" This security-first stance is not unlike that of President George W. Bush, Bush Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, who said their immigration...
"The Department of Education has the right to bar teachers from wearing political campaign buttons in school, a Manhattan federal judge ruled yesterday. The ruling by Justice Lewis Kaplan came in response to a lawsuit filed by the United Federation of Teachers seeking...
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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,...
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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...
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"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...
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"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...
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"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...
"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...
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...
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"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...
"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...
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...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 481 views | 5 recommendations | 1 comment
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...
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"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...
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"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...