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Hillary Clinton calls on Canada to fight terrorist propaganda
Jan22

Hillary Clinton calls on Canada to fight terrorist propaganda

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. (John Woods/The Canadian Press) WINNIPEG – Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton is calling on Canada to continue fighting the “ideology of hate” and extremist propaganda fuelling terrorism. Clinton told about 2,000 people at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the...

Hillary Clinton says world must fight propaganda
Jan22

Hillary Clinton says world must fight propaganda

WINNIPEG – Former U.S. secretary of state Hillary Clinton is calling on Canada to continue fighting the “ideology of hate” and extremist propaganda fuelling terrorism.Clinton told about 2,000 people at a Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce luncheon that the international community has to target material that is drawing radicals to the...

Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran
Jan21

Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird plans to take a pass on this week’s high-level meeting, chaired by his Norwegian counterpart, on the future of Syria at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. However, Baird will attend separate sessions Thursday on the crisis in Ukraine and a meeting focused on the instability being caused by militants...

Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran
Jan21

Baird declines invite for special Syria meeting at Davos that includes Iran

OTTAWA – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird plans to take a pass on this week’s high-level meeting, chaired by his Norwegian counterpart, on the future of Syria at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland.However, Baird will attend separate sessions Thursday on the crisis in Ukraine and a meeting focused on the instability being...

Moscow backs withdrawing heavy weaponry from Ukraine front line
Jan21

Moscow backs withdrawing heavy weaponry from Ukraine front line

Moscow proposed Wednesday that both Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels pull heavy weapons back to a previously agreed-upon division line to help reduce hostilities, but said nothing about the rebels surrendering any territory they gained by violating the peace deal. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine claims Russian soldiers are bolstering rebels
Jan21

Ukraine claims Russian soldiers are bolstering rebels

Russia is boosting its troop presence in eastern Ukraine and attacks from separatist rebels have intensified as they seek to gain more territory from government forces, the Ukrainian military said on Wednesday. …read more Source: The Toronto...

Russia-Ukraine peace talks will focus on withdrawing heavy weaponry from frontline
Jan21

Russia-Ukraine peace talks will focus on withdrawing heavy weaponry from frontline

Moscow has proposed restoring a previously agreed line of division in eastern Ukraine to end an escalation of fighting, and has persuaded the rebels to pull back heavy weapons behind it, Russia’s foreign minister said Wednesday. …read more Source: CTV...

Ukraine says its forces attacked by Russian troops
Jan21

Ukraine says its forces attacked by Russian troops

The accusation against Moscow on Tuesday was one of the boldest assertions yet by Ukraine of direct Russian military involvement since the conflict began …read more Source: The Globe and...

Barack Obama: ‘Tonight, we turn the page’
Jan21

Barack Obama: ‘Tonight, we turn the page’

(Mandal Ngan, AP Photo) Text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night, as prepared for delivery and provided by the White House: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice-President, members of Congress, my fellow Americans: We are 15 years into this new century. Fifteen years that dawned with terror touching our shores; that...

Shelling in eastern Ukraine kills at least 6 civilians
Jan21

Shelling in eastern Ukraine kills at least 6 civilians

DONETSK, Ukraine – Shelling in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk killed at least six civilians Tuesday, as fighting intensified between government and rebel forces. AP reporters saw the bodies of two people who were killed while waiting for a bus in the separatist-held city of Donetsk. Separatist authorities said another person died from an...