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The intensity of U.S. ambassador Paul Cellucci's remarks about Canada on Tuesday came as a surprise to professionals in international relations. The ambassador publicly expressed disappointment over Canada's refusal to support his country's war against Iraq. Many Americans, he noted, are "upset" by Canada's position. "They're extremely undiplomatic and direct comments," said Brian Tomlin, director of the Centre for Negotiation and Dispute Resolution at Carleton University in Ottawa. "To me, they indicate the level of pique the Bush administration feels about Canada now." Tomlin says that it's impossible to assess the duration of that American pique. But in the short...

US lawmakers seek to end French company's contract By Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - No matter whether it's french toast or french fries they're serving to the Marines, a group of U.S. lawmakers want caterer Sodexho Inc. to stop it -- because its parent company is French. Angry at France's refusal to support the war on Iraq, the lawmakers are urging the military to cancel a contract with Sodexho Inc., the North American unit of France's Sodexho Alliance (EXHO.PA). But one lawmaker, whose Maryland district contains Sodexho Inc.'s headquarters, has launched a counterattack, noting the company employs Americans...

The remarks of U.S. Ambassador Paul Cellucci earlier this week made a public issue of what had previously been dismissed or denied: The government of Jean Chrétien has failed Canada by failing to support our best friend. The litany of shame is by now well known on both sides of the border. The last straw came when hockey fans in Montreal booed the American national anthem. Their action made headlines across the States, on the sports pages, the ones that are read by everybody. The responses in Canada are also familiar and predictable. By refusing to support the Americans on...

THE PROPELLERS FELL OFF THE ONLY OTHER CARRIER THEY HAVE WHEN THEY LAUNCHED IT! This is NOT a parody or a spoof---this is TRUE. This French aircraft carrier broke its port propeller on its first long-distance trials. The French Navy announced that a blade on one of the aircraft carrier's two propellers broke off when the 40,000-ton vessel was making its way from Guadeloupe in the French West Indies to the US naval base at Norfolk, Virginia at 25kts. The break occurred in the vessel's port propeller, which weighs 19 tons and measures 5.8m in diameter. Divers were unable to...

Additional Politicians, Parties, Corporations and Governments Involved in 30 Year Conspiracy with Saddam Hussein (Washington, DC) Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption and abuse, said today that it has filed formal complaints against French President Jacque Chirac and senior officials of other governments and corporations for the unlawful proliferation of nuclear technology, the unlawful trafficking of arms and military technology, and the violation of United Nations (U.N.) trade sanctions imposed after the 1991 Gulf War, as well as additional U.N. sanctions relating to the so-called “oil-for-food” program. The complaints were filed with the International...