Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Canadian foreign ministry

Canadian foreign ministry stories: 2 news summaries

 Canadian Minister Quits
 After Blunder With Lover
 

Foreign boss papered love nest with government documents

May 27, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Canada's foreign affairs minister has been forced to resign because he left NATO summit briefing documents at the home of his former girlfriend. Maxime Bernier was already under fire for his just-dumped lover's connection to Quebec biker gangs, and his resignation follows other embarrassing revelations that have plagued the Canadian... More »

MORE ABOUT:
NATO • Quebec • Canadian foreign ministry • Maxime Bernier • Julie Couillard • TVA • David Emerson

US Makes Canadian Torture List

'Torture awareness' manual for diplomats includes US, Syria, Israel, Iran

Jan 18, 08 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The US, along with China, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and Israel, is listed in an official Canadian foreign ministry document of countries where prisoners are at risk of torture, the BBC reports. The "torture awareness" training manual classifies as torture some US interrogation techniques, including forced nudity, isolation, and sleep... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Afghanistan • China • Iran • Israel • torture • Syria • Canada • United States • Amnesty International • Guantanamo Bay • sleep deprivation • interrogation techniques • Canadian foreign ministry • isolation • torture list

2 Stories


from our news partners

Associated PressAssociated Press