It was reported earlier this week that the Secret Service is investigating a poll that was published by a third party provider on a FaceBook website account that apparently was seeking public opinion with respect to, it appears, Mr. Obama’s sinking approval ratings and his health care reform push capitalizing on the public’s rather widespread discontent of both the […]
Obama’s Preventive Detention Problem: Breaking It Down
President Barack Obama’s support for preventively detaining terrorism suspects undoubtedly surprised some of his longtime backers. Holding prisoners at Guantanamo, without the certainty of trial or release, was a defining feature of the previous administration’s counterterrorism policy – and some of its fiercest critics expected Obama to change the policies. But the possibility had been […]
Federal Court Denies American Rancher’s Civil Rights
In a February 18, 2009, article in the Washington Times was a report on a recent case heard in U.S. District Court in Tucson with respect to 16 illegal immigrants who had trespassed on a rancher’s property in their attempts to gain entry into the United States. The rancher, Mr. Roger Barrett’s, property has become […]
‘Wanted’ Posters of Thai Ex-PM Enrages Supporters
Posters of the former Prime Minister of Thailand Thaksin Sinawatra are circulating the country, but they are not for political campaigns or election purposes. Instead, these arrest warrants of Mr Thaksin and his wife were put up by police after he fled the country where he faces corruption charges. He and his wife have both […]
Mexico Kidnapping Numbers Grow
In Mexico, the chances of being kidnapped are as great for the poorer classes as for the rich. A ransom demand for $500 can be as difficult to raise for a poor family as $500 million is for a rich one. But both are being targeted as Mexico’s drug wars rage and the traffickers use […]
UK Muslims to root out forced marriages
British Muslim lawyers have come up with an action plan to root out forced marriage in their community, in a report published on Thursday. The Muslim Arbitration Tribunal believes British Muslims must take matters into their own hands to tackle the “crisis” of forced marriages between British citizens and spouses from South Asia, often used […]
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