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Arar working with RCMP as it probes his overseas torture
Upon his return to Canada, Mr. Arar professed his innocence and successfully pressed for an inquiry. Mr. Justice Dennis O’Connor found him credible and supported his claim that Syrian jailers had beaten him with two-inch-thick electric cables. Faulted for an indirect role, Ottawa officials compensated the Arar family with $10.5-million.
No other government has been censured – or paid a penny in compensation.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would not revisit the landmark Arar v. Ashcroft case. Lower courts had upheld that lawmakers, and not judges, are to rein in the CIA.
Splitting the Sky: No jail time for attempted arrest of war criminal George Bush Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark supports Mohawk Splitting the Sky
Electric taxis wage quiet campaign for attention and market share
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/Electric+taxis+wage+quiet+campaign+attention+market+share/3151349/story.html#ixzz0qtdBXRtn
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A government plan to provide more help for mentally ill soldiers has been thrown into doubt weeks after it was announced by the Ministry of Defence.
Russia to Complete Delivery of Pantsir-S1 Air Defense Systems to UAE This Year
Feds renege on push to force airlines to reveal full fares in ads
Foreign flagging of offshore rigs skirts U.S. safety rules
The Marshall Islands, not the U.S., had the main responsibility for safety inspections on the Deepwater Horizon. The Marshall Islands, a maze of tiny atolls, many smaller than the ill-fated oil rig, outsourced many of its responsibilities to private companies.
Shelter Under The Swastika: The John Rabe Story
"That is such a crazy thing that the icon — rightfully the icon — of the murdering of millions of people in a different place, in a different moment, became a symbol of security,"
How tabloid journalism works.
( Tabloid journalism ? How often are the MSM caught pitching for advertisers as if it was news ? Daily. )
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