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UNHRC criticises Australia's asylum seeker policies
She told Prime Minister Julia Gillard that Australia's mandatory detention policy was in breach of international law and that Aborigines suffered "deep hurt and pain" because of policies imposed upon them. Ms Pillay says Australia's "arbitrary"
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:23A
Medicare overhaul crucial
The recent Medicare Trustees report showed the program is careening toward bankruptcy and will run out of money in 2024 — five years faster than the trustees predicted just one year ago. And to make it worse, the chief actuary for Medicare,
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:23A
Medicare overhaul crucial
The recent Medicare Trustees report showed the program is careening toward bankruptcy and will run out of money in 2024 — five years faster than the trustees predicted just one year ago. And to make it worse, the chief actuary for Medicare,
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:23A
Years Ago
ASSOCIATED PRESS 1810: Argentina begins its revolt against Spanish rule with the forming of the Primera Junta in Buenos Aires. 1911: Mexican President Porfirio Diaz resigns; he goes into exile in France for the rest of his life.
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:23A
Urewera 15 trial delayed until next year
The trial of 15 people controversially arrested after police raids on alleged training camps in the Urewera ranges and elsewhere in 2007 has been delayed until February next year, sparking outrage from their supporters. The High Court today delayed the
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:23A
Edmond escapes tornadoes
At about 4:37 pm at North Kelly Avenue and Pruett Drive, north of Edmond Road, 64-year-old Linda Page of Edmond was killed in a crash involving two vehicles, said Glynda Chu, police spokeswoman. The incident occurred when city streets were crowded with
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:22A
State speeders
When the traffic ahead provided the opportunity to catch up, the irritation level rose even more, because that logo on the door was for the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission. Odd, but it seems that folks in that office would be interested in
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:22A
California's Brown Lacks Funding for 'Historic' Prisoner Shift
Brown's plan was made more urgent when the US Supreme Court ruled May 23 that the nation's most populous state had to take 33000 inmates out of prisons because overcrowding amounted to cruel and unusual punishment, according to Justice Anthony
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:22A
Stroz Friedberg Builds Bodyguard Business With Madoff, Strauss-Kahn Cases
“That one put us on the map,” Stroz said, noting that the surveillance lasted more than a year and involved monitoring Internet traffic. “This is where our cyber skills came in handy.” Anthony Valenti, who heads the firm's business intelligence and
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:22A
Highway Safety, EU Parliament Activity, SAC Probe: Compliance
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the US agency that issues rules intended to protect passengers when crashes happen, for the next two years will focus its automobile-safety work on
Updated: 05/25/2011 12:22A
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