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The shrinking of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina has hardly been a secret, but now the evidence is there for all to see. According to newly released data from last year’s National Census, it lost […] […]

PRIME Minister David Cameron has condemned Britain’s long-standing policy of multiculturalism as a failure, calling for better integration of young Muslims to combat home-grown extremism. In a speech to the Munich Security Conference, Mr Cameron […] […]

FEMALE genital mutilation has established itself in Western countries in recent years because of growing migration flows, the head of an international migration agency said on Friday. “With the growth in migration in recent years, […] […]

OTTAWA—The Canadian army captured more suspected Taliban fighters in 2009 than any other year of its mission in Afghanistan. The Defence Department released statistics Friday that show 225 prisoners were taken on the battlefield, and […] […]

WITH Europe slammed for saying too little, too late on the unrest rolling across its southern flank, leaders of Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Italy independently warned Cairo against further bloodshed as a one-day European […] […]

NEW YORK – New York City’s parks, beaches and even Times Square will be off-limits to smokers soon under one of the United States’ toughest anti-cigarette laws. “This summer, New Yorkers who go to our […] […]

CAIRO—Protesters demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster packed Cairo’s central square by the tens of thousands Friday, waving Egyptian flags, singing the national anthem and cheering, appearing undaunted and determined after their camp withstood two days […] […]

VANCOUVER—A young asylum seeker who snuck into Canada disguised as an old man told an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing Thursday he was coached to lie by smugglers in China. Because of that, a government […] […]

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is getting a dose of his own medicine, with details of the confidential Swedish police pre-trial investigation continuing to be leaked on the internet. The latest leak is a 100-page fax […] […]

Foreign journalists were beaten with sticks and fists by pro-government mobs in Cairo this morning, and dozens were detained by security forces. The US condemned what it called the “systematic targeting” of the reporters, photographers […] […]