Two Britons among dead in Kabul attack
October 30th, 2011 - 10:39 pm ICT by BNO News
KABUL (BNO NEWS) -- Two Britons were among the seventeen people who were killed on Saturday morning when a suicide car bomber attacked a coalition bus in the Afghan capital of Kabul, ... Read more...
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Indo-Canadian honcho dons army fatigues (With Image)
May 21st, 2011 - 1:31 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 21 (IANS) In a first for the million-strong community, a top Indo-Canadian honcho has donned military fatigues by joining the Canadian armed forces as an honorary lieutenant colonel.Hari ... Read more...
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Sex-tainted top Canadian commander quits
November 26th, 2010 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Nov 26 (IANS) The top commander of Canadian forces in Afghanistan, who lost his pivotal job in May after his sexual romps with a subordinate officer and now ... Read more...
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Indians raise memorial to fallen Canadian soldiers
October 7th, 2010 - 11:07 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Oct 7 (IANS) In a unique inter-faith gesture by the Indo-Canadian community, the Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (CMOHC) here has raised a memorial to fallen Canadian peace-keeping soldiers ... Read more...
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Canada-Russia airspace ’showdown’ over Arctic
July 31st, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, July 31 (IANS) In yet another incident reminiscent of the Cold War, Canada Friday revealed that two Russian bombers were intercepted trying to enter its airspace.Defence officials in ... Read more...
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Romance costs another Canadian commander his job
July 10th, 2010 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 10 (IANS) Just a month after it sacked its top commander in Afghanistan for having a romantic affair with a female trooper, Canada has kicked out its top military man ... Read more...
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Sex scandals rock Canadian armed forces
February 17th, 2010 - 3:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 17 (IANS) Two sex scandals in two weeks involving top-ranking officers have shocked Canadians and tarnished the image of the country's armed forces.Col Russell Williams, top commander of ... Read more...
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Hindus to build memorial to fallen Canadian soldiers
November 13th, 2009 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Nov 13 (IANS) The Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (CMOHC) will build a memorial to Canadian soldiers who have lost their lives in the eight-year-old mission in Afghanistan.Canada has ... Read more...
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Canadian general sees no Taliban resurgence
July 6th, 2008 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, July 6 (IANS) The new Canadian armed forces chief does not agree with the US assessment that the Taliban is regrouping. Gen Walter Natynczyk, who took as the armed forces chief ... Read more...
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Canada PM blasts Myanmar, sends DART for relief
May 10th, 2008 - 10:50 am ICT by admin
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, May 10 (IANS) Canada has blasted Myanmar's military junta for preventing international relief from reaching the victims of last week's cyclone, which may have claimed up to 100,000 lives. ... Read more...
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