Five who survived financial crisis like phoenix

A woman begging on a street in Dublin. Ireland is currently facing the toughest budget measures in the nation’s history. Five countries that faced meltdown in the past 20 years have all recovered – with or without IMF bailouts. Thailand It seems there is nothing that can stop the Thai economy: not violent

US & Pak play ‘I spy’ with one another

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Posted by admin on July 13, 20102,293 Comments US & Pak play ‘I spy’ with one another A Pakistani man approached CIA officers in Islamabad last year, offering to give up secrets of his countries closely guarded nuclear program. To prove he was a trustworthy source, he claimed to possess spent nuclear fuel

Silencing Canada’s whistleblowers

Silencing Canada’s whistleblowers     LAST week an adjudicator at the Public Service Labour Relations Board handed down rulings related to three Health Canada scientists that confirm what many Canadians – and international observers – had already concluded: that Canada is not a safe place for honest employees, especially if they work for

Cyber spying is the new face of espionage

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Posted by Canasiantimes on September 22, 2011 Mississauga-Erindale MP Bob Dechert with Shi Rong, right, the chief Xinhua News Agency correspondent in Toronto In the context of controversy surrounding Conservative MP Bob Dechert’s flirtatious email exchanges with a Chinese journalist Experts say all governments need better cyber vigilance -Ryan Charkow When many people think of

9/11 attacks – Conspiracies that weren’t

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Posted by Canasiantimes on September 15, 2011     Like every major event, 9/11 has inspired a huge number of conspiracy theories most of which argue eveyone except AlQaeda attacked the US The September 11 attacks have spawned bestselling books, films and an indeterminate number of conspiracy websites run by “truthers” whose theories revolve

Gandhi Born Again In India

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Posted by Canasiantimes on September 1, 2011 Mr Hazare is neither India, nor a messiah. Neither does one have to agree with every clause of his proposed Lokpal Bill. But there is no denying one thing: whatever be one’s views on Mr Hazare, credit the old man with forcing the different

World’s largest floating island

The world’s largest floating vessel, a 1,601-foot-long and 243-foot-wide liquefied natural gas facility called Prelude, has been launched from a dock in South Korea. The vessel, which can’t technically be called a ship as it is towed between destinations, is longer than the Empire State Building in height and weighs

Messi, Ronaldo, Ribery shortlisted

Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Franck Ribery were named the final contenders for the World Footballer of the Year award by the ruling body FIFA. The Portugal and Real Madrid winger Ronaldo won the prestigious award in 2008, while the Barcelona and Argentina forward Messi has taken the prize in the