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Obama administration supports Saudi immunity in 9/11 lawsuit
" The Obama administration has petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to protect Saudi Arabia and four of its princes from being held accountable for their alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the... Iraq pressured on future of U.S. troops. To leave in 2011?
" Iraqi officials say the draft calls for U.S. troops to leave the country by the end of 2011 unless the Baghdad government asks them to stay. But legal immunity for U.S. soldiers under Iraqi law has emerged as...Internet group sues US govt for electronic eavesdropping
George Bush has been spying emails and other electronic data to check on the war on terror. But now an american non profit organisation Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against President George W. Bush and other senior members of his...Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama
"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...Iraqi FM: SOFA draft text ready
Speaking from Switzerland, the Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari informed there was agreement on the US-Iraqi draft of the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA). This security pact has been negotiate for a long time...Italian MPs approve immunity law
Veni Vidi Vici, an absolute power for Mr. Berlusconi.. The Next Untouchable Actor... " Italy's parliament has given its final approval to a controversial immunity bill put forward by Prime Minister...UN not guilty in Srebrenica case?
Hague’s International Criminal Court has declared it had no jurisdiction to judge UN failure to protect Muslim in Srebrenica in 1995. But such declaration does not meen UN is not responsible. According to a CSM article, this is Europe's only genocide since World... Obama Votes "Yes" As Senate Approves Telecom Immunity and New Eavesdropping R...
UPDATE: The Washington Post has what I think is one of the best summaries of this incident, along with the issue of the anger Jackson's son, Jesse Jackson, Jr, openly spoke out about."Speaking near a Fox... Immunity Lifted for U.S. Contractors in Iraq
I'm surprised, but relieved the US has agreed to this. I wonder what the ramifications of would be.Blackwater, KBR, Triple Canopy, Titan, CACI and countless other Private Military Companies/Contractors (PMCs) have been operating as privately contracted mercenaries inside...TNI chief suggests govt renegotiate NAMRU-2
"National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Gen Djoko Santoso has suggested that the Indonesian government renegotiate its cooperation with the US Naval Medical Research Unit-2 (NAMRU-2).Speaking to the press after attending a function marking the swearing-in of constitutional...The Immunity Deal
"Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached a breakthrough compromise yesterday on a bill that would dramatically revamp the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Most significantly, the draft...US issues threat to Iraq's $50bn foreign reserves in military deal
"By Patrick Cockburn–The Independent, Friday, 6 June 2008–The US is holding hostage some $50bn (£25bn) of Iraq's money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into signing an...
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Government adamant on limiting Namru-2 staffers having diplomatic imunity
"The Indonesian government is persisting in its preparedness to grant diplomatic immunity to only two US Namru-2 (Naval Medical Research Unit 2) staff members, Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono said here on Thursday."We are sticking to our stance that not all of Namru-2...Brocoli could help slow ageing process
"Growers of broccoli would have to be rubbing their hands together at the moment. Researchers are making all sorts of claims about the vegetable, most of which would encourage people to eat a little more of the "green delight." They say there's more than one reason to bolt...Supreme Court Skips 4th, Keeps Catch-22
"The U.S. Supreme Court last week declined to hear a case to stop President Bush’s domestic warrantless wiretapping, and let stand a 2-1 Appeals Court ruling that threw out the case on a technicality—a catch-22.x20 The ACLU brought the case on behalf of some journalists,...
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