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An Ottawa city councillor is questioning why a provincial bill aimed at limiting corporate contributions to municipal election candidates doesn't just ban those donations. Some residents of a west-end Ottawa community housing development say unchecked mould in their buildings is affecting their...
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  • News Source: Democracy Now | 18 days ago
    The Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that victims of extraordinary rendition cannot sue Washington for torture suffered overseas, because Congress has not authorized such lawsuits. In 2002, Syrian-born Maher Arar was held in New York on his way...
  • News Source: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | 18 days ago
    Ontario is setting up assessment centres across the province where people with flu-like symptoms who are concerned they may have contracted the H1N1 virus can go to find out if they need additional medical attention. Ottawa flu clinics are narrowing...
  • News Source: Toronto Star | 18 days ago
    An American federal court has ruled Canadian Maher Arar cannot sue the U.S. government for sending him to Syria seven years ago, where he was tortured and held for a year without charge on suspicions he was an Al Qaeda terrorist. Arar was the victim...
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    Afghanistan's president welcomed his re-election by default Tuesday and reached out to opponents, promising to create a government of national participation and banish corruption that has undermined his administration. A U.S. court of appeal has...
  • News Source: The Globe and Mail | 18 days ago
    Last updated on Tuesday, Nov. 03, 2009 4:15AM EST I n Canada, the Arar affair spawned a lengthy judicial inquiry that probed state secrets. The findings led to a multimillion-dollar compensation package for a citizen unlawfully imprisoned overseas.
  • News Source: The New York Times | 18 days ago
    The case has been widely watched because Mr. Arar claimed to be a victim of extraordinary rendition , the government policy of sending terrorism suspects to other countries for detention and interrogation. In ruling 7 to 4 that Mr. Arar could not sue...
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    The judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 7-4 to uphold a decision by a lower court judge dismissing a lawsuit brought by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born man who was detained as he tried to switch planes in 2002. ...
  • Blog Source: www.talkleft.com
    Arar, a Canadian, was detained at JFK, flown to Syria where he was tortured for almost a year, before being returned to Canada. The Canadian government found that Mr. Arar had no connection to terrorism and apologized to him. ...
  • Blog Source: www.lasvegasnow.com
    The judges of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals voted 7-4 to uphold a decision by a lower court judge dismissing a lawsuit brought by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born man who was detained as he tried to switch planes in 2002. ... A three-judge appeals
  • Blog Source: www.wafb.com
    The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals made the ruling Monday regarding the case by Maher Arar (MAH'-hur uh-RAHR') of Ottawa. The Syrian-born man was detained in September 2002 as he tried to switch planes at John F. Kennedy International ... Days
  • Blog Source: www.thecornerreport.com
    A US federal appeals court has ruled that a Canadian man cannot sue the US after he was held at a New York airport and then transferred to Syria, where he alleges he was tortured. Maher Arar, a Syrian-born software engineer, ...
  • Blog Source: ampmyvoice.com
    A federal appeals court says a Canadian engineer cannot sue the United States after being mistaken for a terrorist when he was changing planes in America a year after the 2001 terrorist attacks. Read more: Appeals court: Detained ...
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