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National Victims Week: Make Criminals Pay
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorWith National Victims Awareness Week underway, those advocates for Victims Rights want to ensure serious time for serious crimes complete with restitution for victims,... Pax Americana, the EU and Tamils' struggle
The European Union banned the Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam (LTTE) a party to the ceasefire agreement and peace process in May 2006. The move is largely seen as coercive tactic to make progress in the peace... Crab invasion threatens Antarctic
"An army of shell-crushing crabs is poised to invade parts of the Antarctic Ocean that were off limits to the crustaceans for millions of years because of the intensely cold water.
Scientists believe that, as global... Dame Edna told by doctors to rest for six months
"Australian comic Barry Humphries has been ordered to rest for six months because of complications over appendix surgery, a spokesman for the Magners Glasgow International Comedy Festival said on Sunday. Humphries,...Guantanamo: Illegal and Unjust
"Rights-free zones: illegal and unjust Mukul Sharma The Guantanamo model signifies the abandoning of basic principles of human rights. It de-legitimises us. “O Father, this is a prison of injustice. Its iniquity makes the mountains weep. I have committed no crime and am...Dublin Dog Thieves Strike Again
"NORTHSIDE dog owners fear that thieves might be targeting expensive dogs after another precious breed was stolen from a home a fortnight ago. Callous thieves stole a 10-week-old Cavalier King Charles after breaking...British Columbia: Solicitor General Dairy Farmer John Les interview
Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor The Vancouver Sun's Observations of BC's Solicitor General and Top Cop John Les statements to the media in the recent crimes and murders comitted in the Lower Mainland...Parents angry at ban on filming
"Political correctness has been blamed for preventing parents making home videos of their children's harvest festival. Staff at Sandal Primary School, Baildon, Bradford, banned all camcorders before the start of the performance to comply with the wishes of a minority of...US: Presidential Order Affirms CIA Secret Detentions
President Bush says his new executive order on the CIA detention program comports with the Geneva Convention. Human Rights Watch says otherwise."New York, July 20, 2007) � President George W. Bush's new executive order on the Central Intelligence Agency's detention and...Security stepped up for Grand Prix
"THE heightened risk of terrorist attacks has forced Northamptonshire Police to step up security levels for the British Grand Prix next weekend. Following incidents in London and Glasgow this week, an increased police presence will be enforced at the event, which will take... School Criminalizes Kids, Confiscates Electronics
Students at an Upper West Side middle school were marched through metal detectors, and pretty much everything that required batteries was confiscated. Whilst it can be argued that "communication devices" have been... Rape is not a crime in most of the world, UN says
This is a shocking notion to me, as a North American and a citizen of the world. That the laws are poorly enforced is one thing, but the fact that only 104 in 192 countries (54%!) have even recognized rape as a crime...Kathmandu water supply dips with daily power cuts
"Water supply dips with daily power cuts Monday, 05 February 2007 Drinking water availability in Valley has nearly halved compared to wet season with daily power cuts considerably limiting extraction of groundwater by Nepal Water Supply Corporation (NWSC). NWSC was...Mosques torched after worst Iraq bombing
"BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen bent on revenge burned mosques and homes in a Sunni enclave of Baghdad on Friday as Iraq's leaders pleaded for calm, a day after the worst bomb attack since the U.S. invasion raised the specter of civil war. Some 30 people were killed, police...Iran calls for execution of Saddam - AP
"TEHRAN, Iran Iran called on Iraq on Tuesday to carry out its death sentence on Saddam Hussein, saying the former dictator who waged an eight-year war against Iran in the 1980s was a criminal who deserved to...
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