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A few weeks ago, CTV.ca got an email from a Canadian fellow offering to tell about his UN posting in south Lebanon. After checking it out, the guy seemed legit, and so we posted his story. Tragically, Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener was the Canadian who is missing and presumed dead following the Israeli bombardment of that [...]
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While NATO soldiers ramble over hill and dale, seeking to engage the Taliban, the insurgents are targeting soft targets like schools in an attempt to destabilize the country. A Canadian, Mike Frastacky of Vancouver, has been one victim of this tactic. This BBC story looks at the bigger picture. An excerpt: In Helmand province in the [...]
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Craig Oliver, editor of the BBC's The Ten O'Clock News, makes the following point: Here are some stark statistics: • Around 30 to 40 people are killed every day in the current Israel/Lebanon conflict. • About 100 people are killed every day in the violence in Iraq. • And 1,200 people are killed every day [...]
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Just three days ago, I had a post about Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf's international and domestic political problems — and how the two were related. Now, a group of retired generals is advising PPM that it would be a good idea if he weren't both president and chief of staff of the army. An excerpt from the [...]
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The European Court of Human Rights is to rule on the case of a Chechen man who disappeared in 1999. One of the reasons there is a case is because TV cameras captured a Russian general giving orders to shoot the guy. An excerpt from the BBC story: Khadzi-Murat Yandiyev was arrested during the military [...]
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Shannon Rupp, contributing editor with The Tyee, wrote a piece on July 25 reviewing the case of Vivian Smith and the Victoria Times-Colonist. Here's an excerpt: The firing put a “chill” on the newsroom, according to insiders who spoke on the guarantee of anonymity. They asked what this instance might mean for future reporting. Might [...]