As part of an administration effort to rally support for reauthorization of key provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire later this year , President Bush Thursday credited the Act with helping to secure the convictions of...
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Bush credits Patriot Act for 200+ convictions in push for renewal
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New constitution takes effect in Qatar
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US official: Iraq should look to Malaysia when drafting constitution
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US to resume mass fly-backs of illegal Mexican immigrants
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Utah porn-blocking law challenged
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Racial and Religious Hatred Bill [UK HC]
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UK treatment of terror suspects report [COE CPT]
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Private health insurance ruling [SC Canada]
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Former Rwandan minister put on trial for genocide in absentia
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Annan says thousands held in Iraq without due process
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Qatar's new constitution came into force Thursday, replacing the provisional constitution of 1970. The new charter permits parliamentary elections and provides the citizens of Qatar with the power to elect two-thirds of those members. The Emir will appoint...
Recently appointed US Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Coordinator for Iraq Richard Jones said Thursday that Iraq should look to Malaysia as a model for the development of the Iraqi constitution. Jones pointed out...
In a program set to begin again this year on Friday, the US government plans to fly close to 34,000 illegal Mexican immigrants back to their home country in what officials describe as an effort to...
A broad-based group of booksellers, websites, and Internet service providers filed suit in federal court in Utah Thursday, challenging a Utah law that calls for the state attorney general to create a list of...
Racial and Religious Hatred Bill, reintroduced in the British House of Commons, June 9, 2005 . Read the full...
Report to the Government of the United Kingdom by the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT), Council of Europe, June 9, 2005 [criticizing the UK's treatment of terrorist suspects in custody...
Chaoulli, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, et al., Supreme Court of Canada, June 9, 2005 . Excerpt:The relief...
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda put former Rwanda education minister Andre Rwamakuba on trial Thursday despite his refusal to attend the proceedings . Rwamakuba is accused of making lists...
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that thousands of prisoners are being held in Iraq without due process, constituting "one of the major human rights challenges" faced by the country. In a report to the UN Security Council...
