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Indian Courts hit by nationwide lawyers’ strike
Lawyers across India went on a day-long strike in the district courts on Monday demanding withdrawal of the proposed changes in the Criminal Procedue Code (CrPC) that allow police to go by discretion to arrest the accused in an offence punishable up to seven-year-jail term. "...
Tougher human-trafficking laws lauded by experts
I truely believe this is because of all the hard work Glendene Grant had done to find Jessie and all the publicity it has gotten. I'm enclosing a statement made by Glendene in an article she posted. This was in... Nashville may make English official language
Every permanent resident of the US should learn English butlaws like this seldom do anygood."Nashville could become the largest U.S. city to make English the mandatory language for all government business under a...Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship
"Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship""AUSTRALIA will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government. The revelations emerge as US... Issues in the Canadian Election
" Afghanistan - 96 soldiers, one diplomat and two aid workers have died since 2002.- In March, the House voted to extend the mission until 2011.- The Taliban are getting more aggressive in recent months. ... Hamdan gets 5 1/2 years on terror charge
I was very suprised by the sentence that was given to Hamdan in light of the way other terror suspects have been treated. Hoever, I cannot say that I disagree with the sentence, if he is indeed telling the truth... Wal-Mart: Tells Employees not to Vote for Democrats
A Wall Street Journal article today exposed that Wal-Mart is using employee meetings tout its political message, telling them not to vote for Democrats in the November election. The reason Wall-Mart is...
created by politisite | 48 wks ago | updated 47 wks ago
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1344 views | 41 recommendations | 14 comments
Spotlight on Vermont: Brooke Bennett & Jessica's Law
UPDATE: 7/08/08 2:53 am EST Public outrage over the death of Brooke Bennett has the residents of Vermont circulating petitions to get Jessica's Law on individual town's November ballots. Other than...
created by Rhonda J Mangus | 51 wks ago | updated 51 wks ago
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1405 views | 11 recommendations | 22 comments
US to require online registration for visa-free travel
It sounds like this move will potentially create a large database of foreign citizens. It also raises questions about what people without online access will do - and how will it still be possible to travel to the...America's Most Wanted Escapee Captured
" On May 28, 2008, members of the U.S. Marshals sponsored Hornet’s Nest Task Force captured escapee Richard Allen Sloan in Kings Mountain, North Carolina after being on the run for approximately one year....MLA wants labels on potentially toxic food
This seems so commonsensical that I can't believe it isn't the case already. "Vancouver-Fairview MLA Gregor Robertson plans to introduce a private member's bill in the legislature today making it mandatory...Heathrow to Fingerprint Domestic Passengers
Update: Privacy watchdogs ae pressuring BAA to explain why they even need to fingerprint passengers in the first place. It seems that the fundamental design flaw (for which the fingerprinting scheme is...Teachers' Compulsory Fingerprinting Unease
"Among the first educators expected to comply with the state's new mandatory fingerprinting law, some faculty members at Pillow Elementary School in North Austin are putting up a fight. Nine teachers at Pillow spoke out Wednesday against the new requirement, with seven saying... Vancouver wants longer sentences for gun crime
But when public opinion is as strong as it is, guns are an easy issue for politicans to rally around (the family, with a pocket full of shells). The best policy isn't necessarily the best politics.Results of... EC takes Govt to court over driver testing
"The European Commission is taking the Government to court for failing to introduce new laws on the training and testing of professional bus and truck drivers. A directive on driver training was approved by MEPs...
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