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...sedition laws violate Vietnam's constitution guaranteeing free speech. U.S. Deputy Consul Kenneth Chern attended the trial in Hue and said: "We call upon the Vietnamese government to allow individuals to peacefully exercise their rights of the freedom of speech without fear or recrimination." Whether Hanoi is prepared to listen could be seen later this year: police recently arrested a pair of human-rights lawyers and Bloc 8406 supporters, Nguyen Van Dai and Le Thi Cong Nhan, who had organized training sessions for political activists in the capital. They, too, are charged under Article 88. It's unknown whether their...
...Amid the national soul-searching now under way, the BCCI says it will meet in Mumbai next week to analyze what went wrong. Chappell and Dravid will have their say. "We are disappointed but will listen to everything with an open mind," BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah told the Hindustan Times. But the pressure for change is already building. A non-scientific Times of India survey found that 87% of readers think Dravid should be removed as captain, while 92% feel one-time star batsman Sachin Tendulkar should be axed altogether. To the question "Is something fundamentally wrong with...
...talking, while they are dead and silent. What he is saying, by implication is a lot: that you must not wage wars like the one that has developed in Iraq with troops who don't have enough translators to understand the local language and have no desire to listen to what's being said to them anyway; that the blind reliance on half-baked "intel" is a bad idea, especially when its backed by a moronically bullying attitude (co-director Tucker was, by happenstance, the cameraman accompanying the raid on Yunis's house), that there is nothing approaching justice...
...compassionate reason is the message that pro-lifers ought to present. With more than enough scientific, judicial, and economic arguments against the prevalence of abortion in this country, it is not necessary to resort to spirituality. And with a willingness to listen to the arguments of the most thoughtful pro-choicers, it is clear that their views stem from a concern for the well-being of women and children and an aversion to perpetuating poverty. Character judgments are unwarranted and futile...
...state secrets. Instead of shutting down the case, Justice Department lawyers asked a federal judge in Virginia last week to approve an elaborate scheme for keeping the information confidential. It involved playing recordings of confidential wiretaps through headphones so only the judge, the defendants' lawyers and the jurors could listen. The public would be shut out, a result that the two lobbyists, who have pleaded not guilty, say would hurt their defense. Aside from raising issues like whether jurors would be sworn to secrecy for life, the procedure is apparently unprecedented, and the judge has ordered a hearing...