The majority of the provisions in the UK Terrorism Act 2006 took effect Thursday amidst criticism from rights groups that the measure stifles freedom of speech and will lead to the prosecutions of legitimate...
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UK anti-terror laws take effect amidst free speech concerns
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Egypt releases 950 prisoners from banned Islamic group
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Nepal police open fire on lawyers in pro-democracy demonstration
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Iraq women’s rights better under Saddam: survey
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Iraq war objector found guilty in UK court-martial
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EPA mercury rule document disclosure ruling [US DC]
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Australia PM testifies he knew nothing of oil-for-food kickbacks
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Libby says Bush leak authorizations did not include Plame identity
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UN rights chief ‘shocked’ by force used against Nepal pro-democracy protesters
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Reid urges quick return to immigration debate in Senate
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Egypt has released approximately 950 former militants from the Islamic group Gamaa Islamiya over the last several days, according to lawyers for the prisoners. Some had been held as long as 25 years. The government began small-scale...
Police in Nepal Thursday fired rubber bullets at a peaceful rally of lawyers in the capital Kathmandu, injuring four. Seventeen other lawyers were injured when police charged with batons. 72 lawyers were arrested in total. The lawyers were holding...
Women in Iraq had better quality of life and received more respect for their rights under Saddam Hussein's regime than the current system, according to a survey conducted by the Baghdad-based Woman Freedom Organization . According to the...
A medical officer in the British Royal Air Force was found guilty Thursday of five charges laid against him for refusing to go to Iraq for a third tour of duty. Flight Lieutenant Malcolm Kendall-Smith...
Reilly v. EPA, US District Court for the District of Massachusetts, April 13, 2006 . Read the full text of the opinion ....
Australian Prime Minister John Howard testified Thursday before a government commission and said that he had not seen several cables sent to his office which were meant to warn the Australian government...
Lawyers for former vice-presidential Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby said in a court filing Wednesday that Libby told a grand jury two years ago that President Bush and Vice President Cheney had...
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Thursday expressed shock and dismay at the use of violence and arbitrary detention by police and security forces in the ongoing unrest over...
US Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has called for a quick return to the debate on immigration reform when the Senate reconvenes on April 25. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader...
