07 May 2009

The thin edge of the infidel wedgie

It begins with a small, seemingly insignificant gesture...
-- RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- There are no such displays in ultra-strict Saudi Arabia, where until "Miss Beautiful Morals" was inaugurated last year, the only pageants were for goats, sheep, camels and other animals, aimed at encouraging livestock breeding.
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RELATED: The Empire strikes back...
The public has roughly one month to tell the federal broadcast regulator what it thinks about a proposal to allow Al-Jazeera English to broadcast in Canada.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission is considering an application to grant the all-news channel space on the digital airwaves.

Part of the review process includes a call for comments, in which Canadians can submit their opinions to the CRTC through its website, by mail or by fax.

Comments must be received by June 8.
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