The National Post reports, “The FBI has arrested a Canadian for his role in an alleged terrorist plot against the Danish newspaper that published the controversial Muhamad cartoons.
Tahawwur Hussain Rana, 48, owner of First World Immigration Services, was charged with aiding a conspiracy to attack the Jyllands-Posten in Copenhagen.”
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A national emergency has been declared in the United States as swine flu deaths have reached one thousand.
Guardian.co.uk reports, “The flu, which has spread throughout much of the world and raised global alarm, has caused the deaths of more than 100 children in the US alone, and is widespread in 46 of America’s [...]
RIA Novosto reports the following: “A mini-sub with 10 metric tons of cocaine onboard has been seized some 180 miles of the coast of Guatemala in the country’s largest ever drug seizure, Mexican media reported on Friday.
Guatemalan Interior Minister Raul Velasquez said the drug was seized on Wednesday in a joint operation [...]
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, across the U.S. – Mexican border with El Paso, Texas, has had almost 2,000 murders so far this year. The city has one of the highest murder rates in the world.
From a syracuse.com article, “The killings, averaging seven a day in the city of 1.5 million, can be blamed on an [...]
Symantec has announced that millions of computers have security software that was paid for, but is fradulent. This fake software actually leaves computers easier to be taken over.
From canada.com: “‘Lots of times, in fact they’re a conduit for attackers to take over your machine,’ said Vincent Weafer, Symantec’s vice-president for security response.
‘They’ll take [...]
The left bloc ALBA has approved a new currency to be used for intra-regional trade. The new currency is scheduled to begin next year.
“The bloc also called for the replacement of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, which arbitrates international contract disputes and has probed a slew of disputes [...]
A ship off Canada’s British Columbia coast has been seized after it had sailed in Canadian waters unannounced, reports the Globe and Mail.
“In all, 76 men were found on the ship and were believed to be in good health, considering the voyage they had just undertaken, Rob Johnston, of the Canada Border Services [...]
[Photo copyright The Press Secretary Office of the President of Indonesia]– Iran claims that the United States and Britain were involved in a suicide attack on Revolutionary Guards.
News24 reports: “A suicide bomber blew himself up, killing seven commanders and 23 other people.
The headquarters of the armed forces blamed the bombing on ‘terrorists’ backed [...]
Over the past six years, Mexico has seen a doubling of cocaine use due to increased availability, reports the Hartford Courant.
“The report said 2.4 percent of Mexicans aged 12 to 65 used cocaine in 2008, compared to 1.2 percent in 2002. The consumption of all illegal drugs rose to 5.7 percent of the [...]
[CBC News]– The Canadian Real Estate Association says 135,182 homes were sold countrywide in the third quarter, up 18 per cent from a year earlier and the most ever for the period.
It’s the biggest year-over-year increase since early 2002, the group said Thursday.
Building on two previous quarterly increases, seasonally adjusted home sales [...]
