Briefs from around the world
Denmark: A court in Copenhagen has cleared the editors of the Danish newspaper that published an editorial cartoon depicting the Prophet Mohammed as a terrorist.
The cartoon quickly spread across the world and caused controversy, riots and a bevy of law suits citing racism and blasphemy.
The University of Prince Edward Island student newspaper, The Cadre, published cartoons and caused uproar within the school and across the country.
Washington: President George W Bush have told reporters in Washington that he is “not satisfied” with the rate of progress in Iraq.
The leader still rejects requests to set a timeline for the exit of nearly 140,000 American troops stationed in Iraq, saying to set a time would be to admit defeat.
Meanwhile the Prime Minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki, has said he could get the violence under control in Iraq within six months with the cooperation of American troops.
Ottawa: Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay has denied allegations that he called former girlfriend and Liberal MP Belinda Stronach “a dog” in the House of Commons.
Even though the remark was not recorded in the official records of the House, the Liberal Party have accumulated eight legal affidavits from MPs swearing they heard MacKay's dig at his former girlfriend.
Berlin: The German Military's reputation could be damaged after photographs in Berlin were exposed to the public of German officers in Afghanistan playing with a skull. The photographs include ones of German officers posing with the skull, using it as ornaments on the front of their jeeps, and even a photograph of one of the soldiers holding the skull up to his exposed penis. There is, however, no proof of the photographs' authenticity and it is unclear where the skull came from.
The cartoon quickly spread across the world and caused controversy, riots and a bevy of law suits citing racism and blasphemy.
The University of Prince Edward Island student newspaper, The Cadre, published cartoons and caused uproar within the school and across the country.
Washington: President George W Bush have told reporters in Washington that he is “not satisfied” with the rate of progress in Iraq.
The leader still rejects requests to set a timeline for the exit of nearly 140,000 American troops stationed in Iraq, saying to set a time would be to admit defeat.
Meanwhile the Prime Minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki, has said he could get the violence under control in Iraq within six months with the cooperation of American troops.
Ottawa: Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay has denied allegations that he called former girlfriend and Liberal MP Belinda Stronach “a dog” in the House of Commons.
Even though the remark was not recorded in the official records of the House, the Liberal Party have accumulated eight legal affidavits from MPs swearing they heard MacKay's dig at his former girlfriend.
Berlin: The German Military's reputation could be damaged after photographs in Berlin were exposed to the public of German officers in Afghanistan playing with a skull. The photographs include ones of German officers posing with the skull, using it as ornaments on the front of their jeeps, and even a photograph of one of the soldiers holding the skull up to his exposed penis. There is, however, no proof of the photographs' authenticity and it is unclear where the skull came from.
