Legislation Could Be Path to Closing GuantÃ¡namo
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Senior advisers to President Bush are exploring legislation that would permit the long-term detention of foreign terrorism suspects on American soil.
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A supposed destabilization plot by rightists and militants against the administration of President Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo has fizzled out with the peaceful burial of the late
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Federal lawmakers aim to close a legal loophole that has left the electronic energy markets to pretty much regulate themselves.
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The Chilean ruling on Peruâs former president, Alberto Fujimori, could set a precedent for human rights cases.
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With most of its legislative work unfinished, the closing days of the 108th Congress are coming down to a quick march
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The argument in the Senate today seems likely to focus on potential changes to the bill, rather than on its overall fate.
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MADRID, Feb 7 (IPS) - The process of legalising the status of  undocumented  immigrants, which began Monday in Spain, will open  doors to foreign workers  who are already living in the country  in order to close them more tightly  against those who try to  enter in the future.
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In popular culture, GuantÃ¡namo Bay has become shorthand for hopeless imprisonment and isolation.
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The rulings, the latest legal setbacks for the governmentâs effort to bring war crimes charges against detainees, could stall the militaryâs prosecutions at GuantÃ¡namo Bay.
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Venezuelan farms and banks could be nationalised if they break the law, warns President Hugo Chavez.
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On Sunday, Venezuelans will decide whether to cut short the president's term, which is due to end in 2006.
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For the first time in three decades,  critics of the Endangered Species Act are building momentum to  rewrite the law implemented to save America's threatened flora  and fauna, from the star cactus to the grizzly bear.
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By Katie Mulvaney; Journal Staff Writer  A political advocacy group plans to push the state's congressional leaders to rebuff attempts by the Narragansett Indian tribe to have repealed a federal law that requires the tribe to seek voter approval for any gambling halls on their land.
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The authors of a comprehensive immigration bill said today that they would try to resuscitate the measure, which stalled Thursday.
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If there is one thing President Bush has been clear about regarding the immigration bill before the Senate, it is that the measure does not amount to amnesty. More than most people, Bush knows that "amnesty" has become a radioactive term.
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The nation's feuding leaders vowed Friday to try to solve a political crisis, a day after Congress passed a law restricting the powers of President Enrique Bolanos.
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Â· Ruling means pioneer may have to close centreÂ· Move follows years of dispute with authority