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This Day in History (03-10-1397)
Dec 24, 2018 11:23Today is Monday; 3rd of the Iranian month of Dey 1397 solar hijri; corresponding to 16th of the Islamic month of Rabi as-Sani 1440 lunar hijri; and December 24, 2018, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar.
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Canada upholds $15 billion Saudi arms deal after Khashoggi murder
Nov 03, 2018 09:06In the nearly four weeks since the Saudi regime had journalist Jamal Khashoggi murdered, Canada’s Liberal government has gone out of its way to avoid criticizing Riyadh, while insisting Canada must fulfill a $15 billion arms deal with the kingdom—a linchpin of US imperialism’s domination of the oil-rich Middle East.
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Canadian Islamophobia industry
Oct 05, 2018 10:14It is said that misery loves company, and this certainly seems to be the case for Islamophobes. Imagine an Islamophobe sitting alone, bitter, and miserable, unable to find a more meaningful calling in life than harassing people he doesn’t know and hating a religion that he doesn’t understand and is too arrogant to learn about it.
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Trade tensions increase as US-Canada talks miss deadline
Sep 03, 2018 16:22Talks between US and Canadian representatives on a revamped North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) broke up without an agreement, missing the deadline for a deal set by the Trump administration.
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World must fight against US economic dictatorship
Aug 17, 2018 22:11US President Donald Trump has kicked off trade wars with several countries, placing tariffs on everything from steel to chicken incubators. Trading partners including China, Canada, the European Union and Mexico are not sitting on their hands. They have hit the US with retaliatory tariffs in a tit-for-tat reaction.
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Is oily economy-politics behind Saudis’ crude Canadian diplomacy?
Aug 17, 2018 21:59Chile-based investigative journalist Whitney Webb, says on the current straining of ties between Saudi Arabia and Canada: For such an ugly and bizarre international fistfight to spring full-blown from a single critical tweet strains credulity. She adds: Underlying the Saudis hostile anti-Canadian actions may be a desire to signal the world to stay blind to the Riyadh regime’s internal repressions, or it may be an economic play with Canadian oil.
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Does Canada need better gun control?
Aug 11, 2018 14:28This article has been penned by Jooyoung Lee who is an associate professor of sociology and faculty member at the Center for the Study of the United States at the University of Toronto.
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This Day in History (12-02-1397)
May 02, 2018 07:45Today is Wednesday; 12th of the Iranian month of Ordibehesht 1397 solar hijri; corresponding to 15th of the Islamic month of Sha’ban 1439 lunar hijri; and May 2, 2018, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar.
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This Day in History (28-04-1395)
Jul 18, 2016 08:04Today is Monday; 28th of the Iranian month of Tir 1395 solar hijri; corresponding to 13th of the Islamic month of Shawwal 1437 lunar hijri; and July 18, 2016, of the Christian Gregorian Calendar.