High court says foreigners have the right to challenge detention
WASHINGTON (AP):The Supreme Court ruled yesterday that foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have rights under the United States Constitution to challenge their detention in civilian courts. In its third rebuke of the Bush administration's treatment of prisoners...
Activists block railway belonging to mining giant
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP): Some 300 protesters blocked a key iron ore export railway belonging to mining giant Vale as nationwide protests against multinational corporations continued yesterday for a third day. Companhia Vale do Rio Doce...
Internet copyright legislation introduced
TORONTO (AP): The Canadian Government introduced new legislation yesterday to make it easier to prosecute people who are caught downloading copyrighted material from the Internet.Amendments to the Copyright Act of Canada include fining people who are...
Tsvangirai's deputy arrested
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP): Robert Mugabe's regime struck at the opposition leadership only two weeks before the runoff presidential election, twice detaining the challenger yesterday and jailing the No. 2 opposition official to prepare a treason ...
Opposition lawmaker quits in protest at planned terror laws
LONDON (AP); A senior British lawmaker quit Parliament yesterday in a maverick political move, saying he plans to force and win a special election by exposing what he called the government's steady erosion of the country's civil liberties....
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