Mark Thompson, director-general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), has admitted in an interview that broadcasters treat Christianity with far less sensitivity than other religions. He said that Christianity is “an established part of our cultural-built landscape” and is “pretty broad shouldered,” while other faiths have a “very close identity with ethnic minorities” and criticism […]
Coptic Christians under siege in Egypt
On February 11, 2011 after 18 days of massive protests from Egyptians, President Hosni Mubarak resigned ending his 30-year presidency. The news was received with roars of approval and chanting. Many Egyptians had seen Mubarak’s long reign as very undemocratic. His resignation was seen as the people’s victory because it was their protests that had […]
Amanda Knox found not guilty
An Italian court has cleared 24-year-old American Amanda Knox and her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito of charges relating to the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. They were facing up to 26 years if found guilty of the murder and sexual assault of Kercher which happened four years ago. Knox gave an impassioned final closing statement in […]
GAiN to Help Borana Tribe
Suffering from the drought crisis in East Africa, the famished people of the Borana tribe in Kenya and Ethiopia are given a chance to make a full recovery as Global Aid Network Canada intervened in the nick of time, bringing immediate and long term relief. With most of their livestock dead, the 2500 Borana people […]
Bloomberg bans prayer at 9/11 service
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has banned clergy and prayer at tenth anniversary commemoration ceremony of 9/11. According to the Associated Press, Evelyn Erskine, a spokeswoman for Bloomberg stated, “Rather than have disagreements over which religious leaders participate, we would like to keep the focus of our commemoration ceremony on the family members of those […]
KHL team killed in plane crash
A Russian plane carrying a team of players from the Lokmotive team of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) crashed Wednesday killing most passengers. Fourty five were on board including former Canuck Pavol Demitra and NHL veteran and coach Brad McCrimmon. Of the two survivors one is player Alexander Gamilov and the other is a crew […]
England riot violence escalates
On August 4th 2011 after investigating a crime in the community of Tottenham, North London, police stopped a taxi with alleged drug dealer Mark Duggan inside. Nobody knows the exact details, but shortly after Duggan was dead from a police bullet. The exact circumstances that lead up to this shooting are still a bit unsure. […]
Warren Jeffs given maximum sentence
Polygamist and leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) received a maximum life sentence on Tuesday for sexually assaulting two underage followers he took as brides. The decision was made by a jury in Texas who gave him the maximum sentence on both counts. The 55-year-old Jeffs who defended […]
Relief for East Africa still desperately needed
Over 12 million people in Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti desperately need nourishment due to a massive drought (the worst in 60 years) in the Horn of Africa. A lack of rain in the region has killed off both crops and livestock creating this drought situation. According to the UN Food Security and Nutrition Analysis […]
Norway mourns loss after terror
After the September 11, 2001 the world became acquainted with Muslim extremism when four commercial airlines were hijacked by Al-Quaeda and crashed into the world trade center then the Pentagon. Our world had changed and we were afraid. Ten years passed and in that time a war against terror was initiated, a new American president […]