[BBC News]
The Canadian parliament has voted against renewing two controversial anti-terror measures that had been adopted after the 11 September attacks.
28 Feb 2007 9:16 pm MST
[The Washington Post]
A group of Senate Democrats introduced legislation yesterday, titled the "Restoring the Constitution Act of 2007," that would restore habeas corpus rights to all detainees in U.S. custody and would narrowly define what it means to be an "enemy combatant" against the United States.
14 Feb 2007 6:25 am MST
[cbc.ca]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the United States of making the world a more dangerous place by trying to impose its will through an almost uncontained, hyper use of force, saying that unilateral, illegitimate actions have not solved a single problem: they have become a hotbed of further conflicts.
12 Feb 2007 8:41 am MST
[Press Esc]
Bush rejects a UN-sponsored global treaty that outlaws enforced disappearances and allows victims’ families the right to learn the truth about what happened.
7 Feb 2007 9:55 pm MST
[The New York Times]
The Justice Department is completing rules to allow the collection of DNA from most people arrested or detained by federal authorities. Until now, federal authorities have taken DNA samples only from convicted felons.
5 Feb 2007 3:25 pm MST
[Salon]
Sen. Russ Feingold: While bipartisanship is a worthy goal, and symbols have their value, this resolution sacrifices far too much in the name of symbolism and compromise. As long as this president goes unchecked by Congress, our troops will remain needlessly at risk, and our national security will be compromised. This resolution fails to check the president, or to change his disastrous Iraq policy. It essentially authorizes the failed strategy that the American people rejected in November. For the sake of our troops, and for our national security, Congress should take real, binding steps to challenge the president's policy and bring our troops out of Iraq.
3 Feb 2007 1:13 pm MST
[Guardian Unlimited]
Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by ExxonMobil to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.