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- Canadian cops could get Internet-snooping powers
By Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service June 18, 2009
A man surfs the internet in Beijing on June 15, 2009. Canadian Police have lobbied for a new law for almost 10 years, saying that they need to access "Internet safe havens" for gangsters, sexual predators and terrorists.
Photograph by: Frederick J. ...
- A Blackheart's Tale
by Todd Brendan Fahey
I hadn't known Jurgen for very long -- a little over a year, maybe -- when the change occurred. And if others swear they had seen it coming from months back, I suppose I must take them at their word. ...
- fragment of A String of Saturdays: The New Southern Romance
by Todd Brendan FaheyJune 21, 2009"You've aged really well. Different than I thought. You still have those eyes. ...I've still got my nose," she laughs.It's a laugh that is she. Never, in this incarnation, will she know how beautiful she really is. Such is not in her to know. ...
- Fun in the Sun
Yo ho, yo ho... I love summertime on islands. This one is a swell weekend venue. The ferry allows motorcycles and cars; lots of horses and cows and white sand beaches and even bikinis in the hot months (rare, for this conservative kultur). Raw fish/sushi of the other variety. I suspect that psychedelic 'shrooms even grow in the cow patties, but my last hunt was indete
- N.Korea 'Made Millions from Insurance Scam'
englishnews@chosun.com / Jun. 19, 2009 11:10 KST
North Korea amassed a U.S. dollar fortune to buy luxury goods for leader Kim Jong-il through international insurance scams, the Washington Post reported Thursday. ...
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- Google's censorship struggles continue in China
June 16, 2009 -- Updated 1510 GMT (2310 HKT)
(CNET) -- Google was going to help democratize data in China. ...
- Gun Rulings Open Way to Supreme Court Review
By JOHN SCHWARTZ The New York Times June 15, 2009
A year ago, the United States Supreme Court issued a landmark decision establishing the constitutional right of Americans to own guns. But the justices did not explain what the practical effect of that ruling would be on city and state gun laws.
Could a city still ban handguns? ...
- North Korea says it will 'weaponize' its plutonium
SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea vowed on Saturday to embark on a uranium enrichment program and "weaponize" all the plutonium in its possession as it rejected the new U.N. ...
- House committee subpoenas Federal Reserve
The congressional panel investigating what happened to all that bank bailout money has issued a subpoena to the Federal Reserve, asking them to hand over all documents relating to the takeover of Merrill Lynch by the Bank of America.
On January 1, BofA finalized its purchase of Merrill Lynch for just over $29.1 billion. ...