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  • August 2008

    • US Urges China to Free 8 Yanks

      Reuters  |  Aug 24, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      US Urges China to Free 8 Yanks

      (Newser) - Washington is seeking the release of eight US protesters held by China during the Olympics, Reuters reports. Two were collared Thursday for posting a "Free Tibet" banner near an Olympic event; six others were members of Free Tibet Reporters detained the day before. Beijing vows to release all eight next weekend. This marks the first time during the Olympics that American protesters have been held for more than a day. More »

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      2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • protests  • Tibetan independence  • Olympic protests  • US Embassy  • freedom of speech  • detention without trial

  • July 2008
  • June 2008

    • Murdoch Set to Finance Editor in UK Election

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jun 13, 08 7:30 AM CDT

      Murdoch Set to Finance Editor in UK Election

      (Newser) - With the personal backing of Rupert Murdoch, the former editor of Britain's biggest-selling tabloid is set to run in a special election triggered by yesterday's surprise resignation of a top Tory. Kelvin MacKenzie, who edited Murdoch's Sun for more than a decade, is preparing to contest the seat vacated by David Davis. Davis quit Parliament in protest after it narrowly passed a law authorizing pretrial detention of 42 days for terrorist suspects. More »

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      United Kingdom  • Rupert Murdoch  • British Parliament  • detention without trial  • David Davis

    • Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote

      BBC  |  Jun 12, 08 9:51 AM CDT

      Brown Hangs Tough to Win Terrorism Vote

      (Newser) - Prime Minister Gordon Brown prevailed in a crunch vote last night to extend Britain's period of detention without trial for terror suspects to 6 weeks, the BBC reports. Brown avoided defeat by convincing a small Northern Ireland party to support him after 36 members of his Labour Party joined the opposition to vote against the bill. More »

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      terrorism  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • Labour Party  • British terror attacks  • Northern Ireland  • detention without trial  • Democratic Unionist Party

    • Ex-PM Blasts UK Government on Civil Liberties

      Times (UK)  |  Jun 6, 08 11:07 AM CDT

      Ex-PM Blasts UK Government on Civil Liberties

      (Newser) - The British parliament is set for a nail-bitingly close vote on a law that will allow the police to hold terror suspects without charge for 42 days—by far the longest in the free world. As Gordon Brown pushes the law and attempts to prevent his first Commons defeat, John Major writes in the London Times that the law is an indefensible part of a new "siege society." More »

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      terrorism  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • British terror attacks  • detention without trial

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