Philippines approves terror bill
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The Philippine Congress passes a controversial anti-terror bill aimed at tackling militants in the south.
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WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives on Saturday approved a final $422 billion bill for defence programmes that backs next yearâs round of military base closures and kills a proposed $23.
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The Senate unanimously approved a  bill on Wednesday blocking imports of Myanmar rubies and  timber, and lawmakers stepped up calls for a U.N. arms embargo  on the military-ruled Southeast Asian country.
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The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed a   bill setting rules for interrogations and prosecutions of   foreign terrorism suspects, sending it to President George W.   Bush to sign into law.
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A rebellious Senate committee defied President Bush on Thursday and approved terror-detainee legislation he has vowed to block, deepening Republican conflict over terrorism and national security in the middle of the election season.
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The Philippines Saturday expressed&quot;deepest sympathy&quot; to the families of the dead in the Russian school siege on Friday, in which 322 people were killed when Russian troops stormed
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Mexico's lower house of Congress passed a bill Tuesday that provides up to 40 years in prison for people convicted of financing terrorist groups.
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The US Senate on Tuesday by a vote of 60 to 38 approved a sweeping homeland security bill meant to shore up US defenses against future terror attack.
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VICTORIA (CP) - The provincial government passed a bill Tuesday aimed at protecting British Columbia residents from the long arm of the USA Patriot Act.
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Russian deputies submitted a draft  anti-terrorism law to parliament on Tuesday in the latest  security measure after attacks such as the Beslan school  massacre in which more than 330 people were killed.
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The US president and rebel senators reach a deal on a controversial bill on interrogating terror suspects.
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Israeli Knesset (parliament)approved Wednesday a law prohibiting funding for families ofterrorists, Israeli newspaper Ha&#39;aretz reported.
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Filipino Muslims celebrated Saturday, November 13, `Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, with mass prayer and festivities.
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Thailand's military-installed parliament approved a controversial internal security law that critics warned Friday will allow the military to maintain a grip on power even after this weekend's general election.
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Bush and the renegade GOP senators finally agree on a bill to define how terror suspects should be treated. And everyone is claiming victory
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Pakistan's upper house of parliament, the Senate, passed a bill curtailing the scope of Islamic laws on rape on Thursday, paving the way for President Pervez Musharraf to sign it into law.
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The bill, approved 65 to 34, establishes far-reaching new rules on the treatment of terrorism suspects and is expected to go to the president by weekÂs end.