Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion and Health Canada

gay men: He said Canada "stands with the people of Afghanistan in their struggle against terrorism in all its forms."____ Health Canada is making it easier for gay men to give blood, so long as they have been celibate for one year, according to Brandon Sun. Canadian Blood Services and Hema-Quebec will now be allowed to accept blood from men who have had sex with men as recently as one year ago. Foreign Affairs Minister Stephane Dion also came forward Monday to condemn the attack. The government says the change comes after those agencies provided scientific data that the change would not compromise safety. Canada lifted the lifetime ban on gay men donating blood in 2013, requiring instead that potential male donors not have had sex with other men for five years.___UN SAYS 65 MILLION PEOPLE DISPLACED IN 2015: The United Nations refugee agency says one in every 113 people around the world is either an asylum-seeker, internally displaced or a refugee. The move brings Canada in line with a number of other countries, including the United States, Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland and France. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.