration Minister Denis Coderre's idea to make Canadians carry a national identity card. [More]

ID cards: Big price tag foils Big Brother *
Manitoba drivers will not have to provide biometric information such as fingerprints for new drivers' licences being developed by the provincial government. [More]

Immigrant Blues: Fish out of water ****
Even in the former Yugoslavia, poet Goran Simic was something of an anomaly, a Bosnian Serb who took a Muslim bride. But it is only here and now, in his adopted Canada, that he begins to contemplate fully his role as an outsider in verse. [More]

Immigrants are not a problem *
Over the past few weeks, The Globe and Mail brought us various facets and faces of The New Canada: the country's 20-somethings, their achievements, and their diversity created by immigration. Last week, Daniel Stoffman commented on the "underside" of immigration, arguing that Canada has "too much, too soon." I disagree. [More]

In B.C., a Monday morning like no other *
There is no point in asking people in British Columbia what they think... [More]

In Haiti, the fear is all around *
Fear is a gaggle of menacing toughs on a ramshackle main thoroughfare, waving rifles and pistols to halt vehicles and summarily search their occupants. [More]

In praise of the city and its slickers *
The writer and thinker Ian Buruma, who is a relentlessly cosmopolitan type -- grew up in the Netherlands, lived for years in Asia, teaches in the United States, writes for journals all over the globe -- has been writing with frequency about various forms of resistance to Western culture around the world. [More]

Increased cancer spending reduces deaths, study says *
The more a province spends on cancer prevention, treatment and research, the lower its death rate, according to a new report. [More]

International man of mystery: The Dalai Lama *
He's a face in an Apple ad, a twinkly eyed guru, a spiritual leader for Tibetans and legions of Hollywood film stars -- and he's visiting Canada this month. But who is the Dalai Lama, really? Whoever you want him to be, MICHAEL VALPY reports. [More]

Inuit talk the talk *
Inuktitut remains widely understood in Canada's North, a new report finds. Statistics Canada researchers found that 90 per cent of all off-reserve Inuit say that they can speak or understand Inuktitut. [More]

Inuit-Norse links discounted *
Two Icelandic scientists have shot holes in the theory of the missing Norse tribes of the Arctic. [More]

Iraq has Martin set to prune an unruly Bush *
'You don't even want to think about it," a Canadian diplomat was saying the other night. He had been asked what the effect would have been on the Canada-U.S. relationship had the Iraq war gone the other way -- had the weapons stocks been found, had the Iraqis welcomed the army of occupation, had terrorism receded as a result of the invasion. [More]

Iraq is rich in the most dangerous resource -- idle young men *
It was last fall when I first became aware that the coalition governing Iraq had failed to pay any attention to one of the world's most dangerous threats. [More]

Iraq: Three states is no solution *
A provocative, if vague, proposal to bring political and ethnic stability to Iraq has recently surfaced: the idea of dividing it into three mini-states, with Kurds in the north, Sunnis in the centre, and Shiites in the south. [More]

Iraqi press runs free and wild *
With little in the way of television news, print is king. Even conservative estimates put the number of new publications at 90. MARK MacKINNON reports on the growing pains of a burgeoning industry [More]

Iraqis must try Saddam *
Saddam Hussein must be brought to justice by an Iraqi national court, not an international tribunal, says FEISAL AMIN al-ISTRABADI, an adviser to the Iraqi Governing Council. [More]

Is Parliament full of Pinocchios? *
A rash of fibbing scandals in Canada suggests that truth is the first casualty of politics. The question, reports JANE TABER, is whether politicians lie more than they used to, or are just less likely to get away with it [More]

Is SpongeBob gay? *
The producer of a music video for children, featuring scores of their TV heroes ranging from the Muppets to SpongeBob SquarePants, says he's astounded the project has been assailed by some conservatives as a cunning attempt to advocate homosexuality. [More]

Is the Canada Council's largesse good art? *
You can become so inured to bad news in the arts --- shrinking budgets, aging audiences, battered endowment funds -- that when a piece of good news comes along, it can be difficult to grasp. [More]

Is there a cure for 'superpower syndrome'? *
For decades, psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton has been analyzing the mental dynamics of world conflict and crisis. Now, he's put the White House on the couch, and Bush loyalists won't like his diagnosis. [More]

Is this man fit to teach? *
Chris Kempling belongs to the large minority of Canadians who don't support gay marriage. As a conservative Christian, he doesn't think much of gay life in general. "Homosexuality is not something to be applauded," he wrote in a letter published in his local newspaper a few years ago. [More]

Islam needs a modern and moderate reformation movement *
The compelling need facing Islam today is for Muslims to learn to deal effectively and constructively with the demands and challenges of the real world around them. How should they do this? Other monotheistic faiths have adapted over time by developing less rigorous branches. [More]

Islam on the ropes *
This week's massive firefight in Iraq symbolizes the depth of Islamic defiance -- but not in China, reports GEOFFREY YORK. Remote Xinjiang's one-rebellious Muslims now live in fear. [More]

Ismaili Muslims: Living well is the best revenge *
Thousands of Ismaili Muslims were among the Asians expelled from Uganda in 1972 by Idi Amin. As the tyrant lies on his deathbed three decades later, ERIN ANDERSSEN reports, Canada's hugely prosperous Ismaili community doesn't bat an eye [More]

It must come tumbling down *
From the West Bank's olive groves to the hearing that continues in a Hague courtroom, Palestinians are struggling against the wall Israel is erecting. [More]

It's all beside the point *
A journalism student at the University of Texas, interviewed on Sunday on the CBS program 60 Minutes, irked me. The topic was The List, websites naming profs at U.S. universities who have been accused of letting their left-wing or anti-Israel bias pollute the pure academic air of their classrooms. [More]

It's his party and you can cry if you want to *
Call it what you wish: a purge, a house cleaning, a slaughter of the innocents, a sentence for the damned. Whatever the description, blood and tears await the majority of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's ministers. [More]

It's lonely at the top *
Rebuilding societies in crises can't be done by one country alone. But one country's solo actions can make rebuilding a lot more complex, says DAVID MALONE [More]

It's not what you give, it's whom you give it to *
Better student aid doesn't require more money -- just fairer delivery, say professors ROSS FINNIE and SAUL SCHWARTZ [More]

It's past time to punt on Iraq *
Washington had better snap to it and hand control of Iraq to the Security Council, says SALIM LONE, before the U.S. sinks into a quagmire of endless war. [More]

J.F.K. (John F. Kerry) is Teddy Kennedy's dream candidate *
He poured sweat, his black shirt was hanging out over his ill-fitting trousers, and he looked like he was about to collapse under his excess tonnage. Teddy Kennedy stole the show anyway. [More]

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick *
He has stopped the infighting and built a war chest. Now, he's out to raise his profile, starting with last night's Oscar broadcast. But is it enough to make the NDP a contender? STEVEN CHASE weighs the odds. [More]

Jeffrey Kofman -- He's, gasp, Canadian *
When an ABC reporter recently broadcast a story from Iraq that infuriated the Bush administration, White House officials scrambled to find the best way to hit back, says NPR ombudsman JEFFREY DVORKIN [More]

Jeffrey Simpson: Gen. Clark looked so good, before *
Retired general Wesley Clark can only hope that the man at his rally with the handcrafted sign, "Fence-sitters for Clark," reflects the public mood in New Hampshire. [More]

Jessica Lynch et alia: What the spin doctors ordered *
These women's sagas were real morale-boosters. Too bad about the way they were spun, says journalist RON HAGGART [More]

Jessica Lynch has $1-million story *
Jessica Lynch has struck a $1-million (U.S.) deal for a book that will tell the story of her capture and rescue in Iraq. But questions remain over how much she remembers.
Read original Jessica Lynch hoax exposé story from May, 2003: BBC exposé says rescue of U.S. Army private faked [More]

Jessica Lynch: A war hero? Or a pawn? *
Laura Regan, the daughter of a former Nova Scotia premier, has a unique perspective playing the role of rescued soldier Jessica Lynch, GUY DIXON writes. [More]

Jewish group protests Gibson film *
The Anti-Defamation League is worried that Mel Gibson's The Passion will fuel anti-Semitism by reinforcing a belief that Jews were guilty for Jesus' death. [More]

Jewish groups left out of Passion *
Thousands have screened Gibson's Christ film, but Jewish officials haven't been invited. [More]

JFK and the culture of dread *
The trauma of Kennedy's assassination still echoes through our books, movies and dreams, JAMES ADAMS writes. [More]

Kate Taylor: The rising fear of getting dumb and dumber *
The American intelligentsia is anxious these days. Perhaps it's because of Iraq: The intellectuals know they are brighter and better informed than George Bush, but damned if he hasn't outsmarted them. There is no direct link between Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein, there are no weapons of mass destruction, but Bush has won the hearts and minds of the American public nonetheless. [More]

Kelly believed war only way to disarm Hussein: report *
The weapons scientist caught up in a storm about claims the government exaggerated the threat posed by Iraq believed war was the only way to eliminate Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction, a British newspaper reported Sunday. [More]

Kelly felt betrayed by bosses, wife testifies *
Weapons adviser David Kelly felt betrayed by the Ministry of Defence for confirming that he might be the source of a broadcast report questioning the British government's case for war in Iraq, his widow testified Monday [More]

Kennedys mum on Arnold *
Few in the family will speak publicly about the political hopes of Republican in their midst [More]

Kerry officially in running for U.S. presidency *
John Kerry, maintaining that "George Bush's vision does not live up to the America" the decorated war hero once defended, officially declared his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination Tuesday [More]

Kerry sets sights on White House *
Democrat John Kerry won his bid to take on President George W. Bush this fall after swamping his last major rival in a huge 10-state battle Tuesday. [More]

Kerry wins Iowa caucuses *
Gephardt drops out of race, while former front-runner Howard Dean places third. [More]

Key Blair aide to resign *
Prime Minister Tony Blair's powerful communications chief Alastair Campbell, a central figure in the controversy over whether Britain exaggerated the Iraqi weapon threat to justify war, announced Friday that he will resign. [More]

Klein gets pie for breakfast *
The menu called for pancakes. But Alberta Premier Klein got pie for breakfast at Calgary Stampede event. [More]

Klein issues medicare threat *
Alberta willing to violate Health Act if changes aren't made to control costs. [More]

Klein learns to love medicare *
For 10 years, Ralph tried to convince us that a U.S.-style health-care system was the way to go. But he has finally thrown in the towel, says author GILLIAN STEWARD. [More]

Knox: Bloodstained past haunts hopes *
The looters who ransacked Jean-Bertrand Aristide's official residence a few hours after he fled into exile didn't leave much behind. [More]

Korea still dangerous flashpoint (part three of three) *
Tension increases in world's most heavily militarized zone, writes GEOFFREY YORK [More]

Korea: Chinese vets proudly recall taking on U.S. *
Mao's army pushed back Americans, says GEOFFREY YORK, to force Korean War stalemate [More]

Korea: It's time to talk *
The resolution of the crisis in North Korea is not just a matter of concern to the United States, says Russia's deputy foreign minister ALEXANDER LOSYUKOV [More]

Korean War: Canada's forgotten veterans *
Dave Crook huddled in his sleeping bag braced against the bitter cold of the Korean winter and thought about the Americans on the other side of the icy road. They, too, were in their sleeping bags. But they were dead — shot in their sleep the night before by a raiding platoon of Chinese soldiers. [More]

Kurt Vonnegut's list *
Kurt Vonnegut's list -- as partly delivered in his interview on The Daily Show in September, 2005 -- seems to have been removed from Comedy Central's website. So here it is! [More]

Lack of curiosity killed the chat *
There are limits to conversational generosity. I'm not really blessed with completely unquenchable curiosity. [More]

Language flap leaves Cherry's jubilee somewhat subdued *
As sure as good ice in February, Don Cherry has celebrated a birthday in happier circumstances. He turned 70 yesterday under a cloud that included speculation the CBC will fire him from his job as the star commentator on Hockey Night in Canada. [More]

Law makers should not be law breakers *
Canadians should reject the defence, offered in the sponsorship scandal, that the end justified the means, says PRESTON MANNING. [More]

Leaders focus on scandal *
The sponsorship scandal and government waste — the very issues that sent the Liberals from the position of an easy election win to a downward spiral that may lead to a minority government — dominated the start of Monday night's French-language debate for the federal election. [More]

Leaders' final pitches *
As Canada's 39th general election campaign came to a halt last night, final polling numbers gave Stephen Harper and his Conservative Party a firm grip on minority government following today's vote. [More]

Learning to love BMD *
Canadians understand that we must use the proposed U.S. system, as well as other forms of weapons control, to confront terrorism and proliferation, says FRANK P. HARVEY. [More]

Lee Hamilton: U.S. must offer hope, not fear *
The United States is engaged in a generational struggle against a catastrophic terrorist threat. There is no quick fix or victory: We need a clear, comprehensive and sustainable counterterrorism strategy. [More]

Leni Riefenstahl: Hitler's filmmaker *
She revolutionized the medium, but Hitler's filmmaker was never able to separate politics and art [More]

Less than equal is less than adequate *
Understandably, the current debate over the definition of marriage has elicited strong emotions. What's important is that this debate takes place in an atmosphere of respect. It's about equality, dignity and social justice. [More]

Let Hong Kong be Hong Kong *
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to Hong Kong last week came at a critical time. The former British Crown colony is in the midst of a major political crisis stemming from a botched attempt to impose Draconian new security measures that could endanger civil liberties and impede the promised transition to full democracy. [More]

Let natives handle Luna, international groups say *
Organizations in 10 countries are asking federal Fisheries Minister Geoff Regan to abandon the plan to capture Luna the orca. [More]

Let no one be turned away *
We all have a lot riding on the holy bonds of matrimony, says United Church Moderator, the Right Rev. PETER SHORT. [More]

Let the people speak *
There is no defence for a policy that silences third parties in an election campaign, says citizens' advocate GERRY NICHOLLS. [More]

Let's follow in the EU's footsteps *
The EU's expansion should encourage Canada to move toward a larger union, says political scientist JEFFREY KOPSTEIN. [More]

Letter to the editor by Louis Riel unveiled in Regina *
It's a few lines on a small piece of paper but its significance is large. [More]

Liberal deal aims to foil rebel MPs *
The federal government has gone around its rebellious back bench to strike a bargain with the New Democratic Party for support on a controversial bill regulating human reproductive technology. [More]

Liberal position: We're for due process, not against gay rights *
The Ontario Court of Appeal's decision to uphold same-sex partnerships last June was like a grenade dropped into the Liberal caucus. [More]

Liberals haven't been so united in a long time *
When Lester Pearson won the Liberal Party leadership in 1958, Jean Chrétien was present as a student delegate from Laval University. He voted for Paul Martin Sr. at that convention because he saw Mr. Martin looking lonely and forlorn as he stood in the Chateau Laurier hotel. "I felt sorry for him," he later said. [More]

Liberals on defensive over letter to Martin *
A letter sent to Paul Martin in early 2002 outlining concerns about the sponsorship program caused more uproar in the Commons Friday — a day after Mr. Martin said he was not aware of the gravity of the sponsorship scandal until months after the letter was sent. [More]

Liberia is chained to its past *
Former U.S. slaves seized land from indigenous peoples, and even set up their own slave trade, says ROGER MORRIS [More]

Lies the Group of Eight leaders told us *
"We are therefore committed to delivering on schedule, by the end of 2004, the goals set out in the Doha Development Agenda, and to ensuring that the Cancun Ministerial Conference in September takes all decisions necessary to help reach that goal." Who are they kidding? [More]

Lights, camera, Apocalypse! *
As bombs explode, locusts swarm and seas turn to blood, GAYLE MacDONALD investigates a growing appetite for 'endtimes entertainment' and finds that two brothers running a tiny film company in St. Catharines, Ont., are feeling the Rapture [More]

Litter marks the road to social ruin *
Maybe I'm just another old fogey harrumphing about cardboard coffee cups and candy wrappers blowing in the breeze, trash piled up at bus stops and unattended dog poop. But we fogeys believe littering (along with aggressive driving, smoking, cursing in public, panhandling, etc.) reflects a generation that wants to own things and cares nothing for social grace. [More]

Living History -- Hillary Clinton's book due out *
After laying out a seven-figure advance for Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's memoirs, her publishers are counting on seven-figure sales. [More]

Look who's driving the green agenda *
Auto workers are not generally thought of as being in the vanguard of environmental protection. So it's a surprise that the Canadian Auto Workers union (CAW) is proposing one of Canada's most promising revolutions in environmental policy in years. [More]

Lord Black's art of investing stirs controversy *
The appropriateness of Hollinger buying the Roosevelt papers is being questioned as the press baron pens FDR's biography [More]

Lord, He's hot *
Talk about resurrecting your career. Name the arts genre and Jesus was there in 2003, MICHAEL POSNER writes. [More]

Losing their way -- when teens become trouble *
'I should have been firmer." What parent has not said this? Or more likely, what mom, since they're the ones more often who question their methods, doubt their successes and bear the family load for the seeming failure of their children to weather the stormy passage into adulthood. [More]

Love the ones you hate *
Since 9/11, we've learned that we live in a thoroughly modern global village of terror [More]

Lovers assaulted on Valentine's Day *
Indian couples displaying affection were beaten by extremists who say the holiday violates Hindu values. [More]

Lynn Coady: A case of made-in-Canada writer chill *
Last summer, south of the Canadian border -- in the land of racial profiling and the proposed Patriot Act -- friends of Ontario writers Marsha Boulton and Stephen Williams were horrified at what they were hearing. The couple had made an impromptu trip to New York, not so much out of a burning desire to see these old acquaintances but, they explained to their friends, to "escape the persecution." [More]

Made-to-measure justice *
To cope with the future, Iraq must come to grips with its past, says law professor RUTI TEITEL. And that's a job for the United Nations [More]

Maher Arar: I feel like I'm still in prison *
The U.S. promised this week not to do it again, but former terror suspect Maher Arar isn't impressed, JEFF SALLOT reports. He would rather have an explanation -- and a job. [More]

Manley bows out of Liberal leadership race *
Liberal leadership candidate John Manley bowed out of the race Tuesday, saying he did not have the necessary support to defeat front-runner Paul Martin. [More]

Manley should have known better *
The Finance Minister's decision to withdraw from the Liberal leadership race came as no surprise. The only surprising thing was that John Manley ran in the first place [More]

Marriage cancellers *
The campaign to prevent marriage from being extended to same-sex couples has led to a strange contortion. [More]

Marriage divides the House *
The same-sex vote: The tally is 137-132 as the government's controversial plan survives a key test [More]

Marriage: Is it going to the dogs? *
Group that thinks same-sex bill could lead to bizarre unions garners notice from MPs [More]

Married is married is married *
Federal Progressive Conservative Leader Peter MacKay unfortunately is listening with his foot in his ear to what Canadians are saying about marriage. [More]

Martin blames rogue staff *
The Martin government blamed 14 federal employees for the entire sponsorship scandal yesterday as the Opposition countered that it was the work of a web of well-organized Liberal "bandits." [More]

Martin cuts mental-health query *
Form for potential candidates reviewed to remove, revise intrusive questions. [More]

Martin delivers $2-billion for health care *
New PM formally meets premiers, sets new tone for relationship with provinces. [More]

Martin descends on Washington *
Prime Minister Paul Martin headed to Washington Wednesday to begin a round of talks with congressional leaders and U.S. President George W. Bush—amid some signs of growing antagonism from the United States. [More]

Martin drawn to tradition of civility *
Last Wednesday, Paul Martin introduced parliamentary reforms to address the "democratic deficit." He proposed to relax party discipline on votes in the House of Commons, consistent with practice in the mother of Parliaments at Westminster. [More]

Martin health plan gets 48% support *
Country is also divided on gun registry and same-sex marriage, survey indicates. [More]

Martin is the 'exceptional' attraction *
After 25 years as a Progressive Conservative, I have made a decision to join the Liberal Party of Canada. [More]

Martin urges quick federal aid for B.C. fire victims *
Paul Martin left for a tour of the moonscape expanse left behind following British Columbia's devastating summer of fire Wednesday, urging Ottawa to get relief money to the province as soon as possible. [More]

Martin vows to uphold Health Act *
Prime Minister Paul Martin jumped to the defence of the Canada Health Act yesterday as Premier Ralph Klein reiterated that Alberta may act alone to make its public health system more affordable. [More]

Martin will have to wait, PM says *
John Manley's departure from the Liberal leadership race does not mean that the federal government will begin transferring power to presumed victor Paul Martin, the Prime Minister and several of his cabinet ministers said Wednesday. [More]

Martin, Harper face heat in fiery English debate *
Tuesday evening's election debate quickly forced the two frontrunners on the defensive, as Liberal Leader Paul Martin came under attack for his party's handling of the sponsorship scandal while Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's controversial positions on social issues were open to criticism. [More]

Mastermind reveals Sept. 11 plot started in 1996 *
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, has told American interrogators that he first discussed the plot with Osama bin Laden in 1996 and that the original plan called for hijacking five commercial jets on each U.S. coast before it was modified several times, according to interrogation reports reviewed by The Associated Press. [More]

May I come to your ranch? *
The PM-to-be wants better relations with the U.S., but must not squander his foreign-policy inheritance just to please the Americans, warn LLOYD AXWORTHY and MICHAEL BYERS. [More]

Mayors call for complete GST rebate *
Big-city mayors from across Canada are calling on the federal government to grant cities a complete rebate on the federal goods and services tax and cough up 5 cents a litre of the federal gas tax by the end of 2004. [More]

Mbeki's new tune *
South Africans had cause to celebrate this past weekend, after the government finally reversed its much-maligned policy against giving drug treatments to AIDS patients. [More]

McLellan backs disease-centre plan *
Ottawa, provinces expected to spend $1-billion a year to secure public health [More]

MDs balk at dispensing marijuana *
Doctors fret over burglaries, being hassled by patients to release the drug [More]

Meet the new JFK *
John Forbes Kerry enjoys a bright, shiny future as the Democrats' great hope to unseat George W. Bush. But as ALAN FREEMAN points out, the Kennedy confederate from Massachusetts also has quite a past. [More]

Mel Gibson defends The Passion *
Gibson insists his forthcoming film about Jesus Christ will "inspire, not offend" Catholics and Jews. [More]

Mennonites: Bending their ways *
After centuries of spurning mainstream society and modern technology, Canada's old order Mennonites suddenly are embracing both. To find out why, Mark Stevenson ventures into Ontario's horse-and-buggy country, where he encounters a secretive community at a turning point in its history [More]

Mental-health question went too far, PM says *
Prime Minister Paul Martin says the Liberal Party made an "unfortunate mistake" when it put out a questionnaire that asked potential candidates about their mental-health histories. [More]

Mi'kmaq Paddy-whack: Skeletons in the closet *
This month in St. John's the Newfoundland Supreme Court made a ruling on a land-claims battle between the Mi'kmaq and the provincial government that dates back to 1996. [More]

Michael Moore Statement on Canadian Election (before) *
Before the Canadian election, this is what Michael Moore had to say to us. . . [More]

Mid-East: Follow South Africa's lead *
Israelis and Palestinians could learn a lot from how South Africa's F. W. de Klerk approached peace,says SHIRA HERZOG [More]

Mideast peace may depend on the (formerly) unthinkable *
Yesterday's bloody attack on Israelis in Gaza demonstrated yet again Hamas's ability to derail relations with Israel and to undermine the Palestinian Authority. A vacuum in the peace process never favours the moderates, and by now the authority is too weak to forcibly disarm its strongest opponent. [More]

Milgaard inquiry will be open-ended *
The public inquiry into David Milgaard's wrongful conviction will be open-ended and will be able to question whomever it wants, the Saskatchewan government said Friday. [More]

Mind over the money matter *
Raise taxes to fund higher education today, or debt-burdened grads won't be able to pull their weight tomorrow, says Rhodes scholar LUKE ERIC PETERSON [More]

Minister defends ER staff over patient's 'room' *
Admitting the incident was "very troubling," provincial Health Minister Colin Hansen nonetheless defended emergency staff at Royal Jubilee Hospital in Victoria for placing a 60-year-old woman patient in a storage room. [More]

Miracle of the Dead Sea Scrolls *
Some of the world's oldest biblical material is about to go on display in Canada for the first time and prove that tattered, 2,000-year-old fragments can still draw a crowd [More]

Mistaking brawn for brains *
The RCMP is a fine police force, but history -- and the Arar case -- confirm that political intelligence gathering isn't its forte, says The Globe's JEFF SALLOT. [More]

Monterrey could be Martin's moment *
Canada's leverage has diminished more than we like to admit, making the Summit of the Americas critical, say KEN FRANKEL and JOHN GRAHAM. [More]

Montreal faces wrath of urban separatists *
When the location scouts for The Terminal needed a major but underused airport to shoot parts of the Steven Spielberg film that hits theatres on Friday, their good luck at finding one was a reminder for Montrealers of their city's bad karma. [More]

Montreal film fest absent its A-list status *
The upcoming 27th annual instalment of Montreal's World Film Festival could be its most interesting yet -- but less for what's on its screens than the circumstances under which it will be occurring. [More]

Moore cautions Canadians about Iraq *
Hopefully Canadians will not set a trend at the end of the current federal election and vote into power a political party that says it would have joined the Bush administration's invasion-of-Iraq coalition, says U.S. filmmaker Michael Moore. [More]

Morbid thoughts in morbid times *
During the first round of SARS here, I asked Ontario Health Minister Tony Clement, through an aide, if the experience had made him think any differently about privatization versus the public role in health care. I did so because, on TV, he often looked like a man genuinely trying to learn and grapple, not just calculate his best strategic response or facial expression. The answer came back: Nope, no change. [More]

More harm than good *
Homeland Security's warning system scares off tourists and investors, while advertising America's vulnerability, says security analyst EDWARD LUTTWAK. [More]

MPs manoeuvre for sport portfolio *
Some Liberal MPs are jockeying for position in anticipation that the sport portfolio will get full ministry status in the cabinet of prime-minister-designate Paul Martin. [More]

Mr. Manley should go to Washington *
There has been much discussion in recent days of whether John Manley should accept prime minister-designate Paul Martin's invitation to serve as Canada's ambassador to the United States. Columnist Lawrence Martin thinks he should not. [More]

Muslims have an interest in tolerance too *
The best solution may be a multiplicity of laws, says Islamic leader MOHAMED ELMASRY, to accommodate each group [More]

My Canada includes ... *
Today, members of Parliament will vote on a Canadian Alliance motion to restrict marriage to opposite-sex couples only. At stake is more than whether same-sex couples have the right to celebrate their relationships through marriage. At stake are the very values that define us as Canadians. [More]

My right to eat myself silly: a fresh feast of folly *
"There are practically no cases of radioactive watermelons this year." [More]

My son is no terrorist *
Momin Khawaja sits in solitary confinement, the first person charged under Canada's new anti-terrorism law, COLIN FREEZE reports from Ottawa. His scholarly father, himself released from Saudi custody this week, insists the young man is innocent and defends his own writing from accusations of extremism. [More]

Name names, committee urges Auditor-General *
Fraser asked for identities of members of 'rogue' group responsible for scandal. [More]

Native-only salmon fisheries cancelled *
Government halts West Coast program after court decides it is discriminatory [More]

NATO in Iraq? But not yet *
The United States is suffering severely from George W. Bush's failure to establish a true multilateral coalition, with international legitimacy, for the war and its aftermath in Iraq. As one soldier on average dies each day, and as the costs of the Iraqi engagement are doubling, Washington has begun to hear a bipartisan call for bringing NATO into the management of Iraq. [More]

Nay-saying from Canadian aviation: Don't let that train leave the station *
Well, what should we expect them to say...? And how many times have Canadian taxpayers bailed out the Airline Industry? [More]

New health agency may be patchwork *
The federal government's cash crunch could force Health Canada to scrounge internally for staff and other resources to operate the much-vaunted Canadian Public Health Agency, government sources have told The Globe and Mail. [More]

New look at hep C deal urged *
Martin unclear whether his government will reopen 1998 compensation package. [More]

New NERD party deserves a moment's thought *
Now that the writ has finally been dropped, I can unveil -- exclusively to readers of this column -- a new political party: the Newfangled Effort to Re-engineer Democracy (NERD for short). [More]

Nine reasons why Paul Martin can't match Jean Chrétien *
Compared to Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin is more modern, more nuanced, more articulate, more innovative, more visionary, more acceptable to the business establishment and more democratic. He leaves the incumbent choking on dust in so many areas. But will that make Mr. Martin a more effective prime minister? Or will it turn out to be a play on the old story about the tortoise and the hare? [More]

No easy e-path to democracy *
E-government is the buzzword in public administration these days, as bureaucrats try to make more and more services available on-line. Canadians can process everything from tax returns to dog licences through the Internet, and governments at all levels are trying to make their services as technologically advanced as possible. [More]

No experience necessary *
Jesse Ventura and Arnold Schwarzenegger weren't scholars, soldiers or seasoned politicians. If they didn't need expertise, why would Belinda Stronach? asks author ANDREW COHEN. [More]

No Joy for B.C. NDP *
The interim NDP Leader in British Columbia, Joy MacPhail, announced Tuesday she will not seek the leadership of the provincial party at a leadership convention this fall. [More]

No magic to finding more soldiers *
The Canadian Forces are so threadbare, we'll soon have only 500 available troops. But given time and money, a postmodern army can be trained and equipped for action, says historian DESMOND MORTON. [More]

No smiling! We're Canadian *
The Government of Canada says passport photos are no laughing matter: In fact, you're not even supposed to crack a smile. [More]

No way except understanding *
The first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, SHIRIN EBADI says justice is valued by Islam but not by patriarchies. [More]

No way out *
With grim reports from Iraq and a June 30 deadline looming, many saw George Bush's waffling press conference this week as a failure of presidential leadership, DOUG SAUNDERS writes. While insisting he would stay his stubborn course, he was actually admitting defeat, adopting his Democratic opponents' Iraq line. But was it too little too late? [More]

No weapons and a funeral *
The inquiry into Dr. David Kelly's suicide will confirm an embarrassing fact: The West knew that Iraq posed no threat, says military analyst SUNIL RAM [More]

No. 2 Democrat gaining in California *
Lieutenant Governor picks up key support in the state's fragmented recall campaign [More]

Not just ordinary bad guys *
To fight crimes such as Montreal's bombing, let's separate hate cases from others for the harm they do to whole communities, says criminology professor JULIAN ROBERTS. [More]

Not many tourists escape criticism -- even Canadians *
Most countries have had their tourists cast in unpleasant, often unfair stereotypes. Americans have been called loud and uncultured; Britain and Australia have been criticized for exporting lager louts; and Chinese are accused of being ill-mannered. Even Canadians have been cast as rude cheapskates. [More]

Nothing racist about it *
Like it or not, over-immigration is destroying our environment, says Sierra Club board member BEN ZUCKERMAN. [More]

Notice to seize Auberge Grand-Mère is filed *
A credit union has threatened to foreclose on the Auberge Grand-Mère, jeopardizing a controversial government-agency loan that Jean Chrétien helped arrange for the inn in his riding. [More]

Nova Scotians urged to seek trans fat ban *
The NDP's health-promotion critic wants Nova Scotians to sign a petition asking Ottawa to ban trans fatty acids -- artificial ingredients that have been linked to heart disease. [More]

O'Brien aftershocks reverberate in U.S. media *
Nearly a week after U.S. talk-show host Conan O'Brien stumbled into a Canadian political controversy, the aftershocks are finally hitting the American media. [More]

Obituary: Anna Lindh, 46 *
Anna Lindh, the Swedish Foreign Minister, was an outspoken human-rights advocate who was touted by many in Sweden as a likely candidate for prime minister someday. [More]

Official Response to the Federal Budget from the Salvation Army, BC Division *
Lieutenant-Colonel Donald J. Copple, Divisional Commander for The Salvation Army in British Columbia, issues the following statement in response to the federal budget, tabled February 23, 2005 in Ottawa, Ontario. . . [More]

Okay to ban GM food, European court rules *
The European Union's high court ruled Tuesday that Italy and other EU governments can temporarily ban genetically modified foods while they examine health risks, but must provide "detailed grounds," not general fears, to do so. [More]

Okay: We Get the message about Paul Martin *
Now that John Manley has thrown in the towel, leaving only dark horse Sheila Copps blocking the way to the Prime Minister's Office, SHAWN McCARTHY looks at the real secrets of the former finance minister's success. No, it's not just big bucks and a mighty political machine [More]

Old and can't spell *
For all those who fret that the number of times they spell "slough" as "slew" and "kohl" as "coal" is ballooning as they age, new research has a balm: Don't worry. What is happening is perfectly normal -- at least if you are an English speaker. [More]

Old hatred, new Passion *
Mel Gibson fosters anti-Semitism by filming a version of Christ's death in which Roman occupiers were dupes of those they oppressed, say RABBI ABRAHAM COOPER and historian HAROLD BRACKMAN [More]

Old Jerusalem on shaky ground *
The Bible tells of earthquakes splitting open the hills of this holy city with apocalyptic fury, adding to the mayhem of battles and punctuating the crucifixion of Jesus. [More]

On the Iraq war, we made a declaration of national integrity *
Words such as "epic" or "vindication" don't readily fit into the Canadian context. But the two years since 9/11 have constituted a landmark period in Canada-U.S. relations, and the decision on whether to go to war was about as epic as Canadian decisions get. [More]

One man, several women *
As Canada debates what should constitute a legal and natural marriage, researchers in Italy and Switzerland have thrown a historical spanner into the nuptial works. [More]

One PM's 'small stuff' is another PM's crisis *
'Take the sponsorship program," Jean Chrétien was saying, while seated in his living room at 24 Sussex Dr. some months ago. "You know, that was a great, successful program." [More]

Opinion: Even a drunken Gordon Campbell is better than a sober NDP *
Gordon Campbell -- on the wagon, and slimmed down -- is a confident man these days. [More]

Opinion: What are you smoking, Canada? *
The issue of decriminalizing marijuana is first and foremost about safeguarding kids and Canada should be attentive to the threat that marijuana poses to youth. [More]

Opposition to new Indian Act central in AFN election *
Election of a new grand chief of the Assembly of First Nations this week may hinge on which candidate most vigorously opposes the sweeping new native legislation introduced by the federal government. [More]

Opus Dei begs audiences to seek 'the truth' *
Religious group launches last-minute PR-flak campaign as Da Vinci Code released [More]

Oracles, sorcerers and prayers in a SARS-ravaged countryside *
In the depths of SARS-ravaged Shanxi province, the story is told of a miracle baby that uttered a warning as it emerged from the womb, urging everyone to drink green-bean soup at midnight on May 6 to protect themselves from the deadly disease. [More]

Ottawa fears revolt on embryo legislation *
Senior government officials are growing increasingly fearful of a back-bench uprising that threatens to scuttle a long-awaited bill regulating the controversial use of human embryos for medical research [More]

Ottawa may ease tobacco ad ban *
Impact of losing Montreal Grand Prix spurs government to revisit legislation [More]

Ottawa plans disease centre *
SARS spurred need for central agency to lead in emergencies, McLellan says [More]

Ottawa should proceed with council: Romanow *
The federal government should move unilaterally on creating a national health council if it can't get provincial consensus, Roy Romanow says. [More]

Ottawa's unwelcome visitor *
Pervez Musharraf leads a terrorist state, says DAVID VAN PRAAGH. We forget that at our soldiers' peril. [More]

Our PM is one plank short of a raft *
When Prime Minister Paul Martin does call a federal election, he'll now be one plank short of a raft full of promises: A chicken in every pot is no longer possible, as we're quickly running out of chickens. [More]

Overhead, so what? Medicare needs competition *
Last Thursday, the New England Journal of Medicine published an article stating that administrative costs of health care in the United States are higher than those in Canada: $1,059 (U.S.) in the United States versus $307 (U.S.) in Canada. [More]

Pakistan 'has the stench of the apocalypse' *
Bernard-Henri Lévy, France's 'rock star' philosopher-journalist, traces the killing of reporter Daniel Pearl to high levels in Pakistan -- a U.S. ally that's a far graver threat than Saddam's Iraq, he tells CHRISTOPHER DREHER in New York City [More]

Pardon their French? For once, no need *
Monday's debate is the first in years in which all the federal leaders speak decent French. But who has the edge? Stephen Harper gets points for effort, while some say Paul Martin can sound 'a bit like a used-car salesman.' INGRID PERITZ rates their skills. [More]

PARENTING: Protecting or smothering? *
The start of the fall term marks an increasingly anxious debate: Is it risking disaster to let your child make their way to school alone -- or good parenting? ERIN ANDERSSEN reports [More]

Parents can spank, Supreme Court rules *
Parents and teachers may use force to correct a child's behaviour — but it must be minimal and not administered out of rage or frustration, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday. [More]

Parents decry 'unjust' report on last year's avalanche *
Donna Broshko burst into tears on the second page of the much-anticipated B.C. coroner's report into her son Scott's death. [More]

Parents fret over Passion's violence *
Now that The Passion of the Christ is finally opening in theatres across Canada, Christian parents are faced with a dilemma: Should the kids stay? Or should they go? [More]

Paris streets fill with protest *
Thousands of Muslim women demonstrated in the streets of France, Britain and the Middle East Saturday against a looming ban on Islamic headscarves in French state schools. [More]

Passion 'kosher' for Mary *
There's nothing anti-Semitic about Gibson's film for Maia Morgenstern, the Jewish actress playing Christ's mother, MICHAEL POSNER writes. [More]

Paul Martin flunks a science test *
The proposals in the Speech from the Throne don't come close to fitting into Canada's research and development needs, says PRESTON MANNING. [More]

Paul Martin's fighting words *
Since the release of the troubling results of the Auditor-General's investigation on Tuesday, our government has very clearly expressed how it judges unacceptable actions which cannot be tolerated. [More]

Pay up or you can kiss your child goodbye *
With no more looting, Iraq's brazen bandits have a new cash crop: schoolchildren. ORLY HALPERN reports on the kidnapping craze that has Baghdad's well-to-do up in arms. [More]

Peter and the crew troop off to Kabul *
It was touch and go for a few hours, but Peter Mansbridge, CBC chief correspondent and anchor of The National, and several other journalists, producers and technicians arrived in Kabul over the weekend in preparation for almost a week of broadcasts from the Afghan capital. [More]

Pettigrew clarifies health-care statements *
Opposed to privatizing services, he says. [More]

PM clashes with Klein on opt-out comments *
Prime Minister Paul Martin took time out from his western swing Friday to cross swords with Ralph Klein in a phone conversation that saw the Alberta premier back away from comments that his province may go it alone on health care. [More]

PM injects illusions into health-care debate *
Four months after becoming Prime Minister, Paul Martin served up yesterday yet another rehash of platitudes wrapped in his customary rhetoric of breathless urgency. [More]

PM peeved at Pettigrew pronouncement *
It was a furious Paul Martin at this week's caucus meeting, according to Liberal sources. [More]

PM welcomes creatures of darkness *
Prime Minister Paul Martin and his wife Sheila handed out Halloween goodies to treat-or-treaters at 24 Sussex, in Ottawa yesterday. [More]

PM won't commit to delaying election *
Prime Minister Paul Martin would not make a commitment Monday to delaying a spring election until after an investigation into the sponsorship scandal is completed. [More]

PM's green credentials are fading *
What famous Canadian said: "we will need to abandon the very concept of waste" by shifting from a linear economy, with waste and pollution as end products, to a closed-loop system, patterned after nature, where no waste or pollution is generated? [More]

PM, voters out of sync on priorities *
The initial conservatively oriented policy messages coming out of the Paul Martin-led government are putting the new Liberal regime on a collision course with the expectations of the electorate it is hoping to woo. [More]

Polio on rise as Nigerian clerics block vaccinations *
The World Health Organization has confirmed new outbreaks of polio in two African countries that were polio-free -- just as the global effort to eradicate the disease was believed to be on the brink of success. [More]

Political shenanigans on TV, too *
The biggest story in this great country right is now is the fall-out from another outbreak of sleazy financial shenanigans in Ottawa. [More]

Political tricksters using online encyclopaedia Wikipedia to smear opponents *
Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia that can be altered by anyone with a computer, has proved remarkably useful for pulling political dirty tricks. [More]

Polluters can be sued, court says in precedent-setting decision *
Governments may seek compensation for environmental damage, judges rule. [More]

Post-Arar, the 'big idea' goes south *
Maher Arar's horrifying story will have many repercussions in Canadian politics. It casts a frightening shadow over Jean Chrétien's last days in office. [More]

Powell seeks expanded NATO role in Iraq *
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell on Thursday praised NATO's contribution to creating a stable, democratic Iraq and called on the allies to consider an expansion of their commitment. [More]

Power to the poor people *
Aid wouldn't be squandered if we gave its clients more say, argue World Bank economists NICHOLAS STERN and SHANTAYANAN DEVARAJAN. [More]

Practise what you preach *
Increasing numbers of Canadians say they believe in God, notes Christian broadcaster LORNA DUECK. But do they know what that means? [More]

Premiers must live within means *
A generation ago, when Ottawa and Alberta were fighting over the National Energy Program, the best metaphor came from then premier Peter Lougheed. [More]

Premiers seek more dollars for health-care *
The title, while not exactly snappy, is new. But the unhappy refrain from Canada's premiers, now meeting for the first time as the impressive-sounding Council of the Federation, has not changed since they used to bellyache at what were known simply as annual premiers conferences. [More]

Premiers seek stable health funding *
$2-billion promise welcome, they say, but hope Martin has eye to the future. [More]

Pressure mounting on Bush and Blair *
Senior politicians on both sides of the Atlantic want answers to what is becoming the most asked question since major combat ended in Iraq: Where are the unconventional weapons the coalition said it went to war to destroy? [More]

Principal events of Ronald Reagan's presidency *
Highlights of a Presidency... [More]

Private enterprise joins up *
Now that the U.S. media have finally recovered at least some of their critical faculties when it comes to the war in Iraq, we are being deluged with stories of corporate profiteers who are making billions supplying goods and services to the U.S. military. [More]

Private power versus the public good *
The recent power-grid failure, which caused billions of dollars of losses and lots of anguish on both sides of the border, had multiple causes. [More]

Private-sector health role supported by Stronach *
A Conservative government under Belinda Stronach would open the door to greater private-sector involvement in health care. [More]

Profiling: Stamps of approval? *
Racial profiling has hung over Canadian Muslims since 9/11. It casts such a pall, MOHAMED ELMASRY wonders if Canada should issue cards to identify 'moderate' Muslims. Sound repugnant? It should [More]

Progressives at the brink *
Tories who are ready to kill off their own party, with the help of the Canadian Alliance, should consider the political outcome, says JOE CLARK. [More]

Province told to pay in autism case *
Failed to produce evidence in battle over funding program, judge says. [More]

Provinces delay medicare watchdog *
President of CMA fears governments plan to use agency as bargaining chip [More]

Provinces get $2-billion health boost *
Discussed sustainability of health system, to hold future meeting on 'making system stronger.' [More]

Provinces give qualified nod to Martin's health-care plan *
Provinces gave a cautious thumbs-up yesterday to Paul Martin's plan to upgrade the health-care system with new measures and more cash even as they warned Ottawa to tread softly on their responsibility to deliver the services. [More]

Public airwaves: where Delahunty can roam free *
Mary Walsh of CBC's This Hour Has 22 Minutes planted a heavily lipsticked kiss on Stephen Harper's mouth, leaving the Conservative leadership hopeful amply smudged and more than a little taken aback. It was a typical comic mission for Marg Delahunty, fan/scourge of high-profile politicians. But since then, the incident has been cited as proof of a leftist conspiracy at the network. [More]

Publisher pulls Honderich's book on Sept. 11 implications *
A German publisher has dropped a British-Canadian philosopher's book dealing with the fallout of the Sept. 11 attacks because of recent statements by the author that appear to support Palestinian "terrorism." [More]

Putin receives royal welcome in London *
Normally cool Russian leader appears moved on historic state visit to Britain [More]

Putin's power politics *
The weekend arrest of a Russian oil oligarch is more proof of that country's slide back into authoritarianism, warns political scientist JULIET JOHNSON. [More]

Putin's power politics *
The President's landslide win gives him a free hand for reform, says Russia specialist JAMES HUGHES. [More]

Quebec Language Laws: Attack of the tongue troopers *
Bill McCleary's battle with Quebec's language police began in 1998. An inspector paid a visit to his Petro-Canada station in Shawville and didn't like what she saw. [More]

Quoting Leviticus *
An open letter to Dr. Laura Schlessinger . . . found on the Internet. [More]

R.I.P. Gregory Peck and Pierre Bourgault *
Gregory Peck, who died last week, looked perfect for the role of what is known in Jewish tradition as the Righteous Gentile.

Pierre Bourgault, who died in Montreal this week at 69, also embodied an earlier version of a struggle still around, in different form, today: Quebec nationalism. Most obituaries in English stressed what is always called his fiery oratory [More]

Race politics and Emma's fate *
The day they took baby Emma into custody, they found her sucking on a piece of crack. She was a year old. Emma had a lousy start in life. Her mother, an 18-year-old from the Squamish Nation in British Columbia, was an alcohol and drug addict. [More]

Ralph Nader: Why I'm a fan of C-24 *
The Canadian government's proposed political fundraising law, Bill C-24, has the potential to be a precedent-setting law for Canada and a model for other countries, including the United States. But the opportunity will be lost if self-interested politicians and backroom operatives succeed in derailing the legislation. [More]

Reach for the stars -- again *
Beep-beep-beep: Shrill, innocuous-sounding noises from the sky shocked the world on Oct. 4, 1957. Short-wave radio users the world over captured signals from the Soviet satellite Sputnik as it circled Earth. The launch was a monumental feat, one that shook the United States out of its state of complacency and provoked a cascade of events that led to the space race and the birth of NASA. [More]

Reagan recalled as 'friend of Canada's' *
Ronald Reagan was remembered as a "great friend of Canada's," says the prime minister who served during the U.S. president's tenure in the White House. [More]

Reagan's son backs Kerry *
Ron Reagan, son of a Republican president, urged Americans on Tuesday to vote for Democrats this fall because they support stem-cell research on human embryos. [More]

Reagan's son pushes stem-cell issue *
Democrats welcome son of Republican icon; Heinz Kerry: 'I think I've just found the guy' [More]

Rebels plot Aristide's overthrow *
Welcome to Gonaïves, says the soda-pop ad on a billboard past the rebel-controlled barricade at the entrance to town. Life Tastes Good. [More]

Rebels target Haiti's second-largest city *
Frightened police barricaded themselves inside their station Wednesday and said they could not repel a threatened rebel attack on Haiti's second-largest city, the last major government bastion in the north. Officers in other towns deserted their posts with no guerrillas in sight. [More]

Reefer madness *
Canada's Health Minister may need to take a little of her own medicine, says PAUL SULLIVAN [More]

Refuge from the stones *
Mohammed Syed says his sexuality puts his life in danger back home and he prays that Canada will grant him sanctuary. Trouble is, so many asylum seekers now are claiming to be gay when they're not. [More]

Reporter testifies at British probe *
British weapons adviser David Kelly held Prime Minister Tony Blair's communications director responsible for rewriting an intelligence dossier on Iraq's weapons program to make it "sexier," a BBC journalist testified Tuesday at an inquiry into Dr. Kelly's suicide. [More]

Retired general to throw hat in U.S. ring *
Clark's army background could undercut Bush's position as anti-terror war leader [More]

Robert Stanfield remembered *
News of the passing of the ‘greatest prime minister Canada never had' reverberated through the Progressive Conservative community Wednesday. [More]

Romanow: the prognosis (Romanow comments) *
Our leaders can't go wrong by acting on Canadians' No. 1 priority, says ROY ROMANOW. [More]

Romanow: the prognosis (Shirley Douglas comments) *
We're on the path to two-tier health care, says SHIRLEY DOUGLAS, daughter of medicare's founder. [More]

Rotten in Denmark, not so clean in Ottawa *
The Liberals would never take action against their own. Now the police are doing it for them. They are probing deeply into the sponsorship scandal and the Human Resources Department, and spreading fear in the party hierarchy [More]

Rumsfeld: It gets worse *
U.S. defence chief apologizes to Iraqis but warns of even grislier abuse images. [More]

Russia prepares to end its embrace of abortion *
Tighter laws reverse tradition of tolerance [More]

Same-sex alert: Too much 'dignity' is a dangerous thing *
Last week, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien promised to prepare draft legislation permitting same-sex marriages, submit it to the Supreme Court of Canada over the summer for approval, then put it to a free vote in the House of Commons by fall. [More]

Same-sex solitudes *
Young Canadians support same-sex marriage but don't vote. Older folk tend to oppose it, and do vote. What's an MP to do? asks public opinion analyst MATTHEW MENDELSOHN [More]

SARS in HK: On the inside looking in *
In a city ravaged by SARS, CHARLES FORAN has been teaching a course on Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient. It's a strange climate, he writes, in which to explore themes of heroism, loss and the triumph of the public good. [More]

Saying no to zero tolerance *
Educators are saying goodbye to 'one-size-fits-all' discipline, reports STEPHEN COLE. Instead of being expelled, students who bring toy guns to school this fall may face the prospect of delivering a public apology -- or dealing with a jury of their peers [More]

Scholars back charges against Gibson *
A confidential study by Catholic and Jewish academics of a script for Mel Gibson's Jesus film finds anti-Semitic overtones, MICHAEL VALPY reports [More]

School board in bible-belt BC bans books showing gay families *
A suburban school board is looking for alternatives to bring the topic of homosexuality into the classroom after voting again to keep three books depicting same-sex parents off the curriculum. [More]

School Britannia *
Prime Minister Tony Blair has spent eight years applying shock therapy to state-run schools in England, relying on the skills of Canada's Michael Fullan to keep the massive changes from bringing the system to its knees. ALANNA MITCHELL crossed the Atlantic to watch the renowned educator in action. Now that he's a special adviser to Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty, she also enjoyed a preview of the overhaul Canadian classrooms can expect. [More]

Schwarzenegger films could trigger FCC equal time rule *
Arnold Schwarzenegger's foray into California's gubernatorial recall election poses a dilemma for broadcasters who might be tempted to show his films during the race: Doing so would allow rival candidates to demand equal time. [More]

Schwarzenegger skips California recall debate *
Arnold Schwarzenegger was a no-show at the initial debate of California's recall election yesterday, and delivered what was billed as his first major campaign speech, getting pelted with an egg as he waded through a crowd at a college campus. [More]

Schwarzenegger thinks of running for governor *
Arnold Schwarzenegger won't terminate rumours of a run for governor while promoting his latest movie, joking that: "You haven't seen special effects like this since the California state budget." [More]

Seattle voters reject espresso tax *
Voters in this caffeine capital have rejected a proposed 10-cent tax on espresso drinks after the initiative jolted an otherwise sleepy, off-year primary with a double shot of controversy. [More]

Secrets of Sept. 11 *
A joint U.S. congressional inquiry into the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, has confirmed that intelligence and law-enforcement agencies missed opportunities to foil the plot or at least blunt its eventual impact by warning the public. The reasons range from a failure to grasp the nature of the threat to serious mistakes in judgment and an inability to connect the dots between disparate pieces of information collected by different agencies that jealously guarded their own turf. [More]

Sees all, knows all: Is it God or Google? *
A few weeks ago The New York Times printed a column with the tingling headline: "Is Google God?" Google is, of course, the Internet search engine, and god is, of course . . . well, what constitutes a deity turned out to be one of the interesting issues of the debate that followed publication. [More]

Sense of alienation sweeps the West *
The federal government was told Western alienation had reached disturbing levels just after Canada ratified the Kyoto protocol, with almost a quarter of one Prairie province saying it wouldn't care if they joined the United States. [More]

Sharon's Gaza gambit *
An old Jewish adage says, "say little and do much." So far, Ariel Sharon has said much and done little. Tuesday's announcement that Israeli settlements in Gaza will be relocated over the next year or two is the most recent in a string of similar statements the Israeli Prime Minister has made over the last several months. The message alone has rocked the Israeli political scene and led to intense international speculation. [More]

Shoot down defence dreamers *
Canada must realize the old, joint-command NORAD is finished. Missile defence under U.S.-leadership is our only realistic option, says Washington correspondent PAUL KORING [More]

Should retirement be mandatory? *
No, says REGINALD STACKHOUSE. Mandatory retirement is just an outdated form of legalized age discrimination. It makes no sense. [More]

Should this man be assassinated? *
Israel is perfectly within its rights to execute its terrorist enemies, says Harvard law professor ALAN DERSHOWITZ [More]

Should we hear this voice? *
Because Canadians need other perspectives to better understand the world, we should give Al-Jazeera a chance, says RICK SALUTIN [More]

Show trials are not the solution to Saddam's heinous reign *
It is difficult to contemplate, after the many horrors of the last century, that a government could get away with murdering a quarter of a million people. [More]

Sindi Hawkins has bone-marrow transplant *
B.C. cabinet minister battles acute leukemia. [More]

Sleeping with the enemy *
Joe Clark shocked many people by endorsing Paul Martin over Stephen Harper, but fellow Red Tory David Small did him one better. Jumping ship altogether, he now helps to run a Liberal's campaign. And the drain doesn't end there, BRIAN LAGHI reports. [More]

SOCIAL STUDIES -- Wednesday, November 19, 2003 *
A DAILY MISECELLANY OF INFORMATION BY MICHAEL KESTERTON [More]

Some of my fellow Americans just don't get it *
Last week, my satirical comment "Can we Democrats Become Your Next Province?" was published here. [More]

Sons work to shed light on Rosenberg execution *
Benefit to mark 50-year anniversary [More]

Spiritual Architecture: Part two -- House of the spirits *
In part two of her series on spiritual architecture, LISA ROCHON examines how the St. Clair Mausoleum at Toronto's Prospect Cemetery provides space for the living to ponder their own mortality [More]

Spoken Here...Last words? *
Only 30 people speak fluent Mohawk, but Manx is making a slow comeback. Montreal writer Mark Abley has travelled the world in search of the human stories behind dying languages, RAY CONLOGUE writes. [More]

Sri Lanka: Peace in the tiger's jaws *
Sri Lanka's latest turmoil has renewed deep questions about the necessary conditions for peace, say negotiators BOB RAE and DAVID CAMERON. [More]

Stalin had dementia, psychiatrist concludes *
Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin was a madman who could have benefited from a psychiatrist's attention and millions of lives could have been saved, a British researcher said yesterday. [More]

Stalker story unfolds at Alderwoman's trial *
It began with a friendly, anonymous after-hours call to Dar Heatherington's aldermanic office but soon escalated into sexually explicit letters to her home that prompted police to fear her entire family was in danger. [More]

Star Wars missile shield technology: It won't fly, but it can bite *
The Pentagon secretly admits that a missile shield isn't feasible, but that doesn't diminish NMD's power to back us into a corner, says MP JOHN GODFREY [More]

Stronach heads west *
Belinda Stronach kicked off her leadership campaign on Wednesday by heading to Western Canada — where she will need to slow some of the momentum of front-runner Stephen Harper. [More]

Stronach says she'd consider allowing two-tier health care *
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Student pilot ordered held *
A student pilot whose flight route took him near a nuclear power plant likely poses a security threat and must remain at a detention facility while investigators scour for more evidence, an immigration hearing ruled Thursday. [More]

Suddenly everything looks different in B.C. *
He still has more than a year to go on his mandate, holds a massive majority in the House, has an obedient, disciplined back-bench and has several bold initiatives to boast about. Despite all that, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell is in big trouble. [More]

Support for Moore ramps up *
The liberal American grassroots political organization MoveOn is urging its more than two million members to strike a blow for the First Amendment by turning up for the opening day next Friday of Michael Moore's incendiary documentary Fahrenheit 9/11, in part to battle attempts by a powerful California Republican to intimidate theatre owners into not showing the film. [More]

Surfers beware: surveillance ahead *
Bell Sympatico says Federal government expected to revive Internet monitoring bill -- e-mail privacy at issue. [More]

Surprises in the pro-war ranks *
Was the war in Iraq immoral and illegitimate? [More]

Svend Robinson's explanation 'almost laughable,' jeweller says *
A B.C. jeweller who helped Svend Robinson design a diamond ring for partner Max Riveron doesn't buy the MP's explanation that he “snapped” when he pocketed a ring on April 9. [More]

Swedish minister dies from stab wounds *
Popular Foreign Minister Anna Lindh, who was stabbed repeatedly while shopping in an exclusive department store, died Thursday morning, casting a pall over the egalitarian nation. [More]

Swingers wanted for U.S. Primaries *
With party primaries beginning this week, American voters seem evenly divided: Only 8 per cent of the population are the 'swing voters,' and both parties are desperate to woo them. Who are this year's 'Reagan Democrats' or 'Soccer Moms'? As DOUG SAUNDERS reports, the spin doctors have some wild guesses. [More]

Taiwan goads the tiger to please the crowd *
A few months ago, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian, who was trailing in the opinion polls, deliberately provoked mainland China into threatening a military attack to improve his chances in the presidential election next March. China immediately made it clear that any referendum on independence would spark off war. [More]

Take Paul Martin, and add competition *
Sometimes, Paul Martin must wonder what he did to deserve all this. He's 65; healthy; happily married; children safely grown and gone. He's rich. He has a lovely farm in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. And he gets to run Canada for a retirement project. How cool is that? [More]

Taking it on the road *
Work-abroad programs give young Canadians valuable exposure to other cultures before they enter the job market back home, KATHERINE HARDING writes [More]

Taliban lurches back to power *
The intimidation tactics are simple, if horribly brutal . . . [More]

Tax THIS, Brian: Elbowing aside Brian's legacy *
As he prepares to leave office, Jean Chrétien, heavily into the process of peeling back the Mulroney revolution in Canada-U.S. relations, is sending a message to the Tory crooner and other Americanists. [More]

Terrorism's new Mecca *
Religious terrorists are now mobilizing in Iraq, finding recruits among Muslims who feel humiliated by their U.S. occupiers, says security specialist JESSICA STERN. [More]

Terrorist arrests: The arguments made in protection's name *
Democracies put an enormous value on fundamental freedoms, yet those very freedoms may make them vulnerable to attack. The difficulty is to protect a free society without undermining it in the process. [More]

Thailand's lesson for Martin *
Politicians who remain too close to their corporate roots arouse public suspicions. Paul Martin need only look to the Thai Prime Minister to learn what not to do [More]

The Alamo touches raw nerve in Mexico *
Some Mexicans believe story is told from an American point of view. [More]

The answer is still no *
Brenda Gould is in trouble again for registering her cows as voters. [More]

The Arar case: For Canadian eyes only? *
The Arar case echoes events five decades ago, when U.S. intelligence agents led to another Canadian's tragic death, recalls security analyst WESLEY WARK. [More]

The art of the comeback *
I just pick myself up and get back in the race... [More]

The battle to suppress a strong health council *
When Roy Romanow issued the report of his royal commission on health care last November, the recommendation that shone brightest was for a national health council. [More]

The blood doesn't wash off *
Any U.S. or Canadian official who sends a person to another country to be tortured is guilty of a major criminal offence and liable for damages, says American jurist MORTON SKLAR. [More]

The CBC is worth fighting for *
More cuts are destroying CBC/Radio-Canada's ability to portray this country's victories, concerns, and history, warns CBC chair CAROLE TAYLOR. [More]

The dangerous ideas of Dr. Jacques Chaoulli *
Today is Jacques Chaoulli's day in court -- the Supreme Court. [More]

The devil's advocate and the dictator *
Jacques Vergès deliberately politicizes court proceedings by putting the prosecution on trial -- as he did to France when he defended the Butcher of Lyon. Count on more of the same, says historian ERNA PARIS, with Saddam in the dock. [More]

The dolorous Passion of Mad Max *
So here's me thinking I had not a scrap of religious sensibility left to be outraged. Then Mel Gibson comes along, delicately excavates the last few crumbs of Catholicism embedded beneath my couch, and proceeds to soak them in a fine spittle of hubristic Hollywood derision. Well, I may not be officially of the faith any more, but I still have that in my life that I consider sacred, and this is one thing I know for sure: I'd rather Mad Max didn't make a movie about it. [More]

The fourth world war *
For two years, the U.S. has pursued the culprits behind the 9/11 atrocities with a vengeance that has shocked and awed ally and enemy alike. But even the devastating attacks on the Afghan and Iraqi regimes don't illustrate the true scope of the campaign, DOUG SAUNDERS reports. While everyone was preoccupied with the fireworks, Washington has quietly deployed thousands of agents in a secretive struggle that may last a lifetime [More]

The free-speech tipping point *
When it comes to curbing hate crimes, there's good news and bad news. That's bad news, says B'nai Brith's MARVIN KURZ [More]

The Gospel's second coming *
In the last six months, Canada's foray into the filmic Jesus sweepstakes The Gospel of John has earned nowhere near the filthy lucre that its more controversial U.S. "counterpart," The Passion of the Christ , has garnered in only six weeks. [More]

The gravy train doesn't stop here anymore *
JANE TABER meets the man responsible for so many long faces on Parliament Hill. MP John Williams is out to expose anyone who's wining and dining too freely at the public's expense. [More]

The greatest myth ever told *
Religion writer and former Anglican priest Tom Harpur admits he's sticking his neck out for proffering that someone named Jesus never walked this Earth, RAY CONLOGUE writes. [More]

The human condition hurts: We'd be fools not to better it *
If we can cure disease and slow down aging, it would be unethical not to, says transhumanist JAMES HUGHES. [More]

The invisible rebellion *
Despite vague public rhetoric about a transition to democracy, the military junta that rules Myanmar (formerly Burma) is as brutal as ever. With the democratic opposition paralyzed by the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, GEOFFREY YORK reports, resistance has become the quiet work of Buddhist monks, street vendors and even traditional comedians. [More]

The Liberal Party's antidote to Trudeau *
Western alienation, a hamstrung Parliament, a central clique of decision-makers -- the new PM has them all squarely in his sights, says DREW FAGAN. [More]

The Liberal victory is a provisional one *
On the face of it, Prime Minister Paul Martin won an impressive and surprising victory in yesterday's election. [More]

The lingering cloud of faulty intelligence *
When the U.S. administration declared a heightened state of alert last Sunday, and high-security cordons were set up around crucial financial institutions in Washington, New York and Newark, N.J., it was natural to worry that truck-bomb attacks by al-Qaeda might be imminent. [More]

The little network that could, and did *
It may be located on the nosebleed end of the dial, but native broadcaster APTN's delivery of a nightly newscast has boosted its numbers and its reputation, GRAEME SMITH writes [More]

The lost promise of Nunavut *
Indian Affairs deserves the rap it will get today from the Auditor-General, says Nunavut Tunngavik's JAMES EETOOLOOK. It's done a bad job with a good agreement. [More]

The man with the ink-stained past *
He was once a rising star at the United Nations, writes PAUL WALDIE. Now, Cheickh Bangoura is fighting to clear his name in a legal battle that could change how courts view Internet publishing. [More]

The missing link *
Studies show that an old-fashioned educational tool -- the school library -- affects students' marks more than we think, writes JOHN ALLEMANG [More]

The Muslim refusenik *
Meet the young Canadian who wants to prove that Islam and her Western ways are compatible [More]

The NDP's secret weapon *
When people leave politics, they fall off the map as far as the Ottawa press corps is concerned. It is as if no life worth mentioning exists beyond the narrow confines of Parliament Hill. Thus, former NDP leader Ed Broadbent is said to be coming back "from retirement," as if he whiled away his time since leaving the House of Commons by reading novels and walking the dog. [More]

The NDP: Fossil or futurist? *
Everything is old in the New Democratic Party. That's been the knock ever since they put the word New in the name back in 1961. [More]

The Passion: Who's directing whom? *
The profit-makers in Hollywood and missionaries looking for converts have an equal interest in Mel Gibson's film The Passion, says Christian journalist LORNA DUECK. [More]

The peace goes to pieces *
It will take more than a commitment of 500 Canadians, needed as they are, to save Afghanistan, says Human Rights Watch's SAMAN ZIA-ZARIFI. [More]

The return of the Shining Path *
In Peru, the very mention of Sendero Luminoso -- the Shining Path -- evokes painful memories of the neo-Marxist revolutionary group that blurred the concepts of terror, crime and war; a fanatical group that went beyond the typical confines of rural guerrilla warfare to major offensives involving extensive urban terror. [More]

The rise of the political machine *
The new film, Join Arnold , is not related to Hey Arnold: The Movie , based on the Nickelodeon cartoon about the little boy with the football-shaped head who saves his neighbourhood from an evil industrialist. Although both films are political, the Arnold who stars in Join Arnold is a Republican, which means he knows industrialists are not evil. [More]

The soft handling of André Ouellet *
André Ouellet charged in a letter released last week that the federal government has been trying for some time to fire him. If so, it has chosen an extraordinarily gentle route. [More]

The soldier who refuses to fight *
Jeremy Hinzman tells MICHAEL VALPY that he enlisted to get an education, not to kill people. But his superiors wouldn't listen and ordered him to pack for Iraq. Instead, he packed up his family and hightailed it north. Now, Canada must decide: Can a U.S. Army deserter be considered a refugee? [More]

The soul in science *
The West may lead the world in research and technology, but Muslim scientists have much to contribute in integrating inquiry with ethics, says SHEEMA KHAN [More]

The Sutyagin case doesn't indict all Russian justice *
Western and Russian observers alike were dismayed last week, when the Moscow City Court convicted researcher Igor Sutyagin of espionage. An apparent miscarriage of justice was one reason, but also troubling was the realization that even jury trials, which occupy a special place in the criminal-justice reform in Russia, could deliver such results. [More]

The tale of two Daves adds spice to the Liberals' election campaign *
Federal elections may not create the buzz of American Idol's season finale, but this year's race has Corporate British Columbia sitting on the edge of its seat. One of the reasons is a story of potential historic and economic significance, or more prosaically -- a tale of two Daves. [More]

The Third World War is now *
From Palestine to Iraq, the region is aflame with conflict. Yet the need for dialogue is ignored, says Prince EL HASSAN BIN TALAL. [More]

The trouble with à la carte critics *
In these pages last Thursday, Tarek Fatah asked me to remove him from the acknowledgments of my book, The Trouble with Islam. [More]

The Tyee & media story from the Seattle PI: Who really speaks freely? *
This story -- an analysis of how Vancouver's media differ from newspapers and radio in the U.S. -- originally ran on Monday, May 16, 2005 in the Seattle P.I. [More]

The U.N.: Heading for history's dustbin? *
If the UN doesn't aid the U.S. in rebuilding Iraq, it risks total irrelevance on the world stage, say Washington correspondents [More]

The U.S. is addicted to war on drugs *
When it comes to drugs, the White House is singing loud and clear: Blame Canada. But many Americans are singing a different tune: Praise Canada. [More]

The un-cola gets un-done *
Soft-drink purveyors say they will remove colas and other carbonated drinks from vending machines in Canadian elementary and middle schools by the start of the next school year. While insisting that all its products are suitable for kids -- a dubious claim at best -- the industry acknowledges that it is responding to increasing health concerns. [More]

The urban agenda stampede *
Cities are at the head of the queue when Paul Martin opens the door on his spending plans. Here are the fiscal tools they need most, says urban thinker DAVID PECAUT. [More]

The war for a cure has a catch *
The global fight against AIDS is flagging. Canada was a leader with Bill C-9, but the legislation's flaws could hurt our efforts to get generic drugs to Africa, says activist RICHARD ELLIOTT. [More]

The Word, unheeded *
Religious leaders may tell us what to do, but for more than a century, Canadians -- unlike our U.S. neighbours -- have been choosing whether to listen, or not, says pollster MICHAEL ADAMS [More]

There goes the neighbourhood *
It's beginning to look like Iraq really was just the opening act in a grand plan to shake up the whole Middle East. As George W. Bush prepares to visit the troubled region himself next week, PAUL KNOX wonders what the odds are that his strategy will work [More]

There's only one way that Conservatives can win *
Now that there is suddenly a real possibility that the Conservative Party of Canada will win more seats than the Liberals in the next election, we can expect the Liberals to begin fighting like cornered rats. [More]

These little piggies like deficits *
The Bush administration faces a record deficit, says JIM STANFORD, but the word on the street is: Calm down, the rich are happy [More]

They come to mock Blair, not bury him *
Taunted by former cabinet ministers, pilloried by the left, Britain's PM will no doubt muddle through, says JOHN LLOYD [More]

They've got Arnold, we've got Ashley *
Cape Breton in the eighties was not a cultural wasteland, exactly, but nor could it be called a cultural hotbed. What saved it from out-and-out wasteland status was traditional music, then just beginning its climb to the eventual international celebrity Cape Breton fiddling enjoys today... [More]

Thinkers return to N.S. to study world's threats *
A group of 200 international scientists, academics and ardent opponents of nuclear weapons is pondering the possibility of global destruction in Halifax this week -- before heading to the scenic shores of the Nova Scotia village of Pugwash where the movement began in 1955. [More]

Thousands greet arrival of Haitian rebels in capital *
Philippe led a caravan of rebels into the capital Monday, Paul Knox reports from Port-au-Prince. [More]

Three key provinces abandon medicare watchdog *
The prospects for a proposed federal-provincial health council appeared bleak yesterday, as Alberta Premier Ralph Klein declared his province was withdrawing its support. [More]

Time for a deal with the NWT *
Stephen Kakfwi, the 52-year-old Premier of the Northwest Territories, doesn't flinch from controversy. Indeed, he sometimes appears to court it. [More]

Time for a new era of ethics and morality *
"I know what makes the world tick. It's greed, baby." ~~ John Turner, former prime minister [More]

Time to shed an old political skin *
After many frustrating years, we are prepared to think about changing our voting system, says citizen activist LARRY GORDON. [More]

Tolerance comes first: Religious values in the balance *
Tolerance comes first: Christians teach three virtues: faith, hope and charity, says Anglican priest REGINALD STACKHOUSE, and the greatest of these is charity [More]

Tommy's dream can't dodge the spectre of progress *
Here in the heart of Saskatchewan, the ghost of Tommy Douglas haunts the land, and families pass down horror stories about life before medicare. [More]

Tony and the tangled web *
The British Prime Minister's moral certainty got his country into Iraq. It's hardly the right strategy to get him out of the Kelly affair, says political scientist JENNIFER WELSH [More]

Too big for the small screen? *
Amid a groundswell of public support, the U.S. House of Representatives has quashed the expansion plans of the major TV networks. As Bush threatens a veto, SIMON HOUPT looks at the debate [More]

Too much police time going to pot? *
The federal government's plan to decriminalize pot possession would free up millions of dollars and thousands of police hours, the latest statistics suggest. [More]

Top adviser on science a new post for Ottawa *
A little noted fact about the Paul Martin government: For the first time in Canadian history, the Prime Minister has a national science adviser. [More]

Top Haitian rebel demands army be re-established *
Emboldened rebel chief Guy Philippe took over the former military headquarters Tuesday, threatened to arrest Haiti's Prime Minister and warned the country's new president to reconstitute its disbanded army. [More]

Tories and Alliance: Dating or just more flirting? *
You might have missed the news, what with J.Lo's wedding on the rocks, but the Canadian Alliance and the Conservative Party are going to co-operate starting today in the House of Commons. On second thought, lucky you if the news escaped you. No sense cluttering the brain with trivia. Like a late-night movie seen many times before, we know all the lines of this one, none of them memorable. [More]

Tories: Why we're going to court *
A small clique has hijacked our party and violated its constitution, say long-time Tories DAVID ORCHARD, HANSON DOWELL, OSCAR JOHVICAS and JOHN PERRIN. [More]

Toronto the not-so-good: Guns, gangs and race *
Yesterday, I opened my morning papers to read yet another dreadful story about gunplay in Toronto. [More]

Tory platform that would replace Kyoto accord fails to address main cause of global warming *
The statement: "Carbon dioxide does not cause or contribute to smog, and the Kyoto treaty would do nothing to reduce or prevent smog." -- Conservative Leader Stephen Harper, Barrie, Ont., June 9. [More]

Tory talent for compromise *
Tories have been forging coalitions and partnerships since Confederation, says SCOTT McDOUGALL. It's the PC way. [More]

Tracking threatened cultures *
Half of humanity's cultural legacy could soon disappear, Wade Davis and Chris Rainier say. So they're doing something about it [More]

Truth and other casualties *
Retracted news stories, hidden body bags, and a deaf ear for experienced soldiers: no wonder morale is down in Iraq, says author MONIKA JENSEN-STEVENSON. [More]

Tuning up to play an anti-Bush song *
Musicians are banding together for concerts aimed against George W. [More]

Two more U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq *
Two more U.S. soldiers were killed in combat Wednesday, and the relief agency Oxfam became the fourth non-governmental organization to pull some or all of its foreign staff out of Iraq because of the increasing danger. Total of U.S. soldiers killed since the war "ended" now equal to those who died "during the war." [More]

U.S. adviser criticizes PM's failure to help U.S. *
A leading architect of the U.S. war in Iraq says he expects an improvement in Canada-U.S. relations under a Paul Martin government, since they could hardly get worse than under Jean Chrétien's leadership. [More]

U.S. again brands Canada terrorist haven *
Canada has been branded a "favoured destination for terrorists and international criminals" by the research arm of the U.S. Congress. [More]

U.S. and Pakistani officials deny report that bin Laden captured *
Pentagon and Pakistani officials on Saturday denied an Iranian state radio report that Osama bin Laden was captured in Pakistan's border region with Afghanistan "a long time ago." [More]

U.S. Army shoots down Comanche *
In a dramatic about-face, the U.S. Army cancelled its Comanche helicopter program Monday after sinking $6.9-billion (U.S.) and 21 years of effort into producing a new-generation chopper. [More]

U.S. blurs high-tech images of Washington *
The U.S. government is selectively blurring some of its highest-quality aerial photographs of Washington to hide objects in plain view on the roofs of the White House, Capitol and Treasury Department. [More]

U.S. congressman blasts Canada on terrorism policy, supports ban on immigrants *
A U.S. congressman who says Canada's in denial about terrorism is applauding as "sound advice" the idea of shutting out immigrants and refugees until the country fixes its security risks. [More]

U.S. House votes to protect fetus *
The House voted Thursday to subject assailants who injure or kill a pregnant woman and her fetus to two separate crimes. The bill would for the first time under federal law give victim's rights to a fetus. [More]

U.S. Medicare bill won't be a cure *
The U.S. Congress has abandoned efforts to pass a major energy bill this year. It should also have walked away from a sweeping overhaul of Medicare. [More]

U.S.: 'We were all wrong' *
Iraq did not possess banned weapons, former arms expert tells senators. [More]

UN staffer says desk saved her life *
Montreal woman credits colleague's scrounging skills for her survival in Baghdad blast [More]

Unaware of scandal until 2002, Paul Martin says *
Prime Minister Paul Martin says he was unaware until 2002 of the sponsorship scandal that is now plaguing his government. [More]

Under his spell *
'Euphony' and 'unguent' isn't all there is to the 13-year-old who won this year's Spelling Bee of Canada. Duluxan Sritharan's all-round grades are as mind-blowing as his cheery work habits. Does his Sri Lankan-Canadian family push him too hard? As ALANNA MITCHELL reports, it may be the other way around [More]

United States' threat level rises to orange *
The U.S. government on Sunday raised its national threat level to orange, the second-highest, saying attacks were possible during the holiday season and that threat indicators are "perhaps greater now than at any point" since Sept. 11, 2001. [More]

University funding *
Stephanie Nolen reports from Nairobi that local scientists have what they believe is a treatment for AIDS, made from local herbs. Problem is, they can't interest large corporations in financing research to demonstrate that it works. [More]

Unwanted but necessary *
Regardless of what the International Court decrees, Israel's security barrier isn't about grabbing land, says Israeli analyst MARK HELLER. [More]

US surveillance plan causes worry *
An unusual coalition of liberal and conservative advocacy groups and some senators want to keep tight congressional control on the Pentagon's planned anti-terror surveillance system, despite new promises it will use only legally collected personal data. [More]

Vancouver injection clinic opens for addicts *
With the kind of hype normally reserved for a Hollywood movie premiere, Vancouver has opened North America's first legal shooting gallery for drug addicts. [More]

Violent Islamic groups encouraged *
Ineffective U.S. policies in Central Asia are encouraging violent Islamic groups, some seeking to form their own state, says analyst NICOLE JACKSON. [More]

Visible minority women most likely out of work: study *
Foreign-born visible minority women were the only group of working-age women to experience decreased employment rates between 1981 and 2001, a new study says. [More]

Walk the freedom talk, Mr. Bush *
speeches he gave this month in Washington and London, U.S. President George Bush built on Ronald Reagan's historic speech to the British Parliament over 20 years ago. The 1982 speech marked Mr. Reagan's recognition that it was not enough for the United States to be against communism. To prevail in the Cold War, he saw, the United States needed also to embrace a positive vision -- the promotion of "democracy." [More]

Wanna hear the F-word? Fuhgeddaboutit! *
A Republican congressman launches a bill to outlaw seven vulgarities from U.S. airwaves. [More]

Wanted: new Mid-East leadership *
As long as Yasser Arafat and Ariel Sharon are calling the shots, there will not be peace in the Middle East, says Israeli analyst and peace advocate YOSSI ALPHER [More]

War for a country's spirit *
The murder of Shia leaders in Najaf is a bid to divide Iraq, and destabilize the region. The world's only hope is to build an Iraq of respect, justice and inclusion, says Jordan's PRINCE HASSAN. [More]

War: greed, not grievance *
It's too easy to blame armed conflict around the world for ethnic strife, says MADELAINE DROHAN [More]

Warren Buffett's California dreamin' *
It's tempting to ridicule the affair as U.S. culture flipping out on itself. [More]

Warring Haiti set to party *
Pro-government gangs attacked a student protest march in the capital, wounding at least a dozen people. In the north of the Haiti, armed insurgents maintained their grip on several cities and towns. [More]

Watchdogs in the war on terror *
The U.S. lawyers who championed Maher Arar's cause may be dedicated, SHAWN McCARTHY reports from New York, but popular? The hate mail says otherwise. [More]

We should test every cow *
Instead of criticizing the Japanese for closing their door to our cattle, we should be learning from them, says Alberta political scientist WENRAN JIANG. [More]

We think global but still act local *
The borderless world hasn't displaced the value of each country's life satisfaction, says this year's Donner Prize winner, JOHN HELLIWELL [More]

We're forgetting someone *
Canada's issues with Quebec and aboriginals both date back several centuries, says WILLIAM JOHNSON. The Council of the Federation resolves neither one [More]

Welcome to Canada. We lied about the opportunities *
The census figures, released earlier this month, offer a disturbing snapshot of Canadian society. It's not the more egalitarian society we hoped for -- rather, a Dickensian social order where the rich get richer and many of the hard-working poor stay poor. [More]

Wen Jiabao's gesture *
On Monday night, millions of Chinese television viewers were treated to a remarkable sight: a government leader visiting AIDS patients at a Beijing hospital. [More]

What crisis management? *
Will Paul Martin finally make us prepared for national emergencies? demands Senator COLIN KENNY. [More]

What does it really take to run a culture ministry? *
Arts lobbyists and culturecrats have been busy trying to assess Hélène Chalifour Scherrer, a Paul Martin loyalist from Quebec City with zero profile in the cultural community, since she was sworn in as Minister of Canadian Heritage on Friday. [More]

What it means to end the Air Canada law *
Surely it's time to stop treating Air Canada as if it were still a ward of the government and to level the playing field for all airlines operating in this country. [More]

Where Paul is really steering federal-provincial relations *
In considering news from Ottawa, it's always been wise to separate fact from fiction, otherwise known as spin. That's never been more true, or more difficult, than in the years of Paul Martin's ascendancy to the top job in the land. [More]

Where the best isn't enough *
Ninety per cent of the world's HIV/AIDS infections are in Africa, and the bulk of the rest are also in the developing world. It is an overwhelming reality, and the first nation to make any serious effort to come to grips with it is Botswana, which is offering free treatment for all its people with HIV/AIDS. [More]

White House snipes at Chrétien gripes *
White House spokesman Ari Fleischer stopped short of outright criticism of Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on Wednesday, but said Canada has not had to face challenges as great as those confronted by the United States. [More]

White House told not to shred papers *
FBI investigates e-mails, phone logs in leaking of name of CIA operative. [More]

Who sexed up the story? *
They say that dead men tell no tales. But sometimes their deeds speak volumes. By killing himself, British bio-weapons expert David Kelly has turned Britain's political crisis on its head -- and left the BBC with a whole lot of explaining to do. [More]

Who speaks for Canada? *
We've been left out of a crucial meeting on high-seas interdiction, say MICHAEL BYERS and MATTHEW DROZ, even though we are one of the few nations with practical and legal experience [More]

Who's winning the war on terror? Sorry, George *
It has been two years since U.S. President George W. Bush declared war on terrorism, and it's time to ask who's winning. Here's the score so far [More]

Why are you here, Mr. Nigger? *
Back in the USSR, racial tolerance was a top priority, but in today's Russia,writes MARK MACKINNON, people of colour live in perpetual fear. Xenophobia is on the rise, and violent skinheads don't deserve all the blame. [More]

Why Bush has more to fear than fear itself *
The latest terrorism alert -- which, like the others, has thankfully produced nothing but fear itself -- was based primarily on at least three-year-old communications in Pakistan. [More]

Why is Harper bent on gutting the CRTC? *
A week or two ago, when the Conservatives trailed in the polls, the party's threat to scrap the broadcast regulator and replace it with a circus ticket booth -- Get your TV channels here! -- could be dismissed as amusing but irrelevant. [More]

Why millions idolize a guy named Ryan *
So maybe you thought it was silly: the schmaltzy songs that inspired stalkers, the fierce hometown rivalries that fuelled billboards and commemorative calendar days, the frenzied -- yet organized -- voting that politicians wish they could harness, the quasi-famous host who infamously dropped his pants. [More]

Why same-sex marriage became a sin *
For centuries, a wedding wasn't even a Christian church matter, writes Globe religion reporter MICHAEL VALPY. When the Vatican weighs in against gay unions, it's doing some rather selective reading [More]

Why the BBC is to blame *
The public broadcaster's dubious standards led to David Kelly's death, London-based commentator JOHN LLOYD asserts [More]

Why the fuss? A-G's report deals with a drop in the tax bucket *
When Auditor-General Sheila Fraser speaks, the media pays attention... [More]

Why Tories won't bed the Bloc *
In the wake of recent polls, political commentators have begun to discuss the possibility that the forthcoming election could produce a minority Conservative government. What just a few months ago might have seemed pure science fiction now seems a distinct possibility. [More]

Why two women went to war *
Jessica Lynch and Rachel Corrie could have passed for sisters. Two all-American blondes, two destinies forever changed in a Middle East war zone. Private Jessica Lynch, the soldier, was born in Palestine, W.Va. Rachel Corrie, the activist, died in Israeli-occupied Palestine. [More]

Why we rage at the WTO *
People probably smash windows out of testosterone-driven, juvenile anger. The reasons other people destroy countries' and even entire continents' economies are more obscure. Which should concern us more? [More]

Why would graft run wild in Quebec? *
Watching the sponsorship scandal rock the federal Liberals, it's tempting to blame the scene of the crime. But don't forget what opened Pandora's box, JEFFREY SIMPSON points out. Nowhere else in the nation are the political stakes so high. [More]

Wikipedia co-founder wants to start over *
Co-founder of Wikipedia and former philosophy professor Larry Sanger has started a Wikipedia alternative, Citizendium.org. [More]

Will Al-Jazeera win its war? *
It's not likely that protests from bodies such as the Canadian Jewish Congress will stop the CRTC licensing the currently illegal Arab station, JAMES ADAMS writes. [More]

Will Elections Canada never learn? *
Last week, Jean-Pierre Kingsley, Canada's Chief Electoral Officer, reluctantly announced that he will permit the "premature transmission" of election results... [More]

Will energy goals be tonnes of hot air? *
The federal government has challenged each and every Canadian to reduce carbon-dioxide emissions from their personal activities by one tonne per year by the end of the decade. Last week, a bevy of ministers came together to announce $1-billion in federal money to sweeten the pot for these little individual acts of conservation. [More]

Will Martin scratch Axworthy's itch to return to politics? *
Lloyd Axworthy, life's been good since he left the Chrétien government in the fall of 2000. He lives on Vancouver Island, he heads up a foreign-policy institute, he sits on boards of foundations, he travels to international conferences, he has time to relax. [More]

Will Saddam spill the beans? *
This man has a strong sense of self-preservation. The captive's current meekness is no surprise -- nor is the likelihood that he will try to rebuild his legend, says biographer ANDREW COCKBURN. [More]

Wings of defence *
The highest levels of the U.S. government, it is now clear, were beset by chaos, confusion and miscommunication on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Indeed, had the civil aviation bureaucracy and the military been in closer contact on that day, hijacked aircraft might have been shot down before they hit the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. [More]

Wings prospect fined for anti-French slur *
Red Wings prospect Jiri Hudler, a centre for the Grand Rapids Griffins, has been fined an undisclosed amount by the American Hockey League for an ethnic slur against Simon Gamache during a game Saturday night. [More]

Women still don't make the cut in politics, but can soar in sports *
Women might not have much to celebrate on the political battlefields. Kim Campbell, Audrey McLaughlin, Alexa McDonough, Sheila Copps, for all their fine qualities, were beaten down. Belinda Stronach, the Conservative leadership candidate, is unlikely to fare much better. But solace can always be found elsewhere. [More]

Would do it again, Blair says *
Prime Minister Tony Blair, whose popularity has sagged after taking Britain to war in Iraq, told his restless Labour Party on Tuesday that he would make the same decision again and defended his leadership. [More]

WTO seals deal on cheap drugs *
The World Trade Organization on Saturday sealed its agreement to allow poor countries to import cheap copies of patented drugs for killer diseases like HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis. [More]

You're not playing fair *
Canadian companies may sue if they are excluded from bidding on Iraq contracts, say trade-law specialists CHARLES GASTLE and TODD WEILER. [More]

Zero tolerance for the intolerant *
Both Europe and Israel have roles to play in addressing the new anti-Semitism. [More]

Zundel lawyer says judge should be removed from hearing *
The judge overseeing the detention review hearing of Holocaust-denier Ernst Zundel will remain on the case despite accusations by Mr. Zundel's lawyer that he is biased and should be removed. [More]

Secondary Sites:
'I'm in Grade 8,' shouts the boy with the bottle *
Russia's renown for alcohol abuse is greater than ever-- now even kids are knocking 'em back, MARK MacKINNON reports. With a Canadian-backed treatment centre admitting children as young as 8, public officials blame more than the great vodka tradition. Those beer ads work a little too well. [More]

. . . and its judo politics *
A fat flag-bearer? Iran must be snickering behind its hands. [More]

A coast-to-coast cover-up *
The Britney generation refuses to be overdressed, but schools across Canada are drawing a line at the classroom door. CAROLINE ALPHONSO reports. [More]

A few crass words about the artful poor *
Have you ever wondered why people tell you it's crass to discuss money? To shut poor people up, is why. The idea that personal finances are not a fit topic for polite company is a luxury affordable only to the middle class and those further up that gilded ladder we're always hearing about... [More]

A moment to remember *
Scientists believe you recall something when brain cells storing information about it all vibrate in sync with electro-chemical impulses. ANNE McILROY reports on research into how memory works. [More]

A mortgage tax credit is a bad idea *
Other provinces take note: That old election standby -- a mortgage interest tax credit -- has again raised its head in Ontario with the release of the governing Conservatives' election program. While many homeowners may welcome the idea of such a tax credit, other taxpayers must ask who's going to pay for it. [More]

A puppet government won't work in Hong Kong *
The current crisis in Hong Kong, precipitated by the government's gross mishandling of anti-subversion legislation, highlights a key feature of China's "one country, two systems" policy: When the central government interferes in the special administrative region's internal affairs, it creates an artificial environment that results in political imbalance. [More]

A story of intrigue from A to Z *
Two Montreal men have been at the centre of allegations of arms deals, an African coup plot and business double-crosses. Now, one of them is on the lam from U.S. authorities. COLIN FREEZE reports [More]

Aborted fetuses used in fertility treatment *
Fetal ovarian tissue could relieve shortage of human eggs, Israeli scientists maintain [More]

Actors scramble to join NRA's hit list *
Hollywood heavyweights urged to get on U.S. gun lobby's boycott list [More]

AIDS doctor agrees to quit practice after sex allegations *
A well-known doctor in the gay community who helped found one of the first AIDS support organizations in Canada has avoided a disciplinary hearing by agreeing never to practise medicine again. [More]

Air Canada's last, best hope *
Only one white knight has both the funds and the labour credibility to save our national carrier, says business commentator MICHAEL HLINKA. [More]

An unexpected nominee: George W. Bush *
When The Globe and Mail invited readers last week to e-mail us the names of individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the fabric of the nation, few expected the Texas Republican to receive such wide support...that's right, U.S. President George W. Bush as Canada's Nation Builder for 2003. [More]

Anti-spam laws junk, observers say *
Won't do anything to fix problem, many contend [More]

Anti-war protesters rally in U.S. *
Hundreds of anti-war protesters rallied Saturday in the capital, urging an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq and demanding that President George W. Bush bring home American troops. [More]

B.C safe-injection site wins police immunity *
North America's first sanctioned injection site for illegal drug-users could be up and running by September, after Health Canada yesterday granted the proposed venue an unprecedented exemption from police action. [More]

B.C. clinic defends fees for surgeries *
Controversy heats up over breach of rules as private centre says system must change [More]

Baghdad opens door to free market *
Iraq is to become a free-market economic laboratory, with levels of foreign ownership and privatization never before seen in the Arab world, its U.S.-appointed government announced yesterday. [More]

Beware the Ides of March? *
Forget Friday the 13th. Ignore ladders, black cats, broken mirrors and spilled salt. Think instead of March 15. . . and beware. . . [More]

Blindness from glaucoma to rise, B.C. optometrists warn *
Automated sight tests by opticians cannot detect the "silent thief of sight." [More]

Book fair heavy on Franco-Ontarian authors *
Few things are as invisible as a French-language book fair in Toronto... [More]

Bush defends war in Iraq during state visit *
Welcomed to Britain with royal pageantry and a smattering of anti-war protesters, U.S. President George W. Bush defended the war in Iraq, saying Wednesday that military must at times be used to confront the continuing, global danger of terrorism. [More]

Bush's debt to Keynes *
Jean Chrétien shouldn't knock the US. deficit. In fact, we should be happy that George Bush has finally discovered the wisdom of John Maynard Keynes, says economist HAROLD CHORNEY [More]

Canada's UN ranking drops *
Just when Canadians started feeling good about themselves over winning the race to play host to the 2010 Winter Olympics, the United Nations has pulled Canada down a few notches on its annual quality-of-life ranking. [More]

Canadian election coverage, 2006 *
Looking for a quick guide? All the polls? Handy links, right here. . . [More]

Canadian idol of the right *
How does Paul Martin stack up against a former Tory PM? His record says he's more conservative, says Martin biographer MURRAY DOBBIN [More]

Canadian officials play down allegations re 2010 insider *
Vancouver officials have dismissed suggestions their 2010 Winter Olympics bid could be hurt by allegations that a senior IOC member has improper business ties to the Canadian city. [More]

Carrying a torch for black culture *
For a white Canadian provincial coming round, slow and late as a turning snail, to appreciate black American culture, there was no greater revelation than the early-1990s appearance of a collection by a writer named Greg Tate called Flyboy in the Buttermilk. [More]

Children's health in crisis, Iraqi doctors say *
Dirty water, disease and malnutrition result in rising postwar death rate [More]

China cool toward MD who told SARS truth *
Whistle blower treated both as hero and political threat, writes GEOFFREY YORK in Beijing [More]

China's taste for exotic flesh ripens the risk of another SARS *
She calls herself Miss Chan, and she offers you a world of illicit wildlife to titillate your taste buds. [More]

Chinese Fortune Sticks *
ISBN: 1-55670-985-4
Author: Zhao Xiaomin and Martin Palmer
Publisher: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York, $24.95 (USD), Hardcover - 64 pages

The sticks, called ‘Tsim’ in Chinese, found only in religious temples over Asia, are indeed an ancient oracle used for fortune telling. It has often been viewed as a superstitious practice, popular only among women and older folks. [More]

Chinese Potter book hits the web *
Chinese fans of Harry Potter are posting unauthorized translations of the latest book on the Internet and the Chinese-language publisher says it has no right to stop them. [More]

Chrétien Brothers link worlds of science and politics *
Michel Chrétien has been influential in shaping the PM's legacy of revitalizing university research [More]

Chrétien pays tribute to D-Day veterans *
Prime Minister Jean Chrétien paid tribute Friday to Canadian soldiers who fought and gave their lives during the D-Day invasion of France as he helped open the first major war memorial in Normandy commemorating their sacrifice. [More]

CHUM apologizes for Conan sketch *
A TV comedy sketch in which a grouchy puppet took potshots at French Canadians was called unacceptable and racist garbage by some federal politicians Friday. [More]

Class reunion in the ruins *
Returning to Botswana after almost 20 years, KEN SITTER finds that his former students are prosperous and sophisticated. And some are dying [More]

CN: I am (not) 'Canadian' *
Canadian National Railway Co. has removed the word "Canadian" from everyday company use, prompting NDP house leader Bill Blaikie to charge that a national institution is trying to separate itself from its history. [More]

Consciousness: A User's Guide -- Consciousness confronts itself *
Know thyself!" is the ancient Delphic command that Socrates adopted into the heart of Western philosophy. It is answered these days by countless books on consciousness, for we are conscious beings. Of these books, Adam Zeman's must be among the most thorough -- and the most readable. [More]

Controversy heats up over Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 *
Embattled filmmaker Michael Moore, facing an apparent refusal by the Walt Disney Co. to distribute his latest documentary, is expected in Toronto this morning as the keynote speaker at an environmental conference. [More]

Create a personalized travel dictionary for your next trip *
You'll never know how useful a few words of a foreign language can be until you travel. So for your next vacation take the time to create a small translation dictionary customized to all of your travel needs. [More]

Crown winds down case against Heatherington *
As the Crown's case wound down Friday in the trial of Dar Heatherington, the lawyer for the alderwoman accused of fabricating tales of being stalked wouldn't say if her client will testify. [More]

Cubans keep driving to Florida *
Two Cubans who tried to sail to Florida in a truck converted to a pontoon boat last year have made another attempt, this time piloting a seagoing 1950s-era Buick. [More]

D-Day remembered *
Amid silent rows of crosses, leaders from more than a dozen countries put aside their differences Sunday to thank the Allied forces behind one of the most decisive military battles of all time — the D-Day invasion that broke Nazi Germany's grip on continental Europe. [More]

Dallaire's Rwandan tale slated for film *
Halifax-based Salter Street Films has secured the rights to retired lieutenant-general Roméo Dallaire's upcoming book on his experience in Rwanda. [More]

Dar Heatherington trial adjourns before it begins *
Dar Heatherington's trial on charges she fabricated being stalked was adjourned before it began Monday in a hearing that saw the defence accuse Ms. Heatherington's husband of being an unwitting “agent of the state.” [More]

Dear Jean, I'm doing just fine, how are you? *
Artist Chris Lloyd has converted the thousand or so e-mails he has sent to the prime minister into art, but he's not expecting him to visit the gallery exhibit in Halifax, SHAWNA RICHER reports [More]

Don't hold your breath waiting for Powell to say he's sorry *
Is Colin Powell going to apologize to Canada, the United Nations or France? With French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin in Ottawa today, it would be a good time to do so. [More]

Don't paint Muslim people as Nazis *
It is not often that a person thanked in the acknowledgement of a book turns around and announces publicly, "Thanks, but no thanks." And yet this is precisely what I am about to do in the case of Irshad Manji, the author of the newly released book The Trouble with Islam. [More]

Drug makers should join fight against AIDS *
As Stephen Lewis, the United Nations special AIDS envoy, eloquently reminded the world again this week, the AIDS epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is a horrific scourge that urgently requires a massive inflow of affordable anti-viral drugs and billions of dollars worth of other assistance from rich countries. [More]

Dyslexia treatable, new program shows *
After three weeks, reading was improved, brain activity resembled usual patterns [More]

Ensuring a future for Tories *
Last weekend, the federal Conservatives chose a new leader. Now, we need to develop the kind of strong, new ideas that can bring [the PC] party back into contention. [More]

EU commits $1-billion to battle against disease *
The international fight against the world's most vicious diseases received a major boost yesterday when the European Union and France both promised major new donations to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. [More]

Europe's latest ruse to bar modified foods *
GMO restrictions in Europe -- Note: This story does not reflect the editorial stance of evalu8.org [More]

Ex-PM pushes ban on head scarves *
Former French prime minister Alain Juppe on Wednesday urged a “massive vote” of approval for a bill that would ban Islamic head scarves in public schools, as Muslims opposed to the measure protested outside the National Assembly. [More]

Excuse me, your grammar is dangling *
No column I have written in the past three years has provoked as much response as did the two I published this year on common grammatical errors. I have said outrageous things in this space: I expected to be pilloried for my views on drug use; I expected to be publicly executed for my views on marriage. I had almost no response of any stripe about those things. My inflammatory rages fell into a deep silent void, and no echo came back. And yet, I have a stack of letters on my desk -- I mean a real stack, about six pounds' worth -- of painstakingly handwritten letters from people (many of them retired teachers) who are thinking about grammar as much as I am, and thinking about it, apparently, all the time. It is impressive, and refreshing, to see how much passion is tied up in this pursuit. [More]

Few fear spread of contagion *
Citizens confident public-health workers, governments will contain SARS, mad-cow [More]

Foolproof Canadian marketing blitz *
But is the unprecedented campaign for the film motivated largely by the glittering prize of Telefilm funding? GAYLE MACDONALD reports. [More]

Former Indian chief charged with promoting hatred *
A former chief of the Assembly of First Nations has been charged with promoting hatred, Saskatchewan's Justice Department announced Wednesday. [More]

Former Soviet republics poised to sign trade deal *
Critics fear economic pact signals attempt to consolidate power in hands of Kremlin [More]

From dude to deity *
Keanu Reeves, advanced being.
Five years ago, those words strung together would have elicited derisive laughter. Before then, the closest the Toronto-bred actor came to representing a state of bliss was the ignorant kind associated with his perfectly embodied teenage doofuses from the Bill & Ted and Parenthood movies. [More]

Geneva: the road to peace *
Although the recently released Geneva accord outlining a potential Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is far from perfect or complete, it's a welcome development. [More]

Get health council going, worried Romanow urges *
A proposed national council on health care could fall by the wayside if it takes the provinces and Ottawa much longer to negotiate it, Roy Romanow said yesterday. [More]

Global doc a misfire in tin-pot 'media war' *
Global is reopening a can of worms tonight when it repeats an already controversial documentary. [More]

GMOs: Let them eat what they want *
Canada should not stand in the way of Europeans making their own decisions about genetically modified foods, says political scientist DAVID WELCH [More]

Go ahead, download me *
The traditional business of manufacturing and marketing records is dead. Good, says musician TOM STEWART. Long live the Internet and file-sharing! [More]

Health council must weigh benefit and harm of medicine *
Some provincial governments have resorted to remarkable political posturing rather than sign on to the national health council recommended in the Romanow report. Fortunately, it now appears that Ottawa will forge ahead with or without support from B.C., Alberta and Ontario. [More]

Hey Nostradamus: The massacre motif ***
Douglas Coupland's new novel draws on the memory of the tragic shooting at Columbine High School. And he's not alone. Other novelists and filmmakers are daring to go there too, CAROL TOLLER writes [More]

Hoax on radio show gets Castro cursing *
Cuban leader Fidel Castro apparently fell victim to a prank by a Miami radio station and used crude expletives against talk-show hosts who led him to believe he was on the phone with his Venezuelan counterpart, President Hugo Chavez. [More]

Home at last -- and not just for the holidays *
Have you ever come home to a place you've never been before? [More]

Hospital strike in B.C. triggers other walkouts *
Some members of the B.C. Nurses' Union walked out yesterday, deepening the chaos in hospitals where more than 1,000 operations and 3,000 diagnostic procedures have been cancelled. [More]

How could Israel ever trust the United Nations? *
Liran Zer-Aviv was getting excited about his approaching fourth birthday party when his family took him out to lunch at a well-known restaurant in the Israeli city of Haifa last month. As they ate, a young Palestinian woman walked into the restaurant packed with other families and detonated a suicide bomb. Liran and his parents were killed. So were his baby sister and his grandmother. [More]

Human rights are for the tricky cases, too *
The pesky thing about human rights is that they belong to human beings. Not some more than others. Not citizens, not residents. The universality of the human-rights commitment is hard to square with the us-them line that drives immigration policy. [More]

If Dubya took a call from Jean *
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Invasion of the Great Lakes *
This week, a Commons committee warned of an ecological 'meltdown' because so many non-native species are converging on the mighty habitat. MARK STEVENSON travels the waterway to examine the damage they have caused [More]

Iran's brinkmanship . . . *
Is Iran headed for war with the United States and Israel? Judging by recent news reports, one could be forgiven for thinking so. [More]

Iraq now: 20 questions *
Is there power? Health care? How many troops remain? How many people died? In Baghdad, Globe correspondent MARK MacKINNON answers some lingering questions about the aftermath of the war in Iraq [More]

Klein heads to U.S. to urge repeal of beef ban *
Premier also plans to rebut Times article that casts doubt on oil sands reserves [More]

Lies and the Lying Liars: Judge denies Fox TV's attempt to block book sales *
A U.S. federal judge denied Fox News Channel's request Friday for an injunction to block humorist Al Franken's new book, whose title mocks the Fox slogan "fair and balanced." [More]

Linda Groen named head of CBC Radio current affairs *
Linda Groen, former executive producer of The Sunday Edition, has been named the new head of current affairs for CBC Radio. [More]

Loose lips tell us Bay St. is about to get 'Franked' *
ERIC REGULY dishes on how ex-Globe seat-mate became front man in magazine takeover [More]

Magic moment: the sequel (hidden loonie) *
Another hidden $1 coin and another gold medal for Canada. It's enough to make a player a believer, MARK MacKINNON writes [More]

Manitoba introduces bill to allow cross-border policing *
Manitoba has unveiled new legislation to make it easier for police officers from other provinces to pursue crime in the central Canadian province. [More]

Maoist army wins hearts and minds in west Nepal *
Rebel promises of land reform, education and free health care are attracting support [More]

Maternal care influences future stress levels, study shows *
The way a mother cares for her baby can determine how stressed out the child will be as an adult because maternal nurturing can permanently change the way an infant's genes operate, according to a new study on rats that was led by a professor of medicine at McGill University in Montreal. [More]

MDs will dispense marijuana *
Federal plan will see doctors distributing discount cannabis from their offices [More]

Medicare funding to top premiers' agenda *
The debate over health-care funding, including Alberta Premier Ralph Klein's controversial suggestions on how to reform it, will dominate the agenda when Canadian premiers meet today in Vancouver for the first official session of the Council of the Federation. [More]

Michael Gordon: He's no poser, dude *
City planner Michael Gordon had a personal reason for wanting Vancouver's skateboarding rules relaxed this month -- he rides 22 blocks to work each day. But there's a lot more to it than that, he tells JANE ARMSTRONG [More]

Move to decriminalize pot draws criticism *
Saying that "most Canadians" believe that marijuana laws are outdated, the government on Tuesday unveiled legislation that will reduce penalties for possessing small amounts of the drug. Below certain quantities, possession will no longer be treated as a criminal offence. [More]

New York apartment-envy's a real killer *
Would you let your spouse sleep with someone for $1-million? Oh, sorry: That's the premise of the movie Indecent Proposal, which is set in Las Vegas. [More]

Next PM must implement health report, Doer says *
Manitoba's Premier says the next prime minister of Canada has to put every part of the Romanow report on health care into effect. [More]

NIH may petition Bush on stem cells *
If it turns out White House restrictions are slowing federally funded studies of embryonic stem cells, the head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health says he will ask President Bush to revisit the issue. [More]

Now they tell us: Privatization is no panacea *
Finally, someone has come to their senses at the World Bank and admitted that letting the private sector run things does not always produce better results than leaving them in public hands. [More]

Oncologist battles SARS, assumptions *
From her hospital bed in Toronto, a doctor wonders if medical establishment is right... [More]

One more reason for a bedtime story *
Whether they realize it or not, most Canadian parents are already playing a crucial role in helping their children learn to read, judging from the results of a survey conducted by Ipsos-Reid for Fisher-Price. Ninety-five per cent of parents with children 12 and under read to them on a regular basis -- an activity many literacy experts say helps to boost literacy skills, particularly during a child's preschool years. [More]

Ottawa's $90-million monologue *
Hello, Ottawa, this is the West calling. We've just heard about yet another enormous dollop of cultural-infrastructure dollars dropping on the National Capital Region... [More]

Ottawa's blackout theories rejected by U.S. *
Departments weigh in with the 'bizarre' [More]

Owl groups place hopes on Ottawa *
B.C. environmentalists to test new law designed to save endangered species [More]

People's paradise lost (Part one of three) *
Joining a Chinese tour group gives Globe correspondent GEOFFREY YORK a rare glimpse of the real North Korea. In the first of three reports, he encounters stunted, starving people who eat grass to get by, drive wood-powered trucks and are afraid to look a stranger in the eye. At least their 'Dear Leader' still has his French cuisine and fine cognac. [More]

Philippines restricts foreign kidney trade *
New law ensures outsiders do not outbid citizens for desperately needed organs [More]

Phony lumber wars *
The United States lumber industry used to defend its interests by means of the former National Forest Products Association. Sometimes, these interests converged with those of Canadian lumber manufacturers. More frequently, U.S. interests competed with ours. [More]

Postal strike averted *
A mail strike is no longer imminent after a tentative agreement was reached early Wednesday morning by Canada Post and its main union. [More]

President who championed free enterprise left mark on Canada *
In early 1987, Brian Mulroney's controversial policy of friendly engagement and closer ties with the United States was in deep trouble, undermined by the unwillingness of the Americans to make major concessions in free trade negotiations that were underway. [More]

Private grief, corporate comfort *
When a worker suffers a loss, the costs are both human and economic, writes KIRA VERMOND. So how should an employer respond? [More]

Putin visits the Queen *
Turning on the royal charm, Britain welcomed President Vladimir Putin Tuesday on the first state visit by a Russian leader in more than a century. [More]

Pyongyang takes the Big Lie to new depths (part two of three) *
Dear Leader's propaganda is all-pervasive in North Korea, GEOFFREY YORK reports [More]

Rap on the Rez: soundtrack of native youth *
Wretchedly intricate! The song is beautiful and haunting; it is grand. Yet I cannot quite grasp it. The tune moves along at a marked pace, the drum accompaniment to another. Now listen to the melody itself. How plaintively the voice rises and falls, like the wind in a storm. For modernity, it goes beyond all the moderns; yet how strangely moving. [More]

Robert Stanfield dies at 89 *
One-time Progressive Conservative Party leader Robert Lorne Stanfield has died at the age of 89. [More]

Rock retribution *
Nick Cave and David Eugene Edwards front two of the most powerful bands working in rock music now. So powerful, even people who don't believe in God are moved [More]

Ronald Reagan, 1911-2004 *
Ronald Reagan, the cheerful crusader who devoted his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and making people believe it was "morning again in America," died Saturday after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease. [More]

Ronald Reagan: Obituary *
Ronald Reagan's friends and enemies agreed he changed the world. The popular, infectiously optimistic president reshaped the Republican Party in his conservative image and devoted most of his energy to the destruction of communism abroad. [More]

Salmon: To eat it or not *
Every once in a while, a story erupts in the media that seems designed to punish all journalists whose life goal it was never to take a statistics course. Such a brouhaha recently broke out in the strange form of a disputatious salmon filet. [More]

SARS causes Toronto graders ban *
Concern about SARS has led the body that awards the coveted Chartered Financial Analyst designation to cancel invitations to 43 Torontonians who were set to go to the United States late next month to help mark exam papers would-be analysts around the world are writing today. [More]

SARS panel recommends independent health-care agency *
Ontario should establish an independent health-protection agency and free the chief medical officer from any potential political interference, a panel of medical experts charged with identifying the key lessons learned from SARS said yesterday. [More]

Scratch one menopause myth *
A new study disputes the widely held notion that menopause makes women scatterbrained and forgetful. [More]

Seek Far East trade links, not South American *
Canada is facing some tough choices about the level of its trade dependence on the United States as security and foreign policy issues begin to raise doubts about our long-term freedom to ship goods relatively unhindered across the U.S. border. [More]

Serfs of science *
Fame and money are gained on the backs of students toiling away in labs for pitiful pay. No wonder many are considering moving out of Canada or to another field entirely. PAUL TADICH reports [More]

Sex, drugs and potholes of good intentions *
'Run your own massage parlour/escort service from the comfort of your own home, and make mucho dinero! And it's all perfectly legal!" [More]

Shop True North, Air Canada *
If the new Air Canada doesn't buy Canadian, it will be a slap in the face to this country, says BUZZ HARGROVE. [More]

Short means more *
If you want to cut down on your drinking, maybe all you have to do is change the shape of your glass. This bit of counterintuitive advice flows from soon-to-be-published perceptual research conducted by Brian Wansink and Koert Van Ittersum of the University of Illinois. [More]

Silvio Berlusconi: The singing strongman *
Love him or hate him, Italians admit that Silvio Berlusconi is never boring, least of all when he starts writing music for a torch singer. But this week's carnage among the Carabinieri serving in Iraq has the billionaire Prime Minister under the gun, ALAN FREEMAN reports from Rome. [More]

So, you wanna be a writer? *
In a series of imaginary letters, novelist and writing teacher CAROLINE ADDERSON ponders a system that churns out authors who churn out books that no one buys. [More]

Spider Robinson: School will end, next month *
Life's most essential skills are learned outside the classroom, usually by painful trial and error [More]

Spiritual Architecture: A chapel worth worshipping *
In the last of a series on spiritual architecture, LISA ROCHON feels the pull of Le Corbusier's triumph [More]

Standing up for notwithstanding *
It's been called the forbidden fruit of the Canadian Constitution, but politicians need not be afraid of the notwithstanding clause, says Charter scholar TSVI KAHANA [More]

Star Canadian sports surgeon leaving for U.S. in frustration *
A renowned Toronto surgeon who has fixed shoulders for the likes of Blue Jays slugger Carlos Delgado and Maple Leafs winger Gary Roberts is leaving for the United States, saying he is frustrated at the underfunded health system. [More]

Stephanie Middleton May, 76 *
Nova Scotia. activist was 'a force of nature' -- Tireless peace-movement worker counted Clinton and Kennedys among her friends. [More]

Stephen Lewis: 'Someone is beginning to listen' *
Six months ago, STEPHANIE NOLEN described Stephen Lewis's despair over the developed world's failure to respond to Africa's AIDS crisis. Today, she writes, he has a new foundation and a revived sense of purpose -- thanks to the generosity of Globe readers [More]

Stop insulting U.S., Graham urges politicians *
Canadian politicians should resist the temptation to curry voter favour by taking gratuitous pokes at the United States, Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham said yesterday. [More]

Study highlights a new kind of gender gap *
Girls' lack of confidence on computers could hamper their job hopes and wages [More]

Sun-allergic family to have case reviewed *
A South African family whose members suffer a genetic allergy to sunlight won a reprieve in their fight to stay in Canada. [More]

Suzuki: Reports of Kyoto's death are premature *
It's standard practice at many newspapers to bank stories, written in the past tense, on celebrities who are near death. That way, reporters don't have to spend hours compiling research when someone of note dies suddenly. [More]

Taiwan accuses China of blocking SARS aid *
China has again blocked Taiwan from gaining status at the World Health Organization and faces accusations that Taiwanese are dying of SARS because Beijing took steps to delay WHO assistance to the hard-hit island. [More]

Talks begin on Internet regulation *
International negotiations have begun on how and whether to manage the Internet, along with associated problems such as junk e-mail and pornography. [More]

Television programs saved by funding flip-flop *
Twenty-six Canadian television shows and movies have been brought back from the edge of extinction thanks to a $12.5-million federal refund to the Canadian Television Fund. [More]

The battle of the Madonna *
Don't let the calm scene fool you. This tiny, perfect picture is the subject of a fierce fight rife with historical ironies, SARAH MILROY writes, pitting a wealthy gallery in the New World against the staid defenders of culture in Britain. And did we mention the money-hungry Duke? [More]

The beauty beneath Canada's ugliness *
I have spent the week before Canada Day in France, thinking about Canada. Nothing like a trip to France to make one think about Canada. [More]

The boys are all right *
Worried about your son's reading skills after this week's discouraging OECD report? Experts say there's no need to panic, reports JOHN LORINC. You can even let him keep his comic books -- they're good for him [More]

The damage done by a pie in the face *
Some people find it screamingly funny when others get hit with cream pies. And in the realm of entertainment, it often is. Slapstick comedians on stage and screen have built careers around pie-in-the-face gags. [More]

The fat and the furious *
Fatness is a small yet virulent item in the news lately: as a subject of discussion, it is germane to the lives of civilians and stars, many of whom are, or have been similarly afflicted. [More]

The greening of Jean Chrétien *
In the past year, the Prime Minister has gone from being on par with George Bush to being a parks-creating, Kyoto-embracing paragon, says DAVID BOYD [More]

The New Class Struggle *
Forget Marx: Now shareholders, including workers' pension funds, are at war with managerial talent, say ROGER MARTIN and MINHEA MOLDOVEANU [More]

They're spies, not soothsayers *
The CSIS Air-India investigation showed a failure of imagination, not of intention, says analyst WESLEY WARK [More]

Trademark Wallin *
As consul general in New York, the media-savvy Pamela Wallin has staked out an approach to selling Canada that is starkly different from her predecessors, SIMON HOUPT writes. [More]

TV: Dissecting the dead Oswald *
Today we enter the country of Kennedy conspiracy theories. This is no country for the gullible, the paranoid and the vulnerable. It's a strange, forbidding territory, filled with obsessives, amnesiacs, egotists and con artists. [More]

U.S.-Canada relations 'back to normal': Cellucci *
Relations between Canada and the United States are "back to normal" following the strain between the two countries over Ottawa's refusal to take part in the war in Iraq, U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci said Friday. [More]

US will hold a grudge against Canada: Rice *
The Bush administration's disappointment with Canada for refusing to join the war on Iraq will not disappear quickly, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice said yesterday. [More]

Use of medical imaging shows big increase *
First in-depth look at MRI, CT scans reveals distribution, wait periods and access vary widely. [More]

Victoria's Secret prompts few complaints *
The protests — if not the outfits — are muted for the third annual broadcast of the Victoria's Secret fashion show. [More]

We must take action in Congo *
Lee Hamilton: Violence and suffering are at intolerable levels in Congo, where recent atrocities have received global attention. Before conditions go from bad to worse, Canada, the United States and the international community must act to restore some sense of order. [More]

When in doubt, just blame the unions *
Here's an enlightening experiment you can try at home. Go to Google, and search on the following phrase: "union intransigence." You get 485 hits - about half of them, it seems, sparked by the continuing mess at Air Canada. [More]

Who needs cultural armour? *
As Ottawa reconsiders our broadcast policies, let's admit that defensive government intervention has outlived its usefulness, says media watcher PETER DESBARATS [More]

Why Canada must not intercept asylum-seekers *
In 1948, the world was still reeling from the horrors of the Holocaust and the failure of states to protect Jews fleeing Germany. To prevent a recurrence of such atrocities, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously declared that "everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution." [More]

Young people who kill *
A rash of homicides by teens has raised the call for tougher youth-crime laws. They won't work -- but social intervention will, says Queen's law professor NICHOLAS BALA. [More]