India , in the chasm of duality: India, one of the oldest and most sophisticated civilizations on earth, is a world where duality takes all its sense. After spending 10 days here, mainly as part of a Quebec economical delegation focused on IT and the Telecom market, I got the opportunity to discover and appreciate this raising monster. India counts 1.1 billion people and given its huge population and religious/philosophical/mysticism diversity it is impressively peaceful. India is the home of Hinduism, of Siddhartha Gautama the Buddha, of Mahatma Gandhi, of Mother Theresa and of other great human beings who have made world history. It now has a GNP (Growth National Product: value in $ generated by the country each year) as big as Canada?s but benefits of a growth of nearly 9% annually compared to 2% for Canada. It has an increasing ?middle class?  read more »

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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AFP) - The United States and Honduras booked their berths in the 2008 Beijing Olympic football tournament with victories over Canada and Guatemala on Thursday. Freddy Adu sco...

- Ontario's Liberal government has introduced a motion calling on China to engage in dialogue with Tibet, but is going ahead with a trade mission to Beijing.

The Liberals have been taking heat all week over Trade Minister Sandra Pupatello's planned visit to China this weekend, with human rights activists and the opposition parties condemning the timing of the trip.

Hundreds of pro-Tibet activists gathered in front of the legislature today in protest.

Deputy Premier George Smitherman introduced the motion in the legislature, calling it a "very very strong opportunity for Ontarians to be united" in their stand against human rights abuses in Tibet.  read more »

"We are not going to discuss the things we are doing operationally."

- Canada will resume handing over captured Taliban fighters to Afghan authorities as soon as the army is confident there is no risk of torture, Defence Minister Peter MacKay said Saturday.

The agreement signed with President Hamid Karzai's government last May will be honoured, MacKay insisted at the end of a closed-door strategy session by the government caucus.

The handovers will recommence once "we see there are improvements... in the Afghan prison," he told reporters.  read more »

Ceremonies were held Sunday across Canada to mark the turning point in the Battle of the North Atlantic, a major confrontation between allied ships and German U-boats during the Second World War.

The long battle began in 1939 and re ...