Child sex, drug cases ‘too costly’
THE Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions plans to stop prosecuting all summary child sexual assault cases and drug offences under a proposal submitted to the State Government to save money.
Instead, those cases will be handled by police - a move even the DPP admits could compromise justice, with [...]
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Cease-Fire Eyed to Stop Violence in Iraq
U.S. military commanders are talking with Iraqi militants about cease- fires and other arrangements to try to stop the violence, the No. 2 American commander said Thursday.
Lt. Gen. Raymond Odierno said he has authorized commanders to reach out to militants, tribes, religious leaders and others in the country that [...]
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The GOP would be wise to listen to Ron Paul’s message
Two-thirds of Americans can now see that starting a war in Iraq was a mistake. The majority of Republicans still do not see it. Eventually they will, but it’s hard to go against their own president unless one of their own makes them do it.
That [...]
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While President Bush authorizes the CIA to bankroll and arm the real Al-Qaeda in Iran.
Adam Pearlman, the Jewish Mossad agent who once wrote stinging essays condemning Muslims as “bloodthirsty terrorists”, has once again popped up as an “Al-Qaeda spokesman” to frighten the dwindling number of Americans who still believe Al-Qaeda exists [...]
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Immigrants Sue Employer for Back Wages
Illegal immigrants who worked long shifts scrubbing theme restaurants for an indicted janitorial firm have signed their names to a lawsuit seeking unpaid wages.
Some of the plaintiffs were rounded up in federal workplace raids in February and deported before receiving their final paychecks, the suit charges. Others said they worked [...]
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Exposure to pesticides and head trauma may increase the risk of Parkinson’s disease, experts have said.
Researchers from Aberdeen University studied the link between environmental factors and Parkinson’s and other degenerative syndromes associated with the disease.
The study involved 959 people in five European countries (Scotland, Italy, Sweden, Romania and Malta) with “parkinsonism”, of whom 767 [...]
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BP is returning to Libya with its largest exploration project, more than three decades after it was thrown out of the north African country when Muammar Gadafy nationalised its oil industry.
The company has been granted the right to explore for gas in offshore and onshore fields in a $900m (£450m) deal that could eventually see [...]
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UK lecturers refuse to spy on students
UK university lectures today vehemently rejected a government plan to require academic staff to spy on Muslim student, describing it as a “witch-hunt”.
University and College Union, the main trade body trade union and professional association for higher educators, resolved to “To resist attempts by government to engage colleges and [...]
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USATODAY.com
The federal government recorded a $1.3 trillion loss last year — far more than the official $248 billion deficit — when corporate-style accounting standards are used, a USA TODAY analysis shows.
The loss reflects a continued deterioration in the finances of Social Security and government retirement programs for civil servants and military personnel. The loss — [...]
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