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...bill allowing the Pentagon to try the 14 before military commissions that would replace the tribunals Bush originally set up, which were struck down by the Supreme Court in June. The bill also spells out specific acts that U.S. interrogators of terrorists are banned from committing--such as torture, murder, rape and infliction of severe physical or mental pain--and by design, some legal scholars say, permits anything else...
...sensationally crack this case he could become the town's go-to gumshoe, the first guy called when scandal threatens a star.) We're not really in the land of noir here; we're in a much sadder, more ordinary place, a place where desperation does not lead to murder, but to more pathetic (but in a way more believable) ends and ironies...
...other way round. Grimble Gromble Melksham, England Why Such Discontent? in the article about islamic discontent fomenting in Britain [Aug. 21], Beena Faridi of the Islamic Human Rights Commission (ihrc) characterizes Israel's actions of self-defense as collective punishment of the Lebanese. Cross-border raids involving murder and kidnapping, and indiscriminate rocket fire aimed at civilians, are clear violations of human rights and international law. Doesn't the ihrc believe that human rights should apply to all humans? Perhaps it is too much to ask that the commission also consider the collective responsibility of all nations not to harbor...
...powerful godfather. Still, Italian police had no doubts that the square-jawed 73-year-old living in near squalor in an abandoned farmhouse had reigned over the very real-life affairs of Cosa Nostra's billion-dollar business of drug trafficking, high finance and cold-blooded murder. Provenzano, who had been sentenced to life in absentia for a series of high-profile murders, had opted for the spare existence in order to keep the lowest possible profile as he tried to stay one step ahead of Italy's biggest Mafia manhunt ever...
...article about Islamic discontent being fomented in Britain [Aug. 21], Beena Faridi of the Islamic Human Rights Commission characterizes Israel's actions of self-defense as collective punishment of the Lebanese. Cross-border raids involving murder, kidnapping and indiscriminate rocket fire are clear violations of human rights and international law. Don't human rights apply to all? Perhaps it is too much to ask the commission to consider the responsibility of all nations not to harbor terrorists. PETER ROSENTHAL Charleston...