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  • Group to file war crimes suit against U.S. over Abu Ghraib abuse in German courts
    30 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By John Byrne
    Group that won Guantánamo ruling targets U.S. over Abu Ghraib
    Lawyers acting for a U.S. advocacy group will file war crimes charges in Germany against senior U.S. administration officials for their alleged role in torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
    The charges, which will be filed Tuesday, name Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, former Central Intelligence Agency director George Tenet, the former leading U.S. general in Iraq Ricardo Sanchez and seven other (…)

  • Pull Welcome Mat for ’War Criminal’ Bush?
    29 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Vancouver legal experts join movement to rule the U.S. president a violator of Geneva and U.N. conventions.
    By Judith Ince
    TheTyee.ca When George W. Bush visits Canada this week, he’s sure to get an earful from demonstrators who see him more as a "war crimes president" than a "war president." While activists prepare to put down their unwelcome mats, lawyers have been sharpening arguments to hold the president accountable for his actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. But amid the flurry (…)

  • Should Canada indict Bush?
    19 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    by THOMAS WALKOM
    When U.S. President George W. Bush arrives in Ottawa - probably later this year - should he be welcomed? Or should he be charged with war crimes?
    It’s an interesting question. On the face of it, Bush seems a perfect candidate for prosecution under Canada’s Crimes against Humanity and War Crimes Act.
    This act was passed in 2000 to bring Canada’s ineffectual laws in line with the rules of the new International Criminal Court. While never tested, it lays out sweeping (…)

  • US Republicans change rule to shield leader if indicted
    18 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Republicans in the US House of Representatives have changed their own rules to allow their powerful Majority Leader Tom DeLay to keep his post even if he is indicted in connection with illegal fund-raising activities.
    In a closed-door session, they approved the rule change in a voice vote to allow a leader or chairman to keep his post after an indictment. The leadership would then make recommendations, based on whether the indictment was deemed legitimate or politically-motivated.
    Three (…)

  • Liked the Scott Peterson trial? You’ll LOVE the George Bush trial!
    18 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    By Jane Stillwater
    Americans were fascinated by the trial of Scott Peterson. And if they liked the trial of the alleged murderer of just ONE pregnant woman, imagine how much America will love the trial of George Bush, a man who is responsible for the murder of possibly THOUSANDS of pregnant women!
    Was Laci shot, strangled or drowned? Did she suffer before she died? And what about her unborn child? We may never know for sure but you can imagine that she did. But what we DO know is that (…)

  • Need a little break? Try this quiz.
    18 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    Received this via email last night and I thought with all that’s going on, some people might want to take a little break and take this quiz. I found it revealing and thought-provoking. Maybe others will too. I hope I formatted it correctly. Subject: Very interesting.......
    2 TOUGH QUESTIONS
    Question 1:
    If you knew a woman who was pregnant, who had 8 kids already, three who were deaf, two who were blind, one mentally retarded, two who were normal and she had syphilis, would you (…)

  • France’s ’Watergate’ trial opens
    18 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By Caroline Wyatt
    In France, 12 people have gone on trial for running a phone-tapping operation used by the late President Francois Mitterrand to monitor his opponents.
    The defendants were almost all civil servants and they include current Renault chief Louis Schweitzer.
    The case has taken 22 years to come to court, because of state secrecy orders that prevented the judge gaining access to key documents.
    It has been described as France’s own Watergate scandal.
    All the defendants in (…)

  • Woman facing death penalty for pot: How to help...
    16 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    This is a call for action to help save a young Australian woman’s life who is currently facing the death penalty in Bali for allegedly being caught with marijuana in a Balinese airport:
    A 27 year old Australian woman named Schapelle Leigh Corby, is facing the death penalty in Bali for being caught with 4 kilos of marijuana in her luggage at an airport in Bali. Ms Corby claims the marijuana was not hers and many of her supporters believe the marijuana may have been planted in her bag (…)

  • Ashcroft’s Reign of Terror Comes to an End
    14 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)

    By DOUG THOMPSON
    From the time he took the oath of office as Attorney General of the United States, John Ashcroft declared war on the Constitution and freedom as we know it in the United States.
    President George W. Bush capitulated to the rabid, right-wing of the Republican Party by appointing Ashcroft, a bible-thumping zealot from Missouri who holds a narrow, ultra-conservative moralistic view of the world.
    Ashcroft showed his true colors from day one, ordering drapes for nude statues (…)

  • Warezed SoundForge Files In Windows Media Player
    13 November 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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    An anonymous reader writes "German PC-Welt magazine reports that Microsoft used an illegal copy of SoundForge 4.5 (Google translation) for editing Wave files shipped with Windows Media Player.
    You can check that yourself by opening any file in the [Windows location] \Help\Tours\WindowsMediaPlayer\Audio\Wav\ folder in notepad or other editors of your choice and looking at the last line.
    There you will find a reference to SoundForge 4.5 and also a user called ’Deepz0ne’ who happens to be (…)