The US Fish and Wildlife Service will ease the federal protections that allowed the wolves to make a comeback. As early as next year, all federal protections for wolves could be removed and their management turned over to the states. Conservationists fear the move will lead to the wolves’ numbers dropping off again
The widow of the only Australian to die fighting the war against terrorism has slammed the Federal Government for failing to review a death and injury compensation scheme before deploying more troops to the Gulf
A Bush administration overhaul of decades-old labour regulations could force many Americans to work longer hours without overtime pay
US trade negotiators are pushing for Australia to sign up to a tough new copyright regime that could hold ISPs liable for breaches. The EFA are less than impressed
The pre-emptive demonstration against the pre-emptive war, which drew an estimated 250,000 chilled Americans to the Mall last weekend, was as polite and peaceful as the retarded monkey boy could have asked
Technology groups are going on the offensive against Hollywood in a bitter dispute over a call for government-mandated copy protection
Federal Communications Minister Senator Richard Alston said Australia is getting screwed
by internet carriers’ peering arrangements and that he would be directing competition and consumer watchdog the ACCC to do something about it
In the 13th century, the Venetians built a warship a day to battle Turkey at sea. Today, the Pentagon can barely crank out a new fighter plane in 10 years. Experts blame red tape — and corruption — in the military industrial complex
The Australian Labor Party has offered a prize of a case of Coca-Cola and $100 worth of Linux merchandise to anybody who can find a valid e-mail address for John Howard
The United States of America has gone mad. The reaction to 11 September is beyond anything Osama bin Laden could have hoped for. As in McCarthy times, the freedoms that have made America the envy of the world are being systematically eroded
Concerns have been raised that Federal Parliament will not have a say in whether Australia will take an active role in any war. Australian Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown, believes Mr Howard is misleading the public. He is concerned the Prime Minister is planning to use his power to act alone.
The MIT AI Lab, the birth place of the free software movement, walked away from a US$404K study because the government wanted to restrict participation by foreign students — via Slashdot
Portland politicians said it was okay for police to seize a citizen’s garbage without a search warrant. But when some reporters swiped their garbage and reported the contents they screamed foul play — via Slashdot
Does abortion lead to breast cancer? Does condom use lead to increased sexual activity? According to the government, the answer is now inconclusive, as they blindly alter low-level scientific conclusions to satisfy conservatives
Each year, governments chip away at citizens’ civil liberties. It’s a tactic the United States condemned during the Cold War but now uses in the war on terror
New Jersey has just enacted legislation that would require all handguns to be able to recognise their owners and only fire when their owners grip them. Gun manufacturers will be required to implement this within three years of the New Jersey Attorney General’s approval of an acceptable, commercially available model — via Slashdot
The US Copyright Office asked for public comment on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, and it got it. Critics worry about everything from losing great art to restricting blind people’s access to information
A handful of US municipalities are refusing to let their employees collaborate with federal officials seeking to spy on residents under the Patriot Act. Meanwhile, librarians are launching their own protests
United States Government officials have confirmed the CIA has a hit list of terrorist leaders it is authorised to kill
If a US-led war with Iraq smears blood on his hands as an American citizen, Sean Penn wants to know why — and he has come to Baghdad to find out
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