Word: freedom
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...that sense, if the Israeli authorities continue to allow the Toldot Aharon sect and other anti-Zionist groups the freedom to disrespect the state at will, it might make more sense to just put “al-naqba” back in the books...
...significant margins, survey respondents said they believe the final health-reform legislation is likely to raise health-care costs in the long run (62%), make everything about health care more complicated (65%) and offer less freedom to choose doctors and coverage (56%). (See 10 health-care-reform players...
...warnings - which Colombo ignored - about civilian casualties as the Sri Lankan army closed in on the Tigers, and estimates Tamil civilian deaths at 7,000. Nearly 300,000 Tamils from the northern war zone - including 45,000 children - have been detained in internment camps beginning in early 2008, without freedom to leave. Even some of his longtime friends in politics are dismayed. "He is now the leader of the Sinhalese Buddhist movement, which does not in any meaningful way accommodate the political needs of the north and east," says Batty Weerakoon, a former minister and leader of the Lanka Sama...
...Advocates for press freedom, too, are outraged that even after declaring victory, Rajapaksa has not lifted the restrictions on the press imposed as war measures. On July 12, the government banned a popular news website that had run stories critical of the government after the war's end, and it has not yet found those responsible for the murder in January of a prominent Sri Lankan journalist and critic of the government, Lasantha Wickrematunge, who was also a freelance reporter for TIME. But those who know Rajapaksa well say that his pragmatism may, in the end, win out. He never...
...well-known proponent for freedom of Internet use, Nesson wrote that he does not dispute the need for copyright laws. Instead, he wrote, existing copyright laws should be modified to reflect the evolving social norms of a digital, interconnected world...