Pakistani party rejects foreign concerns over deal with militants

The ruling party in Pakistan's troubled North West Frontier Province (NWFP), which recently concluded a peace deal with militants in the restive Swat Valley, has rejected the foreign, particularly the US, concerns over the enforcement of Islamic Shariah in the...

Pakistan yields to militants: Islamic law draft signed by Zardari

The Pakistan government on Monday granted a major demand of Swat militants as President Asif Ali Zardari signed the draft of Islamic law after the National Assembly passed a resolution with majority vote in support of the enforcement of Islamic law in the troubled Malakand...

Pakistani Taliban urge lawmakers to back Swat deal

Updating..! Taking a leaf our of their old enemey, George Bush's book, Terrorist outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban (also known as Pakistan Taliban) leader Muslim Khan warned the law makers of Pakistan that "you are either with us or against us". Whoever do not support the terrorists ,...

Adbusters Wins Legal Victory

"Our appeal was unanimously approved. We’re one step closer to winning the right to buy airtime for citizen-produced, social marketing messages."  says the Adbusters non-profit website. In a...

To stop or not to stop are drivers above the law?

There seems to be a blatent disregard for the simple message behind the red octogon aluminum sign that is boardered by a white solid outline and has the word stop plainly across it.  Here in the City of...

The Corporations and the Twilight Zone

In doing some research on the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, I came across an old book outlining some of the author's perceptions of various causes and effects the amendment has had on the States...

Province wavers on tire burning in Ontario

Ontario Tire Stewardship is still promoting tire burning, even after four years of public comment and legal argument illustrating how the practice threatens the environment. It also fails to meet provincial law and...

Baby Ordered to Die Today

This is what the parents of an unnamed baby will face today. "Parents battling to keep their seriously ill baby alive have failed to overturn a ruling allowing him to die. The nine-month-old boy has a rare...

Family Protests Convictions

Flint, Michigan-Friday, March 20, 2009-Family outside of the Genesee County Courthouse in Flint, Michigan protesting the convictions of Dartanian Edwards, Joshun Edwards, Kino Christain, and Cquan Hinton. Scans of...

Sharia courts started functioning in Pakistan's Swat valley.

The implementation of Sharia law will adversely affect the women, religious minorities like Christians and Hindus. Remember that when Afghanistan was under Taliban rule, Hindus were asked to wear yellow arm-bands and fly yellow flags atop their houses. Girls and young women...

Telecoms oppose Net neutrality rules for stimulus money

" Representatives from Comcast, T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon were in agreement at Thursday's conference, however, that more Net neutrality regulation would do more harm than good. "I still don't know that there's a problem out there that anyone is citing that compels...

New Zealand's terrible copyright law suspended, may be dead

This is interesting: "Street demonstrations, netwide campaigns, unfavorable press attention and sustained lobbying have moved the New Zealand government to temporarily suspend its new copyright law, which would...

Sunk: the end of navigation rights in Canada (Feb 17, 2009)

Buried within the federal Budget Implementation Act are sweeping changes to the Navigable Water’s Protection Act. This week, Krystyn and Mark speak with Dr. Bob Bailey from the Canadian Outdoor Network, Peter...

PTK hospital, legitimate military target - Gotabhaya

PTK hospital, legitimate military target - Gotabhaya [Tuesday, 2009-02-03 11:14:08] "No hospital should operate outside the Safety Zone...everything beyond the safety is a legitimate target," Sri Lanka's...

Bruce Fein Submits War Crimes Charges against Sri Lanka's Defense

Bruce Fein Submits War Crimes Charges against Sri Lanka's Defense Secretary and Army Commander [Saturday, 2009-02-07 13:25:03] Ruba Xavier - TNS New York: Bruce Fein, former Associate Deputy Attorney...

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