India-US Nuclear Deal

When President Bush visited Pakistan in March of 2006, he in response to a question about offering Pakistan a civil nuclear deal similar to India clearly said that Pakistan had a "different history than India". It was a categorical statement that spelled out the reasons for...

Hollywood Deaths, 2008

Heston was one of the great actors of the 20th century.  Eartha Kitt was  a great actress and singer. All these will be missed. ." In Memoriam Charlton Heston, April 5, age ...

Homeland Security: Respect civil rights

"Homeland Security: Respect civil rights SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER EDITORIAL BOARD Americans have a right to move about without fear of being groundlessly stopped by law enforcement. As far as we know, that constitutional right applies to all Americans, not just the minority...

Ga. Judge Jails Muslim Woman Over Head Scarf

Religious freedom or judges control of a courtroom? A difficult choice. Judges have the power to set and enforce rules for their courtrooms,  for behavior, language, dress. Should an exception be made for...

Coast Guard - Searching the Caribbean for Missing Aircraft

CNN iNternational is Reporting That departed from the Dominican Republican has been lost enroute to Turks and Caicos Islands" Rescue crews scoured the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday for a plane that took off from the...

The Attorney General Is Too Busy.. And Can Avoid a Civil Lawsuit?

That line should work for me... I mean, afterall, I work over twelve hours a day... So those from 20 years ago, pursuing debts accured by a former spouse of mine,  should understand that I simply am too busy...

Clinton’s nomination constitutional?

"Article 1, Section 6 of the Constitution says the following: “No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments...

Defeating the result and the cause of war - Role of the mass movement

"Although under-presented, manipulated and used, masses of Sri Lanka had always acted and would act an important role in solving the social aspect of this conflict. To be direct, a political solution implemented overlooking the masses or without adequate participation of the...

Blast in Assam market, 9 injured; 3 ULFA militants killed

"Nine persons, including two children, were injured in a powerful bomb blast in a market in central Assam's Karbi Anglong district on Saturday. Three ULFA militants were killed and another nabbed in two separate...

Michelle Obama: A Distant Daughter of Slavery

Michelle Obama, born in 1964, will be America's next first lady. When she moves into the White House in January, a mansion built partially by slaves, "she will embark upon a life her great-great-grandfather, who was...

Indo-Pak civil society moves to ease tension between two countries

Indian and Pakistani civil has moved to ease tension between nuclear-armed South Asian rivals in the aftermath of Mumbai terror attack and a team of Pak-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy's North West Frontier Province chapter will leave for Mumbai on December 7 on...

HOUSING: Judge denies defense request in foreclosure case

"A judge denied a request Friday to toss out two civil charges against a group of defendants accused of running a fictitious foreclosure-prevention company, said a district attorney prosecutor.Five people who ran a Carlsbad business were arrested in May on charges of...

Former Memphis Officer Pleads Not Guilty In Transgender Beating

" A retired Memphis, Tenn., policeman entered a not-guilty plea Wednesday on charges that he violated the civil rights of a transgender ...

CA Supreme Court To Hear Gay Marriage Suit

"The California Supreme Court said Wednesday that it will hear a controversial lawsuit filed by opponents of Proposition 8 a voter-approved initiative that banned same-sex marriage in California.The Court also...

France holds 'Eta military head'

A leader of the Basque seperatist group ETA has been arrested in Southern France, according to reports. ETA is fighting for an indpendant Basque state. The Basque homeland stretches across part of Spain and France,...

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