Canada is deeply disturbed by Iran’s decision further to enrich its nuclear material in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, Canada's Prime Minister said in a statement released today. The regime’s latest moves bring Iran considerably closer to possessing weapons-grade material.
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Canada's merchandise exports and imports both advanced in December on the strength of automotive products.
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The family members of Paul and Rachel Chandler, note with concern the escalation of media coverage surrounding their horrific and continuing ordeal in Somalia.
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Danish special forces have stormed a ship captured by Somali pirates and freed 25 crew members with no casualties, a European Union naval spokesman and the Danish navy said Friday.
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Reports reaching Kenya on Wednesday indicate that one of the 3 Kenyan crew of FV TAWARIQ-4 has died under mysterious circumstances in a Tanzanian prison.
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Reports from the ground indicate that the vessel MV RIM is a clandestine weapons transporter en route from Eritrea to Yemen, which had been intercepted with the knowledge and under the eyes of naval operations in the area. Independent verification of the cargo was, however, so far not possible.
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Owing to its worldwide recognized reputation the Munich Security Conference is more and more developing into a "crystallization point" of security policy. "A great number of security-political events such as the Nuclear Threat Initiative for nuclear disarmament, founded by the former U.S. Senator Sam Nunn, will this year surround the conference," the organizer states with delight.
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Employment increased by 43,000 in January, all in part time, pushing the unemployment rate down 0.1 percentage points to 8.3%. January marks the fourth employment gain in six months.
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According to Maj. Gen. Yadlin of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF), cyberwarfare is divided into three areas: intelligence gathering, defense and attack. "Anyone who is able to hack (personal computers, cell phones and internet) ends up knowing quite a lot. If you catch my drift," warns the Military Intelligence chief.
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Canadian hoteliers' business outlook for the traveller accommodation industries was less pessimistic for the first quarter than it had been in the previous four quarters.
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