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Under normal circumstances, it takes a case of national importance to rile the Supreme Court during its summer recess. But in the words of an old axiom about capital punishment, "death is different." And so, on a sleepy mid-August Monday, Aug. 17, the court - over a strong dissent - dusted off an antique tool, unused for nearly half a century, to force a new hearing into the slow-rolling fate of a Georgia death-row prisoner named Troy Davis. In the process, the court has opened up new questions about the death penalty: most crucially, how far the courts must...
...travelers know, there's nothing unusual about airport security officers pulling passengers out of line for extra screening. But that generally doesn't happen to Shah Rukh Khan, one of India's biggest film stars and a global entertainment icon. Khan, 43, was passing through Newark Liberty International Airport Aug. 15 when immigration officials removed him from line and questioned him for more than an hour. Khan (along with much of India) reacted angrily to the perceived slight, which he called "absolutely uncalled for." Many are accusing U.S. officials of profiling the South Asian heartthrob because of his race...
...isolated, parallel universe existence for this country ... If we are scared of violence and terrorism, all of us are responsible for it. It's not that the world is and America is not." - Following his security examination at Newark Liberty International Airport (AFP, Aug...
...absolutely disrespectful to him, and it's only based on his religion and last name - he has a Muslim name - and I don't think that's right." - Santripti Vellody, 30, a business development manager, on Khan's airport examination (New York Times, Aug...
...Shah Rukh Khan is the pride of India. I am quite surprised that he was detained in the Newark airport." - Overseas Indian Affairs Minster Vayalar Ravi (Indo-Asian News Service, Aug...