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Supreme Court Decisions


The Supreme Court ended its 2007-2008 term
by handing down a flurry of big decisions

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Most notably decisions were for granting a constitutional protection for individuals to own guns, banning the death penalty as punishment for the rape of a child and the decision covered last week about granting some constitutional protections to foreign prisoners at Guantanamo Bay.

The justices handed major wins to ExxonMobil Corp., lopping $2 billion off a punitive damages judgment resulting from the Exxon Valdez disaster, and limiting lawsuits related to securities fraud and against the makers of medical devices, details.

The court reaffirmed some individual rights overturn mandatory federal sentencing standards and employee rights to sue over alleged civil rights violations, details.

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Israel Must Share Jerusalem
say President Nicolas Sarkozy


The French President told the Israeli parliament there could be no Middle East peace unless Israel drops its refusal to cede sovereignty over parts of Jerusalem.

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Sarkozy said peace with the Palestinians was possible if Israel stopped all settlement activity, lifted the checkpoints in the West Bank, ended a blockade of the Gaza Strip and accepted Jerusalem as the capital of two states.

"Create the conditions for movement," Sarkozy told lawmakers, urging them to back a proposal for settlers to leave the West Bank in return for compensation and rehousing in Israel, details.

Also added that a nuclear-armed Iran is "unacceptable" and urged a diplomatic solution that would prevent what he calls the "catastrophe" of either an Iranian bomb or an attack on Iran, details.

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Congress stunned by Bush officials disdain on torture



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Bush administration 'experts on torture,' disdainful of Congressional questions.

Two Bush administration lawyers who provided important legal justification for harsh interrogation methods spent more than three hours sparring with a House Judiciary subcommittee. The exchanges often bristled with hostility. details

Of all the hearings I've attended I have never felt more strongly that (of one the witnesses) was lying," Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz said, details.



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More Violence in Iraq Targets US-Collaborator Meetings

U.S. Embassy staff, soldiers killed in Baghdad blast at meeting in Sadr City

"This was the fourth meeting of this district council, led by hard-working Iraqis determined to make a difference and set Sadr City off on the right path," said US spokesman, blamed Iranian-backed militants that U.S. officials call Special Groups, details.

20 Iraqis and three American marines
killed in Anbar Province

Insurgents declared “open war” on members of Sunni Awakening groups in Anbar that have been recruited by the United States to fight Islamic extremists. The statement condemned Awakening members for fighting insurgents and for standing by the “filthy crusaders,” meaning the United States and the Shiite-led Iraqi government, details.


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Iran slams
new EU sanctions


Israel on the Brink of Attacking Iran


Iran says Israel not capable of real threats


UN Nuke chief warns of "ball of fire," in Middle East if Israeli strike on Iran




 

Robert Mugabe claims victory in Zimbabwe elections


Zimbabwean President Magabe said Sunday that he won the country's runoff elections,

Mugabe claims his party won in all parts of the capital city of Harare and many parts elsewhere.   Opposition leaders and international observers have called the vote a sham, details.

Election marshals led voters to polling stations and bands of government supporters harassed people in the streets in an election where the long-term incumbent president was the only candidate.

Mugabe's government is generally blamed for the dire economic situation in Zimbabwe, although he blames the sanctions of Western powers as the cause of the country's economic woes.

Inflation is running at more than 100,000 per cent a month, unemployment is at 80 per cent and there are chronic shortages of food and fuel, details.

Voters’ Fear Were on Ballot; Vote correctly or be killed.

The opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai offered advice to those who were being forced to vote for Mr. Mugabe by gangs of ruling-party enforcers: “If you need to do this to save your life, be not afraid. Do it,” details.

Defiant voters await Mugabe's revenge.

When the first result arrived from Zimbabwe's election, it was not what Robert Mugabe had ordered. Instead, despite intimidations, arrest, violence and the withdrawal of the opposition presidential candidate, there were still some victories for the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, details.

UN council raps Zimbabwe vote


Congressional Legislation in the News
Spy, phone protection bill clears US Senate hurdle
Congress Backs $162 Billion for Iraq, Afghanistan
A White House-backed spy bill to protect phone companies from billions of dollars in potential damages from privacy lawsuits passed a Senate test vote on Wednesday, and headed toward final congressional approval. The measure would also implement the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. spy laws in decades

The Senate approval of $162 billion in war funding last night lets President George W. Bush keep his Iraq policy intact through the last days of his administration. Bush got all the money he wanted to continue his military strategy and Democrats won an expansion of benefits for veterans and the unemployed among other initiatives.

Bush, oil executives, criminally liable for Iraq War, says Congressman

 
 
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