Day December 26, 2005

US radiation snooping of Muslims

 The Council for American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim rights organisation in the United States, has described the revelation that Muslim gatherings and homes around Washington have been electronically "sniffed" for radiation as "disturbing." In a statement on Friday, CAIR…

Assassination in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka pro-rebel MP gunned down at midnight mass Sri Lanka has had a long, bloody civil war, with the Tamil Tiger insurgents considered among the most ruthless and best-trained insurgents anywhere. A friend who knows the terrain says this…

Court bashes immigration judges

Courts criticize judges’ handling of asylum cases Federal appeals court judges around the nation have repeatedly excoriated immigration judges this year for what they call a pattern of biased and incoherent decisions in asylum cases. In one decision last month,…