Senate moves toward votes on immigration bill
ERICA WERNER Associated Press= WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators prepared Monday for the first votes in the full Senate on a landmark immigration bill, readying amendments on contentious issues including...
View ArticleLegal aid cuts will deny vulnerable women justice
Campaigners warn that proposals to slash the legal aid budget will price trafficked women and victims of domestic violence out of the justice system Lawyers in Manchester protest against the legal aid...
View ArticleU.K. 'Guardian' newspaper in spotlight on NSA leaks
Story Highlights Guardian publishes as a "liberal organ"Published Julian Assange leaks on Afghanistan LONDON — "Why are we in America?" the editor of Britain's Guardian News and Media group, which...
View ArticleFrench Alps shootings detectives investigate calls to Romania
Annecy prosecutor says Romanian authorities have been asked to trace phone numbers allegedly called from home of Saad al-Hilli's brother Eric Maillaud, Annecy's public prosecutor, said: 'We believe...
View ArticleHome Office: 'It does not change our position'
Conservatives to press ahead with lobbying to introduce the snooper's charter, despite revelations about US internet surveillance Read more on the Politics live blog The central atrium of the Home...
View ArticleCanadian, nicknamed 'Black Widow,' pleads guilty
SYDNEY, Nova Scotia (AP) — A Canadian woman nicknamed the "Black Widow" for her ability to persuade grieving widowers to marry her pleaded guilty on Monday to drugging a man she married days earlier....
View ArticleUK NSA reaction: 'It does not change our position'
A Home Office source tells the Guardian that the disclosures regarding GCHQ will not fundamentally change the government's approach to internet surveillance Read more on the Politics live blog The...
View ArticleUS transplant network resists lung rule changes
KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press= PITTSBURGH (AP) — The national organization that manages organ transplants on Monday resisted making emergency rule changes for children under 12 who are waiting on lungs...
View ArticleTransplant group rejects lung rule changes
KEVIN BEGOS Associated Press= PITTSBURGH (AP) — The national organization that manages organ transplants has rejected emergency rule changes on lungs for children and voiced serious ethical and...
View Article'My wife's not allowed in the UK'
New migration rules for people from outside the European Union are "tearing British families apart", a group of MPs and peers have claimed in a report. They said...
View ArticleFamily immigration rules that put a £18,600-a-year price tag on love are...
When Ashley Prodgers, a minister in the Salvation Army, and his Georgian wife, Teya Tikaradze, returned from their honeymoon in July last year, they were looking forward to a new life together serving...
View ArticleMigration Rules 'Are Tearing Families Apart'
New financial rules for migrants from outside the EU are "tearing British families apart", according to a parliamentary report. The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Migration claimed the...
View Article3-D TV falls flat: ESPN to kill 3-D broadcasts
RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Technology Writers= NEW YORK (AP) — ESPN's announcement Wednesday that it will shut down its 3-D channel by the end of the year is the latest sign the format won't revolutionize...
View ArticleAustralian TV ad warns off Hazaras
You'll be locked up for years, then sent home in debt - that's Canberra's message to would-be asylum seekers in Afghanistan Link to video: Australian TV ad warns Afghans to stay away An emotional...
View ArticleImmigration debate clears procedural Senate hurdle
DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent= WASHINGTON (AP) — In Spanish and English, the Senate pushed contentious immigration legislation over early procedural hurdles with deceptive ease on Tuesday as...
View ArticleOperation Elveden: two prison officers arrested
Met police hold two men in Kent over alleged conspiracy to commit misconduct in public office Officers from Scotland Yard's Operation Elveden have arrested two serving prison officers. Photograph: Oli...
View ArticleBritish lawyers criticise Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal
London barrister appeals to UN to intervene, saying that clients sentenced to death did not receive fair trial Delwar Sayedee, centre, is a former vice-president of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party....
View ArticleBritish lawyer criticises Bangladeshi war crimes tribunal
Barrister writes to UN official complaining that clients sentenced to death did not receive fair trial Delwar Sayedee, centre, is a former vice-president of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami party....
View ArticleUN official: 11 million in Sahel still face hunger
ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press= UNITED NATIONS (AP) — More than 11 million people are still facing hunger in Africa's Sahel region and urgent international aid is needed, a top U.N. humanitarian...
View ArticleAbu Qatada: Jordan approves treaty to allow UK deportation of radical cleric
Treaty guarantees that those returned under its provisions will not face trial based on evidence obtained by torture The treaty clears the way for Abu Qatada to be put on a plane to Amman, possibly...
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