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GMU Students Take a Stand against Mason Police
I have decided to publicize this incident because it impacts me as a student and as a strong believer in social justice. I think it's important to speak up on his behalf. Tuesday, March 8, 2011 was like any other weekday at George Mason University.
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:30P
Teams race to prevent Japan reactor meltdown
The worst nuclear accident since the Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine in 1986 has drawn criticism that authorities were ill-prepared and revived debate in many countries about the safety of atomic power. The White House said US President Barack Obama
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:30P
Southbound lanes of Hume Highway closed at Albury
The incident occurred at about 5am (15 March) in the vicinity of the Borella Road overpass. No injuries were reported as a result of the crash. However, police have closed southbound lanes on the freeway while the trucks' freight is reloaded.
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:30P
Liberal democracy can work for the Arabs
They want freedom, justice, free and fair elections. In Tunisia and Egypt, long-time dictators capitulated to the people-power movements. In Libya, the regime has unleashed brutal military force in a desperate bid to quell the rebels.
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:30P
NFL: April 6 hearing set on lockout
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Battling NFL players and the league will face each other in court on April 6 in a hearing on a players' lawsuit seeking to bar owners from locking them out of work. US District Judge Susan Richard Nelson scheduled the hearing
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:30P
A superb mediator'
Brenner was chief justice of the BC Supreme Court for nine years before he retired to resume practising law in September 2009 at age 64. "This is an absolute shock," Wally Oppal, a former Supreme Court justice
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:29P
Oni files appeal against removal, seeks retrial of Ekiti election case
•That the judgement was compromised and vitiated by reason of the said affinity especially the president of the Court of Appeal, Justice Isa Salami who presided over the panel and that this affinity created bias in favour of Dr. Kyode Fayemi and the
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:29P
Pakistani court declines to rule on immunity for CIA contractor
The chief justice of the Lahore court, Ejaz Chaudhry, said the trial court would now be tasked with judging whether Davis, a security contractor, has immunity. That court is expected to formally charge Davis with murder Wednesday, and it has previously
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:29P
Nuclear Power Is Worth the Risk - by James M. Acton
BY JAMES M. ACTON | MARCH 14, 2011 Until March 11, with the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident approaching -- and memories of that disaster receding -- safety concerns no longer appeared to be the killer argument against nuclear power they once
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:28P
I-25S Reopens After Rollover Crash South of Fountain
Interstate 25 southbound just south of Fountain has reopened after a rollover crash with serious injuries. The entire interstate was closed southbound at MM125, near Ray Nixon Power Plant so that a medical helicopter could land to take away the patient
Updated: 03/14/2011 07:28P