An Egyptian woman who converted from Islam to Christianity has been arrested for marrying a Christian man, even though that is not illegal under Egypt’s penal code. (It is, however, illegal under sharia law.)
What’s more, the police carried out the arrest even though they don’t have a copy of the marriage contract.
Christian convert Raheal [...]

As widely expected when Newfoundland and Labrador suddenly stole expropriated almost all of AbitibiBowater’s assets in the province, the natural resource multinational has launched a challenge under the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Premier Danny Williams expropriated AbitibiBowater’s (TSX:ABH) resource rights and assets in central Newfoundland as a punitive measure for the company’s decision to close [...]

Admitted polygamist Winston Blackmore, now finally on trial for polygamy, wants the British Columbia government—i.e., taxpayers—to finance his legal costs.
The polygamy trial will be adjourned while the court conducts a very interesting examination of Mr Blackmore’s personal finances. The Vancouver Sun’s Daphne Bramham reports:
Blackmore will have to present considerable evidence about his financial circumstances [...]

MBJ Airports Ltd. Is the company responsible for airport security at Sangster International Airport, where earlier this week an armed man got on board a CanJet airplane and held passengers and crew hostage for several hours before being arrested.
I use the word “responsible” loosely, for the company has issued a statement saying they didn’t do [...]

A Canadian tourist in New Zealand says she’s offended by Eskimo marshmallow candies. How crass is it to visit a foreign country and criticise the food?
A young Canadian tourist travelling in New Zealand, Seeka Parsons, says she was appalled by the sale of Eskimo sweets, an iconic marshmallow treat sold widely in corner stores [...]

The collect for today, the Feast of Saint George (d. c. 303), Soldier, Martyr, Patron Saint of England (source):
O God of hosts,
who didst so kindle the flame of love
in the heart of thy servant George
that he bore witness to the risen Lord
by his life and by his death:
grant us the same faith and power of [...]