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Canadians are world-class complainers – about the government, the economy, the weather and a host of shortcomings in their lives. But in spite of the global economic turbulence, Canada remains one of the best countries in which to live. Here are 10 of the worst places to live in 2008, and the factors that made them unliveable.
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Pollution: Urumqi, China Once a Silk Road hub, the western Chinese city of Urumqi has the bad luck to be downstream of sulphurous soil dust from nearby agricultural areas, as well as deadly industrial pollutants. China’s environmental scientists say it now outranks Linfen, previously named as the world’s most polluted city.
Corruption: Somalia Declared a failed state, Somalia is so violent that millions have fled their homes. But it is also at the bottom of an annual global corruption index by Transparency International, which points out that in desperately poor countries, bribery and extortion can be life and death issues if people are forced to pay extra for basic necessities.
Dictatorship: North Korea Kim Jong-il, North Korea’s ailing ruler, was named the world’s worst dictator of 2008 on Parade magazine’s annual list. It says he runs the most isolated, repressive regime in the world, where three generations of a family can be punished for one member’s alleged crime. About 200,000 citizens have been jailed, many tortured.
Personal security: Iraq In spite of the much-praised "surge" of American troops, and a diminished death rate in the past year, Iraq ranks lowest on the Global Peace Index’s scale as a country with easy access to weapons, a high murder rate, poorly functioning government, low respect for human rights and political instability.
Homicide rate: El Salvador Latin America has the highest murder rate in the world for young adults, 15-24. But El Salvador tops the list of the world’s most dangerous countries for the young – and has one of the highest murder rates for people of all ages, according to the Latin American Technological Information Network.
Inflation: Zimbabwe When inflation in the southern African nation shot above 1 million per cent in the past year, worldwide cries went up for President Robert Mugabe’s resignation. Now Zimbabweans carry sacks of newly printed cash to pay for a loaf of bread, and those with jobs choose between lunch and a bus ride to work. Mugabe is still in power.
Gender gap: Yemen Greater equality between the sexes means better health, living standard and lifespan for women. The reverse is true in Yemen, where, the World Economic Forum says, lack of education, poor health care, lack of job opportunity and inability to press for change through the political process put women at risk.
Life expectancy: Swaziland Afflicted with dire poverty and the world’s highest HIV infection rate, the tiny southern African kingdom of 1 million has a shockingly low life expectancy of 32 – less than half the world’s average. The royal family has a monopoly on the economy, and the majority of Swaziland’s people live on about $1 a day.
Literacy: Mali The large, landlocked West African country was, ironically, one of the world’s centres of Islamic scholarship, and is believed to have founded the first university. Now, fewer than 23 per cent of men and women can read and write, according to the UN Development Program, which rates it at the bottom of the global literacy scale.
Freedom of speech: Eritrea Since the government banned all privately owned media in 2001, things have grown steadily worse for journalists, with crackdowns on media, arrests, reports of torture, disappearances and deaths in custody. "President Issaias Afeworki and his small clan of paranoid nationalists continue to run the country like a vast open prison," says Reporters Without Borders.
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Thieves steal eight trailers filled with appliances
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Several trailers containing large household appliances worth a combined value of about $380,000 were stolen from an Adams Boulevard storage compound, police say. The theft took place sometime between Dec. 13 and Dec. 15 after the locked compound had been entered. Eight 53-foot long trailers containing an assortment of household appliances were stolen from the compound, police said. Anyone with information about the theft is asked to call Det. at 519-756-0113 or Brant-Brantford Crime Stoppers at 519-750-8477.
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verb.
to part take in an inherently homosexual act, or to display homosexual tendencies or behaviors with a person of the same sex. applies mostly to macho, heterosexual males and excludes intentional, playful displays of homosexual behavior; should be used in sentences in second and/or third person (you and he/she/it, respectively); and is best when used in a narrative or observation. at last night’s party, jeff and mark were definitely bro-backing, as they slow danced together on the patio.
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Just Before The ‘Election’ George W.Bush test fired his weapon of mass destruction at the primaries ;
Weapons Of Mass Financial Destruction
Just Before The ‘Election’ Of George W.Bush
Saddam Test Fired A Shot From His New Weapon Of Mass Financial Destruction
Making A Move To Switch Oil Trade Out Of The Dollar And Into The Euro
Just Before The ‘Election’ Of President George W Bush
Sealed Saddam Hussein’s Fate Once And For All
"The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq’s oil before the 9/11 attacks, sparking a policy battle between neo-cons and Big Oil, BBC’s Newsnight has revealed….
Insiders told Newsnight that planning began ‘within weeks’ of Bush’s first taking office in 2001, long before the September 11th attack on the US. An Iraqi-born oil industry consultant, Falah Aljibury, says he took part in the secret meetings in California, Washington and the Middle East. He described a State Department plan for a forced coup d’etat. Mr Aljibury himself told Newsnight that he interviewed potential successors to Saddam Hussein on behalf of the Bush administration."
Secret US plans for Iraq’s oil
BBC Online, 17 March 2005
"…Back in the Reagan administration, a scheme was hatched to illegally sell weapons to Iran, which was in a long bloody war with none other than Iraq. Proceeds from the sales of weapons were then diverted to the Contras, the US-backed gang of thugs who were fighting to topple the democratically-elected Sandinista government of Nicaragua.
Independent Prosecutor Lawrence Walsh indicted several administration officials. Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs Elliott Abrams pleaded guilty to withholding information from Congress. He was pardoned by President George H. W. Bush in 1992 and has now been appointed by President George W. Bush to the National Security Council….
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Young men armed with machetes hurled stones at police who fired back tear gas in a slum in Kenya’s capital Thursday, but most of the country was quiet as opposition protests over a disputed presidential election appeared to lose steam. full story
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