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At Guantanamo, Caught in a Legal Trap
6 Algerians Languish Despite Foreign Rulings, Dropped Charges
SARAJEVO, Bosnia — On Jan. 18, 2002, six men suspected of plotting to attack the U.S. Embassy were seized here by U.S. troops and flown to Cuba, where they became some of the first arrivals at the Pentagon’s new prison at Guantanamo […]

Indian State to Bypass Microsoft ‘Monopoly’ - New York Times
NEW DELHI, Aug.29 — In a new attack on multinational corporations, the Communist government in India’s southern state of Kerala is campaigning to eliminate Microsoft from use in public institutions, just weeks after it imposed a ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi.
As part of a drive against […]

Blair’s ‘frenzied law making’ : a new offence for every day spent in
ffice - Tony Blair’s government has created more than 3,000 new criminal
offences during its nine-year tenure, one for almost every day it has been
in power.
Blair’s ‘frenzied law making’ : a new offence for every day spent in office

Nigel Morris / London Independent […]

The ACLU says the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which set up a secret court to grant warrants for such surveillance, gave the government enough tools to monitor suspected terrorists.
But the government says it can’t always wait for a court to take action. It says the NSA program is well within the president’s authority but […]

NDTV says it irks the Jewish community in Mumbai. That such sick reporting, because it should agitate even the staff of NDTV, Jews or not!
Hitler’s Cross irks Mumbai’s Jewish community - NDTV.com - News on Hitler’s Cross irks Mumbai’s Jewish community
Wednesday, August 23, 2006 (Mumbai):

A restaurant in Navi Mumbai with the name Hitler’s Cross, has […]

Major arms soar to twice pre-9/11 cost
Systems to have little direct role in terror fight
By Bryan Bender, Globe Staff
WASHINGTON — The estimated costs for the development of major weapons systems for the US military have doubled since September 11, 2001, with a trillion-dollar price tag for new planes, ships, and missiles that would have […]

Anti-Poverty Efforts Face Child Marriage Hurdle
Anti-Poverty Efforts Face Child Marriage Hurdle
Run Date: 08/22/06
By Bojana Stoparic
WeNews correspondent
Around the world, 51 million girls and teens are married so young that they face special health risks and higher rates of poverty. A Senate bill asks for more funding to fight child marriage and advocates say the practice hinders […]

From Mania to Depression

Uri Avnery
THIRTY THREE days of war. The longest of our wars since 1949.
On the Israeli side: 154 dead - 117 of them soldiers. 3970 rockets launched against us, 37 civilians dead, more than 422 civilians wounded.
On the Lebanese side: about a thousand dead civilians, thousands wounded. An unknown number of Hizbullah fighters […]

A spectre haunting India
Aug 17th 2006 | DANTEWADA DISTRICT, CHHATTISGARH
From The Economist print edition
Maoist rebels are fighting a brutal low-level war with the Indian state
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GANESH UEIKE, secretary of the West Bastar Divisional Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist), seems a gentle, rather academic, man, who does not suit his green combat […]

The Hindu : Front Page : It is like a fatwa, says Taslima
KOLKATA: Controversial Bangladeshi writer-in-exile Taslima Nasreen is yet to receive an official intimation but has learnt “from authentic sources in New Delhi” that her application for the renewal of residential permit in the country that is to expire on Thursday has been rejected […]

We’ll keep N-weapon options open: PM : HindustanTimes.com
With an impassioned defence of the Indo-US nuclear deal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday largely swung the Rajya Sabha in his favour on the issue that had, at one stage, threatened a combined Left-BJP campaign against the government.
By the time he was through, the PM had secured […]

Independence Day 2006: Text of PM’s address to the nation
Independence Day 2006: Text of PM’s address to the nation
New Delhi, Aug. 15 (PTI): This is the text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s address to the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 60th Independence Day here today:
“My dear countrymen, brothers, sisters, and […]

Washington’s interests in Israel’s war.
By Seymour M. Hersh
“New Yorker” — -Issue of 2006-08-21 –In the days after Hezbollah crossed from Lebanon into Israel, on July 12th, to kidnap two soldiers, triggering an Israeli air attack on Lebanon and a full-scale war, the Bush Administration seemed strangely passive. “It’s a moment of clarification,” President George W. […]