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The struggles that follow the victory of formal equality and universal franchise may not be as filled with drama and moral clarity as those that came before, but they are no less important. For around the […]

Israel’s Fischer picked to be next Fed vice chair: source (Reuters) – Stanley Fischer, who led the Bank of Israel for eight years until he stepped down in June, has been asked to be the Federal […]

Putin One Ups Canada’s North Pole Claim With More Russian Military (Canadian Press) Russian President Vladimir Putin is pawing the snow over Canada’s claim to the North Pole. A day after Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird […]

UN predicts near doubling of city dwellers by 2050 (AP) — The number of city dwellers is at an all-time high of about 3.5 billion and will nearly double in the next 30 to 40 years, […]

One Look At The United States-Canada Border Reveals Some Ridiculous Things Americans shouldn’t take for granted their friendly neighbor to the north (Buffalo News) Misconceptions in the United States about Canada are quite common. They include: […]