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One woman was killed and five others were wounded in a stabbing at a public library located near a busy shopping area of a Vancouver suburb on Saturday (March 28), and police said they had the lone suspect in custody. The attack occurred in the early afternoon and investigators appealed for witnesses, especially those who had shot videos that later posted on social media. "We have six victims who sustained stab wounds. We have a victim who has sadly succumbed to injuries. That victim is a woman," police Sgt. Frank Jang said in a news conference broadcast by the Canadian...

Just this week a militia group and the tea party movement intersected. Mike Vanderboegh, former leader of the Alabama Constitutional Militia, recently called for hundreds of thousands of gun owners to “point their muzzles at the hearts of tyrants” when discussing ways to oppose recent congressional legislation. He also encouraged breaking of Democratic Party leaders windows to get their attention. He said “To all modern Sons of Liberty: THIS is your time. Break their windows. Break them NOW.” After this, there was a rash of such incidents. And, today 7 militia members were arrested in FBI raids in the midwest...

Rulers of the United Arab Emirates were accused in a lawsuit of enslaving tens of thousands of boys over three decades and forcing them to work as jockeys in the popular sport of camel racing. The lawsuit was filed last week by unnamed parents of boys suspected of being abducted, sold and enslaved. They claim more than 30,000 boys could have been victimized and seek class-action status. The lawsuit alleges Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the crown prince of Dubai, and Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid al Maktoum, the deputy ruler, were the most active perpetrators. The lawsuit was filed...

The Muslims' War is with the Jews; Judaism is a Criminal Mafia, Not a Religion ___ In a September 30, 2005 interview on Hizbullah's Al-Manar TV, Ahmad Rami, director of "Radio Islam" in Sweden, stated that the Jews had, via the media and politics, completely occupied the West and the entire world, that "the Jews in Sweden, Germany, France, and America have rights that even the citizens of those countries do not have," and that "Judaism is not a religion, [but] a criminal and dangerous mafia." It should be noted that, Rami was found guilty of incitement against Jews in...

Shakespeare didn’t think names were important. The Ninth Circuit, however, disagrees with the Bard. by John Canoni. August 02, 2005 Shakespeare didn't think names were important. In Romeo and Juliet, he observed “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The Ninth Circuit, however, disagrees with the Bard. In El-Hakem v. BJY, Inc.,[1] the court upheld a jury verdict against an engineering firm CEO who insisted on calling an Arab employee, Mamdouh El-Hakem, “Manny” and “Hank” despite El-Hakem’s strenuous objections over a period of almost a year. The CEO, Gregg Young, asserted a “Western”...

The conspiracy runs deep An open letter of fact to Free Republic Some little known facts about the Tsunami America got wind of the catastrophe before it occurred. The State Department, the Pentagon and the American naval base on the Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia were alerted before the destructive earthquake. You Americans don't care who or how many die. All that matters to you is to continue to rule the world. The annihilation of the Diego Garcia base has happened. The whole world is wondering about the silence of your American government on the fate of this base,...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A rehabilitation center for underaged camel jockeys opened Thursday, providing medical care and education for 16 boys from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sudan, in the most recent effort by the Emirates to stamp out child abuse long associated with the popular sport. The center - the first of its kind in the region - was quietly backed by the government, which has banned the use of jockeys under the age of 15 but is often reluctant to openly discuss the problem, even when the subject is its efforts to crack down on abuse. Officials at...

The New York Times broke the media silence on the cause of Arafat's death Friday by suggesting the terrorist leader may have died from AIDS. In an article entitled "Secrecy by Aides and Silence by Doctors Persists, and What Killed Arafat Is Still a Mystery" the paper chronicled Arafat's rapid health decline and the mystery shrouding his illness. Two days before his death, aides revealed that Arafat was in a coma after having a brain hemorrhage. But the Times doubts this stroke was likely not the cause of Arafat's death. Another clue: "At the time of his medical evacuation to...

SADDAM Hussein has written to his family to tell them his spirit and morale are high and asks relatives to "say hello to everyone", according to Newsweek magazine. The note was made public by Saddam’s lawyer, who alleged his client might have been mistreated in US custody and had suffered wounds. The letter was written on a standard International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) form taken when representatives visited him in February. The magazine reported on its website that it was shown the message by a Jordanian lawyer, Muhammed al-Rushadan, who has been retained by Saddam’s family. The letter...