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Accountant faces jail for hurling acid over lawyers
" An accountant was facing an indefinite jail sentence today after throwing hydrochloric acid over three High Court lawyers. Ashok Mahajan, 55, who has a history of courtroom violence, launched his furious attack... Bangladesh mutiny hits trade,movement across India-Bangla borders
The rebellion in Bangladesh Rifles has brought to a halt the bus services between Dhaka and the two Indian cities of Kolkata and Agartala for an indefinite period causing hardships to commuters. The Agartala-Dhaka and Dhaka-Kolkata bus services have been suspended for an... US embassy suspends visa service in Pakistan
Bush administration is taking all precautions in war against terror in Pakistan. Apart from issuing a travel advisory and instructions about hotey stay, now it has suspended visa services in Pakistan. "US...Guantanamo Bay
" In a stinging rebuke to President Bush's anti-terror policies, a deeply divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that foreign detainees held for years at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have the right to appeal to U.S. civilian courts to challenge their indefinite imprisonment without...Tourists stranded by India strike
In a flash strike called by a separatist group thousands os Indian and foreign tourists have been stranded in the Darjeeling hillstation of eastern India. The strike has been called to press for a separate state....Thousands of Protesters Out in Force Against High Fuel
Thousands upon thousands of people all across Europe have taken to the streets to protest the increasingly high cost of fuel. Truckers, fishermen and anyone who uses fuel on a regular basis for their employment have been out in force in protests, some of which have...FDA vs. USDA: Cloned Foods OK, No, Cloned Foods Need Selling Moratorium
It's a jungle out there (tip of the hat to Upton Sinclair). The USDA and the FDA are squaring off over food and milk products from cloned animals. "When writing about bureaucracy, the adverb "soon" usually means "lumbering along in a period of several months to a year."...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...More Mexican Troops in Tijuana to Fight Drug-Violence
Mexico's Special Support Force Commander has sent a further 500 troops to Tijuana in the north of the country in an effort to stem the drug-related violence there."Mexicans Move on Drug-Violent Tijuana Mexico, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) Special Support Force Commander Rodolfo... Bhutanese Refugees Engage Into Fight
Finally, the Bhutanese refugees living in exile for nearly two-decades in Nepali soil are rejuvenating efforts to enter their mother country. Two of them have been killed since last day after the tensions broke... THE DETENTION OF AP PHOTOGRAPHER BILAL HUSSEIN
The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein since April 12, 2006, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a...Nepal Paralysed, Nepalis Sick
Trust me, I'm tired of news from Nepal that always consist of strikes, bandhs, killings, fights and launching of new protests. For the past few days, I didn't browse a single news portal. May be that was also due...Australian businessman latest to be abandonded
It seems the Australian Governement is no more willing to help out this citizen than it is to bringing home David Hicks, who has been detained in Quantnamo Bay for years."A Brisbane businessman stranded in China has accused Australian authorities of not doing enough to help...Unauthorized Migrants -- Numbers and Characteristics
Pew Hispanic Center [report in PDF]Border Battles -- The U.S. Immigration Debates
"...the positions taken by advocates and the policies proposed by politicians have recently become more contentious and extreme..."
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