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...Much of the prejudice stems from a feeling that illegal Chinese immigrants - estimated at nearly 30,000 by Japan's Immigration Bureau - are little more than criminals intent on wreaking havoc on Japanese society. In truth, the arrest rate for violent crimes is no different for Chinese - illegal or otherwise - than that for other foreigners residing in Japan. Yet shocking cases, like the 2003 murder of a Japanese family by a trio of Chinese students, cast a shadow on all expatriate Chinese. Equally frustrating for many Chinese living in Japan is a new scheme that requires most foreigners to undergo...
...Dailin lets out an audible gasp when he is told that he was identified in the U.S. as someone who may have been responsible for recent security breaches at the Pentagon. "Will the FBI send special agents out to arrest me?" he asks. Much as they might want to talk with him, though, FBI agents don't have jurisdiction in Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, where Tan lives. And given that he has been lauded in China's official press for his triumphs in military-sponsored hacking competitions, Tan is unlikely to have problems with local...
...year-old was taken into custody overnight by the Hampshire Constabulary in southern England. His arrest is the latest twist in the mysterious reappearance of a man who was presumed drowned in the North Sea in March, 2002. A frenzied search for Darwin - which included a helicopter and nearly a dozen ships and canvassed 200 sq. mi. (518 sq. km) of sea - yielded no traces of the former prison official. When his shattered red kayak washed ashore without its captain, it seemed, surely, to spell Darwin's untimely demise...
Within minutes of the declaration of emergency, police surrounded the Supreme Court and evicted the judges, including the chief justice, from the premises. They were then placed under house arrest, and a new, compliant judiciary was ushered in. Independent television channels—local and international—were taken off the air 20 minutes before the emergency was actually declared, leaving state-run television as the only source of news for Pakistanis. While international news channels were allowed to return to the air within a week, some of the more critical local news channels like Geo continue...
However, these steps alone are inadequate. These piecemeal measures are simply not enough to reverse the damage that has been done since Nov. 3. Under the emergency, the fundamental rights of all citizens have been held in abeyance, giving the government license to arrest anyone without due process. For civil society to function again, the emergency must be lifted immediately, and these extraordinary powers must be relinquished. The deposed judges must be reinstated, and the censorship and harassment of the media must end. Draconian ordinances, passed by Musharraf during the emergency, curbing the freedom of the press have...