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UN Flays Australia's Malaysia Plan on Asylum Seekers
"The first option should not be how best to turn away people, the first option should be how to receive people," she said ahead of a meeting with Immigration Minister Chris Bowen. Bowen said they had a "constructive and positive" discussion,
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:00A
Prison Medical Records: A Source of Medical Discoveries? Or a Privacy Issue?
A wheelchair-bound inmate wheels himself through a checkpoint at the California Medical Facility, in Vacaville, Calif., in this April 9, 2008 file photo. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo) It sounds like something out of science fiction
Updated: 05/24/2011 06:00A
For Now, Bergin Correctional is Off the Chopping Block
Department of Corrections Commissioner Leo Arnone and Office of Policy and Management Undersecretary of Criminal Justice Michael P. Lawlor The state announced two weeks ago that it would be closing a
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:59A
Europe, Arizona and My Plumber
immigration, which dates back to the 1970s, turns the American controversy on its head. Viewed strictly from a cultural perspective, Europeans have more in common with Arizona Latinos than they do with the white legislators who pushed for that law.
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:59A
Bastarache Commission to cost taxpayers more than a million dollars
The Commission was established after former Quebec Justice Minister Marc Bellemare claimed that he had been under intense pressure from Liberal party fundraisers to name key friends of the party as judges. In the end, the commission found no evidence
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:58A
Move to extend poll rules to internet
Despite repeated questioning by reporters, the chairman of the Electoral Affairs Commission, Mr Justice Barnabas Fung, refused to say if this would include blogs, video sites like Youtube, internet radio and TV sites, or social networking sites like
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:58A
All aboard the I-9 Central: is this the last stop for compliance?
During the past week, I've been on the road (again), speaking at various immigration and HR-related conferences about I-9 compliance and technology. It's a familiar pitch for me (smart technology = better compliance), and I generally see
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:58A
Skycaps' jury verdict bagged and kicked to the curb by First Circuit
On Friday, May 20, 2011, the First Circuit overturned a jury verdict against American Airlines and held that the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 (ADA) preempts claims brought under the Massachusetts Tip Statute.
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:58A
Unlock the Vault : Image Comics Reunites Sarkar and Gastonny In New Series
By The Editor Image Comics is pleased to announce that writer Sam Sarkar and artist Garrie Gastonny (Warren Ellis' Supergod), the team behind Caliber: First Canon of Justice, have reunited to unlock the horror and action within their new miniseries THE
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:57A
Smiling Kanimozhi talks to half-brother Stalin in court
A broad smile was Kanimozhi's reply to a question from her half-brother MK Stalin on how was she doing in Tihar jail when they came face to face at a trial court here. Stalin, clad in his trademark white shirt and dhoti, waited for 30 minutes at the
Updated: 05/24/2011 05:57A
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