http://www.tolerance.ca/Rubrique.aspx?ID=14&L=en World News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:15:07 -0500 2012 Tolerance.ca en-ca http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=129336&L=en Brussels - In 2010 the governments of the 26 European Defence Agency (EDA) participating Member States (pMS) spent a total of €194 billion on defence. The US spent the equivalent of €520 billion (or $689 billion).  Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=127004&L=en Arab League monitors Thursday are expected to visit the Syrian cities of Daraa, Hama and Idlib, where anti-government protests have been violently repressed, as questions mount about the observers' credibility. Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=126690&L=en by Nida’ Tuma Ramallah, West Bank - A Facebook page with nearly 2000 members has recently attracted the attention of the Palestinian public and media. “Puzzled young women” is becoming an important arena in the debate on women’s rights in the Palestinian territories, a debate which previously lacked one essential element: dialogue with proponents of a more traditional role for women. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=126129&L=en Former Czech President Vaclav Havel, the dissident playwright who led the peaceful revolution that toppled communism in the former Czechoslovakia, has died. He was 75. Sun, 18 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=125916&L=en A judge found Chirac guilty of embezzling public funds Thursday but suspended his two-year sentence in the landmark case. Thu, 15 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=125608&L=en Islamabad/Brussels - Religious intolerance, sectarian violence and radical Islamic parties threaten to undermine the democratic reforms on which Pakistan’s stability depends. Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=123998&L=en Cairo/Brussels - The brutal crackdown on demonstrators that has once again shaken Tahrir Square and unleashed protests across Egypt is tragic, yet it also offers a rare chance to get the transition process back on track precisely at the time when there was every indication it was set to derail. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=122818&L=en by Jerome Socolovsky The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran has obtained enough sensitive material and expertise that it could build a nuclear weapon relatively quickly if it wanted to. The new evidence reinforces Western suspicions that Tehran's nuclear ambitions are not peaceful as it has long claimed. Wed, 23 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=124291&L=en Phnom Penh, Cambodia – Africa’s leadership in the fight against anti-personnel mines will be front and centre and next week’s Eleventh Meeting of the States Parties (11MSP) of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or Ottawa Convention, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Several African states have committed to participate at a high level at what amounts to the world’s largest gathering of anti-landmines diplomats and experts. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=123845&L=en Egyptian activists called for massive protests Tuesday to demand the country's military rulers cede power to a civilian authority as uncertainty grew over parliamentary elections due to begin next week. Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=119638&L=en Jakarta/Brussels - Six months after the transition to a new, semi-civilian government, major changes are taking place in Myanmar, but many steps still need to be taken to overcome decades of conflict. Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=119484&L=en Phnom Penh,  – Representatives from 11 Asian States including Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam are gathered in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to address the human costs of anti-personnel mines. Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=119435&L=en As debate continues over whether the Palestinians should ask for a UN resolution recognising Palestine as an independent state, a new global poll for BBC World Service reveals that, in all 19 countries surveyed, more citizens would prefer to see their government vote to support the resolution than vote against it – although only by a modest margin in many countries. Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=117469&L=en Brussels - As Libyans prepare for the Qaddafi regime's imminent demise, the country faces a pivotal moment of historic proportions. Steps taken in the next few days and weeks will decisively shape the post-Qaddafi order. Tue, 23 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=117347&L=en Libyan rebel fighters pushing for an end to leader Moammar Gadhafi's rule say they control most of the capital, Tripoli, after moving past the city's outer defenses and into the central Green Square where thousands of residents celebrated Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=116157&L=en A Libyan tanker arrived in Benghazi after rebels claimed they had seized the vessel from Libyan government forces. NATO officials say they cleared the ship on Wednesday and allowed it to proceed to the rebel-held port.   Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=110616&L=en The head of the International Monetary Fund is set to appear in a New York City court Monday to face sexual assault charges following a complaint by a hotel maid. Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=109960&L=en Brussels - The situation in Syria is quickly going beyond the point of no return. By denouncing all forms of protest as sedition, and dealing with them through escalating violence, the regime is closing the door on any possible honourable exit to a deepening national crisis. Mon, 09 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=110230&L=en Nairobi/Brussels - Abyei is on the brink of dangerous new conflict that risks escalation of violent confrontation between security forces and other armed proxies from North and South Sudan on the eve of Southern independence. Fighting in recent days follows months of recurring incidents in the hotly contested border territory, underscoring dangerous tensions both on the ground and between leaders of the National Congress Party (NCP) and Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Khartoum and Juba, respectively. Sun, 08 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=109866&L=en At 11:35 pm EST on May 1, President Barack Obama made an announcement that the American people had waited almost 10 years to hear: Thu, 05 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=106965&L=en French war planes pounded Libyan targets Saturday evening, the first foreign strikes enforcing a United Nations "no-fly" zone over Libya, following an emergency international summit in Paris earlier in the day. Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=106608&L=en Japanese officials say radiation levels have reached dangerous levels around an earthquake-damaged nuclear plant after a fire broke out in a storage pond holding used nuclear fuel rods. Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=105255&L=en Protesters in Libya staged a new push to oust long-time leader Moammar Gadhafi Friday, with reports of gunfire against demonstrators in the capital. Fri, 25 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=104320&L=en Friday was the day the demonstrators had been awaiting. The announcement of Mr. Mubarak’s resignation drew an immediate roar of cheers and honking automobile horns throughout Cairo that went on for hours. It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down. Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News http://www.tolerance.ca/Article.aspx?ID=103479&L=en ElBaradei told some 5,000 protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square Sunday that they "cannot go back." He called for "a new Egypt" in which every citizen "lives in freedom and dignity." Tens of thousands of Egyptians were protesting in Cairo's Tahrir Square Monday, defying a government-imposed curfew as they continue to press for an end to President Hosni Mubarak's nearly 30-year rule. Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 -0500 World News