Seymour Hersh is back at it again. This time, the investigative reporting legend says that the U.S. has definitely made Iran its next strategic target and has special forces troops operating inside Iran's borders to pick targets for bomb and/or missile strikes.

The CBC's latest attempt to buy some cred with the under-30 set starts later tonight when The Hour -- the vehicle for ex-MuchMusic veejay George Stroumboulopoulos -- gets going.

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A new UN report on fighting global poverty will call for sharply higher spending by wealthy nations on foreign aid, the BBC is reporting.

But that's not all. Fair trade, debt relief and helping build ...   more »

The Elvis Presley single One Night topped the U.K. single charts this past week -- not bad for a dead guy. It was the 1,000th number-one single in UK history going back to 1952.

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Well, the votes have been tallied, and had I just had another 70 votes (or almost doubled my tally), I'd be celebrating my win as Best New Blog in Canada for 2004!!

Alas, it was not to be: Instead of making history, I became a historical footnote by finishing tied for fifth. But congrats to Japnaam Singh, who did win the coveted designation.