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NHPD restarts narcotics squad With the final
pieces in place, the Police Department will
launch its reborn narcotics squad Sunday, nearly
two years after it was disbanded.
Canton School Board Revises Policy On Drug Searches The board of
education has voted to uphold its policy allowing random drug sweeps at
town schools, nearly eight months after a controversial search in which
a student leader was arrested on a misdemeanor possession charge.
Sunday Suds in CT? It's not the alcohol talking, but a local
lawmaker who is pushing to allow CT liquor stores to sell booze 7 days a
week.
Student's Free Speech Case May Lead To Legislation In his ruling on
a pioneering Internet free speech case last month, U.S. District Judge
Mark R. Kravitz offered something of a plea to higher courts: Revisit
the boundaries of free speech for students.
John Dean at Issue in Nixon Tapes Feud Critics say that the most
authoritative transcripts of the tapes were edited in ways that paint a
more benign portrait of one of the central figures, John W. Dean III.
SecurityIssues
DOD providing free anti-virus for home computers As computer
technology advances, so do methods hackers use to infiltrate networks
and computer systems, but the DOD provides free software to protect home
computers
Riot continues at West Texas prison Law enforcement authorities in
Texas say they are still trying to restore order at a privately run
federal prison where a riot broke out.
Politics
GOP governors press Congress to pass stimulus bill Most Republican
governors have broken with their GOP colleagues in Congress and are
pushing for passage of President Barack Obama's economic aid plan that
would send billions to states for education, public works and health
care.
Duncan details $150 billion education stimulus Education Secretary
Arne Duncan talks to CNN's Campbell Brown about the President's $150
billion increase in federal money for education. Here is the transcript
of that interview.
Bailout oversight still lacking, watchdog says The federal
government's $700 billion bailout program continues to lack adequate
oversight to ensure that banks receiving the taxpayer funds are using
them properly, congressional investigators said.
In Senate trial, Coleman turns to Bush v. Gore The success of Norm
Coleman's lawsuit to reclaim his Senate seat could depend on how willing
the trial judges are to find a precedent in the U.S. Supreme Court
ruling from another messy, political charged election battle: Bush v.
Gore.
Fair pay act passage to spur worker pay reviewNow that President
Barack Obama has signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,
employers should immediately review compensation practices, experts say.
The CIA's secret prisons are being shuttered. Harsh interrogation
techniques are off-limits. And Guantanamo Bay will eventually go back to
being a wind-swept naval base on the southeastern corner of Cuba.
Obama has begun discreet talks with Iran, Syria US President Barack
Obama has already used experts within the last few months to hold
high-level but discreet talks with both Iran and Syria, organizers of
the meetings told AFP.
Obama unlikely to toughen Wall St. pay rules: report The Obama
administration is not likely to impose tougher restrictions on executive
pay on most firms receiving aid under the government's $700 billion
financial rescue program, the Washington Post reported on Saturday
Gregg: Senate makeup wouldn't change Sen. Judd Gregg, New
Hampshire Republican, has told colleagues that if he becomes commerce
secretary, his replacement would affiliate with the GOP, denying
Democrats' total dominance, his party leader said Sunday.
Obama demands 10% defense cuts The Obama administration asked the
military's Joint Chiefs of Staff to cut the Pentagon budget for fiscal
year 2010 by $55 billion
U.S. In Long-Running Trade Dispute With E.U. One of the Bush
administration's last acts was to levy punitive tariffs on a wide range
of luxury foods from Europe — including fancy mineral water, exquisite
chocolates and Roquefort cheese — in retaliation for an E.U. ban on
hormone-treated American beef. Professor Chad Bown of Brandeis
University talks about this and earlier trade disputes.
In the waning
days of the Bush administration, the Food
and Drug Administration finalized new
guidelines to make it easier for drug
manufacturers to promote "off-label"
prescription drug uses, which can be deadly
for patients.
Iraq Ein Information Network notes voting infringements Iraq Ein
Information Network charged of monitoring elections held its first
conference to detail the process of provincial elections day. In this
context, the network has marked a number of infringements.
US says 2 Iraqi police dead in shooting The
U.S. military says two Iraqi policemen were
killed after they opened fire on U.S. soldiers
conducting an operation against al-Qaida near
the northern city of Mosul.
Iraqi voters support government Allies of Iraq's U.S.-backed
prime minister appeared Sunday to have made gains in the provincial
elections, rewarding groups credited with reining in insurgents and
militias, according to unofficial projections.
Maliki orders curfew lift ahead of time Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al
Maliki ordered to lift vehicle curfew ahead of time in order to allow
for voters to reach polling stations and participate in provincial
elections. As soon as curfew was lifted, life was back to normal in Iraq
streets.
Asiacell Launches Most Economic Mobile Billing Method in Iraq Asiacell,
a largest private Iraqi company and the first mobile telecommunications
company to provide coverage for all of Iraq announced the launch of its
new service offer, which utilizes the payment-per-second billing system
as an optional alternative to the per-minute billing system.
Voting goes smoothly as GIs observe In Wasit province, south of
Baghdad, Saturday's voting ran smoothly, with only scattered reports of
problems at polling stations. Turnout was generally light but steady,
with no lines of people waiting to get inside
Range of problems seen at Baqouba polls Election day was peaceful in
this restive Sunni stronghold, but early indications showed low voter
turnout, and some residents complained of long walks to the polls. With
Iraqi army and police guarding polling stations and U.S. forces staying
on the fringe as a "third ring" of security, no violence had been
reported as of 5:30 p.m., with just a half-hour remaining before polls
closed, according to military officials
Gaza rocket hits southern Israel A rocket fired by Palestinian
militants in the Gaza Strip lands near the southern Israeli city of
Ashkelon, the Israeli military says.
Iranians mark Islamic revolution Iran has begun 10 days of
celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary of the Islamic revolution in
1979 which overthrew the US-backed former ruler, the Shah. (Shah is a
king)
The Secret History of the CIA Iranians working for the C.I.A. and
posing as Communists harassed religious leaders and staged the bombing
of one cleric's (Priests) home in a campaign to turn the country's
Islamic religious community against elected Prime Minister (President)
Mossadegh's government.
Israel paying $2 million for death of filmmaker Israel has reached a
huge financial settlement with the family of James Miller, a British
cameraman killed by Israeli troops in 2003, an official confirmed
Sunday.
How likely is, a partition of Turkey? That the
Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), which has been relying on terrorist acts
for the last three decades to fulfill its political goals
US-funded program to arm Afghan groups begins A U.S.-funded program
to train and arm community members in Afghanistan's most dangerous
regions as a way to defend against the Taliban has begun, the country's
interior minister said Saturday
Afghans threaten troops over civilian deaths Three recent U.S.
Special Forces operations killed 50 people — the vast majority
civilians, Afghan officials say — raising the ire of villagers and
President Hamid Karzai.
Drug policy causes a stir within NATO The head of U.S. European
Command has reportedly caused an uproar within NATO by allegedly telling
a German general that NATO troops do not need proof before attacking
narco-traffickers in Afghanistan, according to the International Herald
Tribune.
Afghan opium output set to fall again Opium production in
Afghanistan is expected to decline again this year, largely because of
falling prices in a saturated market and a drought, according to a UN
Taliban tighten grip in key valley The Pakistani government
has lost control of 80 percent of Swat, a scenic valley in the
northwest, where Taliban militants are implementing their own harsh
system of justice and spreading fear through the use of FM radio.
Pakistani army 'kills 16 Taleban' Sixteen Taleban militants are
killed and many more injured during an operation in the Swat valley,
Pakistan's army says.
Workers occupy Irish crystal factory Protesting workers spend
the night occupying the main visitor centre at the company's factory in
Waterford in the Republic of Ireland
136-kg car bomb found by N. Ireland school (AFP) A viable
300-pound (136-kilogramme) car bomb was discovered close to a school in
Northern Ireland, police said Saturday, in a grim reminder of the
increasing threat posed by dissident paramilitaries.
Crisis may 'spark social unrest' Europe faces a risk of more social
unrest unless measures are taken to tackle the economic crisis, France's
finance minister says.
Anti-forum protest turns violent in Geneva Riot police have fired
tear gas at bottle-throwing demonstrators in Geneva protesting against
the annual World Economic Forum meeting in the Swiss Alps.
Slain Exile Detailed Chechen Ruler’s Systematic Cruelty Umar S.
Israilov, a former bodyguard of the president of Chechnya, for two years
relentlessly accused the president of participating in torture sessions.
In January, he was gunned down in Vienna.
Venezuelan
synagogue attacked as relations worsen An armed group vandalized
Caracas' oldest synagogue, shattering religious objects and
spray-painting walls in what Jewish leaders called the worst attack ever
on their community in Venezuela.
Mob rule taints Bolivia indigenous law Some experts fear that the
number of lynchings will rise now that Indian communities are allowed to
run their own legal systems under the new constitution.
Facing up to Canada's dark history From the late 19th Century up to
the 1970s, an estimated 150,000 native children in Canada were seized
from their parents and sent far away to state-funded, church-run schools
to learn how to think, speak and act like white people.
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