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Dutch passports to get biometric security chip Starting autumn, 2004, Dutch passports are to be equipped with an electronic chip containing the passport holders’ biometric details
Sound Familiar? Ottawa using Sept. 11 to strip Canadians of privacy rights
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Mother who killed ailing sons enters guilty plea to assisting suicide "Carol Carr could not bring herself to walk into that courtroom and say, 'I murdered my children,' " said her lawyer, Lee Sexton. "All she did was keep a promise to them to end their suffering."
Human Stem Cell Mouse Causes Ethical Controversy Korean scientists have successfully produced mice that have human stem cells inserted in their embryos.
Al Lorentz: Dear George Bush: Thanks for the Police State
Kirt Poovey: Homeland Security: Hitler Redux
Christopher Mark: Bush Speaks: The State of the American Empire
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Blacks Allegedly Victimized By 'Racist' Gun Control Laws Second Amendment experts say current gun control laws are preventing law abiding African Americans from acting in self-defense against the illegally armed criminals that infest their inner-city neighborhoods.
Safety chiefs target German craze for 'bazooka' spud guns German youths have taken up a dangerous new pastime: firing potatoes as fast as a rocket from “bazookas” made from drainage pipes.
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OR: County considers ban against unruly office visitors People who get angry about property-tax bills, land-use decisions or other business in a Marion County building might want to think about keeping their tempers in check.
Parents on government power trip... Pa. District Has Parents Look for Truants
NYPD wants end to political surveillance limits The New York City Police Department and the New York Civil Liberties Union battled in federal court Wednesday over whether a 1985 federal decree overly restricts police in terrorism investigations or whether the decree is necessary to protect First Amendment rights.
Student paper wants surveillance camera information The city of Austin is challenging state Attorney General Greg Abbott's order that it disclose information about surveillance cameras to the University of Texas student newspaper.
Urban Warfare Practices Have Been Going on For Years Like This One, Where Foreign Trained with US Troops to Take Over US Cities
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Federal Offense: Covering "Made in" Labels
2 Faith-Based Proposals May Face Legal Challenge Civil liberties groups said yesterday they are weighing legal challenges to two proposed new twists in the Bush administration's faith-based initiative: the use of vouchers to fund religion-oriented drug rehabilitation programs and the use of federal housing funds to pay for construction of buildings where worship is held.
This Gun For Hire With war in the air and a new market in homeland security booming, many private firms are looking to expand their government work.
Bread and Circuses Mass entertainment focusing on emotional and sensory stimulation has put Americans in danger of suffering the fate of the Romans, who entertained themselves into oblivion.
FTC Eyes 'Educational' Marketers Survey results are supposed to go to public and private universities. But instead of heading toward halls of higher education, some of these surveys end up in the hands of commercial marketers.
Turner to leave key AOL post Ted Turner is quitting as vice chairman of AOL Time Warner's board, marking the latest in a series of departures at the struggling parent of Atlanta-based Turner Broadcasting and CNN
Clear Channel Fights Efforts to Curtail Expansion A proposed bill would ban anti-competitive practices in the radio and concert industries.
US May Try to Find Haven for Saddam The United States would try to help find a haven for Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, his family and close aides if he would agree to leave Baghdad, Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday.
Russia Deports American, Saying She Tried to Help Terrorists A 35-year-old American was deported from Russia on Wednesday and was reportedly being flown to Los Angeles after the Russian authorities accused her of offering to help Islamic extremists coordinate terrorist acts in the United States.
German Authorities Investigated Sept. 11 Suspect as Possible Extremist Well Before Attacks
What They Knew and How They Made the Attacks Happen
US to announce Iraqi campaign within 3 weeks - Russian General Staff source "The American administration will make a formal decision to hold a military operation in Iraq right after the US Armed Forces and their allies have formed battle groups in the region. This will take about another two or three weeks," a high-ranking source in the Russian Armed Forces General Staff told Interfax on Thursday
Myers confirms US troops in north Iraq A small number of US troops have been inserted in northern Iraq, Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, confirmed Wednesday
Expert rules out link between Iraq and al-Qaeda "Al-Qaeda hates the Iraqi government for the way it treated the Kurds in northern Iraq after the Gulf War. There is no reason why it should be any different now," he said.
Guards, reserves swarm to Ft. Carson Hundreds of Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers are reporting to Fort Carson as the United States continues its buildup of forces in the Persian Gulf
Iraqi warheads test negative for chemical agents UN arms inspectors have concluded that the 122 mm chemical rocket warheads found in an Iraqi bunker earlier this month did not contain any chemical agents, diplomats said on Wednesday.
Blair points to North Korea as next target The British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, has said the world will have to target North Korea after it has dealt with Iraq.
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