Month: July 2010

They say that Hollywood is a man’s town. But if you were to glance at the latest celebrity “power list”, you could be forgiven for thinking that the opposite was true. For the first time […] […]

“Our guys needed this”— Sgt. Nancy McLean, a Toronto police officer Rainbow flags, fishnet stockings and broad smiles littered the streets as thousands celebrated Toronto’s Dyke March under a bright, pelting sun Saturday. It was […] […]

CEBU, PHILIPPINES—Fifteen people were killed after the brakes on a speeding bus packed with passengers failed and the vehicle slammed into a concrete barrier in the central Philippines. Another 48 people were injured, police said […] […]

The beginning of July is a time for celebration across North America. It begins on the first of the month when Canadians close their offices, factories and banks and take to the outdoors to observe […] […]

A LEADING Tibetan environmentalist has been jailed for subversion, the third such verdict amid an apparent crackdown on intellectuals in the Himalayan region, activists said. Rinchen Samdrup, 44, was sentenced to five years in prison […] […]