In India, Christians are vilified and attacked by Hindus; in Sri Lanka, Buddhists are the persecutors.
Buddhist mobs attacked several churches in Sri Lanka last week, threatening to kill a pastor in the southern province of Hambanthota and ransacking a 150-year-old Methodist church building in the capital.
On April 8, four Buddhist extremists approached the home of [...]

An enterprising Nova Scotian started up two illegal operations in his home.  He got busted.
Kings RCMP uncovered a small marijuana growing operation and a moonshine still when executing a search warrant Wednesday, April 15 at a Centreville area residence on Highway 221.
Charges are pending.
In researching this item, I discovered that Nova Scotia has five Centrevilles, [...]

Muslim militants set upon Christians and burned churches in Niger state, northern Nigeria, during Easter celebrations last weekend. Christian services and processions were attacked in the state capital of Minna and the nearby town of Gwada.
[T]he day turned bloody in Gwada, where three churches were burnt while about 26 Christians were injured. In Minna, [...]

Turkey’s ambassador has officially complained to the Australian government over a speech a state cabinet minister made to 40 people at a Greek community function. What did South Australian Attorney-General Michael Atkinson say that prompted Turkey to go ballistic?
He recalled the bloody past of Turkey’s national hero.
The Turks are seething over remarks Mr Atkinson [...]

Police in Mississauga have rescued a 15-year-old girl from forced prostitution. She was found in a hotel room hungry and bearing signs of torture.
Peel police said yesterday a 19-year-old Brampton man coerced the girl, a 15-year-old runaway from Georgina, with death threats, ordering her to remain in the hotel while he arranged for “clients” [...]

Based on media reports, I would have assumed that bombings killed more civilians in Iraq between 2003 and 2008 than any other cause. According to a study published earlier this week in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), however, that assumption would be wrong.
Utilising the detailed database assembled by Iraq Body Count, a [...]