Amnesty International has criticised Australia’s tough deterrent policy against asylum seekers as a regional conference co-sponsored by Canberra begins on Bali
Bob Carr’s performance on forests is appalling, despite all the new National Parks, many suffer pre-emptive logging
Seattle retailers can continue to sell food products that contain hemp — at least for the time being — after a US appeals court said it would review a federal ruling making such products illegal
A civil liberties group is again trying to gain access to a secret list to determine if Pennsylvania’s attempt to block access to child-pornography Web sites is affecting innocuous sites
The US sugar industry is threatening to bring the World Health Organisation to its knees by demanding that Congress end its funding unless the WHO scraps proposed guidelines on healthy eating
The Bush administration’s doctrine of pre-emptive first strike represents a radical departure from previous US national security doctrine and national values. Non-aggression had been the guiding beacon in the United States’ relations with the rest of the world
Some public library systems around the state won’t provide the federal government with records of their patrons’ reading habits, but they will still comply with that controversial requirement in the USA Patriot Act
Executives of companies found guilty of price-fixing could face jail terms under a federal government overhaul of competition law
Richard Alston’s Framework for the Future report came under fire before it was even released today, boding ill for the governments attempts to demonstrate it is acting decisively to improve Australia’s ICT industry
The National Office for the Information Economy has recommended the introduction of anti-spamming laws, with spammers possibly facing prison sentences, whilst simultaneously playing down their potential benefits
Legislation aimed at blocking freedom of information applications on the government’s internet censorship regime appears to be heading for defeat in the Senate, as the Democrats are unlikely to support it
The House approved nearly $19 billion in tax breaks Friday for energy companies and power producers and set up a showdown with the Senate over energy policy, particularly oil drilling in an Alaska wildlife refuge
Congressional Republicans, working with the Bush administration, are manoeuvring to make permanent the sweeping anti-terrorism powers granted to federal law enforcement agents after the attacks of 11 September 2001
The Pentagon has held up its practice of embedding
journalists with military units as proof of a new media-friendly policy. On 8 April, however, US military forces launched what appeared to be deliberate attacks on independent journalists covering the war, killing three and injuring four others
Legislators unanimously passed a bill that would let Washington residents sue illegal spammers in local courts, even if the e-mail is sent from other states
Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry lashed out at top congressional Republicans after they assailed him for saying the United States, like Iraq, needs a regime change
An Oregon anti-terrorism bill would jail street-blocking protesters for at least 25 years in a thinly veiled effort to discourage anti-war demonstrations
The Federal Government will create new offences for those who use the Internet to incite or promote suicide
Federal Privacy Commissioner Malcolm Crompton believes spammers may breach Australia’s National Privacy Principles and hopes to join the fight against spam by launching a test case
The Maryland General Assembly has voted to reduce penalties for cancer patients and others who smoke marijuana to relieve suffering
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