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News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 49
RIGHTS-US: Decision on 9/11 Trials Sparks Praise, Anger
- Inter Press Service
The U.S. government's decision to bring five high-profile terror suspects to the United States to face trials in a civilian court has drawn reactions ranging from praise to condemnation to confusion.
RIGHTS-US: Rendition Redux?
- Inter Press Service
On the heels of a federal appeals court ruling that only the U.S. Congress and the executive branch of government - not the courts - can interfere with government-sponsored 'extraordinary rendition', a U.S. citizen from New Jersey is asking another court to tell the government it wasn't okay to secretly imprison and abuse him in three different African countries over a period of four months.
RIGHTS-US: Obama's Terrorism Courts Still 'Fatally Flawed'
- Inter Press Service
Human rights advocates and legal scholars are voicing sharp criticism of President Barack Obama's revisions to the George W. Bush administration's Military Commissions Act of 2006, characterising them as unnecessary and saying the new law will lead to further delays and create a system of 'second-class justice'.
MIDEAST: Lessons from the Karine A -Déjà Vu All Over Again
- Inter Press Service
As Israeli Defence Forces munitions experts sorted through 300 tonnes of weapons found on a German-owned, Cypriot-operated cargo ship flying the Antiguan flag, Israeli politicians were sifting through the various talking points that could be offloaded from the vessel.
POLITICS: U.S. Seeks to Limit Warlords in Karzai Cabinet
- Inter Press Service
The Barack Obama administration is talking tough to Afghan President Hamid Karzai about the need for decisive action on corruption and governance reform, but its main objective is to prevent particularly corrupt and incompetent warlords from getting plum ministries as rewards for helping clinch his fraudulent reelection, IPS has learned.
POLITICS-US: No Sunset for Sweeping Patriot Act Powers?
- Inter Press Service
The USA Patriot Act, rushed into law by a panicky U.S. Congress in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sep. 11, 2001, gave the government broad surveillance powers to spy on innocent citizens. But it also stipulated that three of its more controversial provisions should expire next month unless reapproved by lawmakers.
Q&A: 'This Calm Will Not Last'
- Inter Press Service
Leila Khaled became an instant icon of the Palestinian struggle in 1969, when at 24 she was an operative in the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine hijacking of a Boeing 707, the first in a series of high-profile actions intended to put the Palestinians on the political map.
RIGHTS-US: Another Legal Setback for Arar Torture Case
- Inter Press Service
A federal appeals court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit brought against a former U.S. attorney general by a Canadian citizen who sought damages for being unlawfully detained by U.S. authorities in New York and then secretly shipped to Syria, where he was imprisoned for a year and claims he was tortured.
U.S.: Obama's Outreach to Muslim World Teetering
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama's extraordinary efforts since his first days in office to reassure Muslims in the Greater Middle East about U.S. intentions in the region have suffered a series of setbacks that threaten to reverse whatever gains he has made over the past 10 months in restoring Washington's badly battered image and influence there.
RIGHTS-US: Govt Lawyers Seek to Quash Rendition Lawsuit
- Inter Press Service
The long road to the proverbial day in court just got longer for five men who claim they were 'disappeared' and tortured by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.
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