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Russia proposes tougher immigration laws after Putin call for crackdown
Melissa Bancroft
October 8, 2006 03:09:00 pm

Russian immigration officials have proposed stricter migrant laws hard on the heels of a call by President Vladimir Putin to crack down on illegal immigrants at a Thursday cabinet meeting. The proposals include harsher...

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News Australia AG reconsidering access to books banned under terror laws
Australia AG reconsidering access to books banned under terror laws
Melissa Bancroft
October 2, 2006 07:21:00 pm

Australian Attorney General Philip Ruddock is reconsidering the removal from Australian libraries of books which the government fears may incite terrorist activity. In a television interview Monday Ruddock expressed a willingness to allow structured and limited...

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News Judge refuses to throw out fraud convictions of Siegelman, Scrushy
Judge refuses to throw out fraud convictions of Siegelman, Scrushy
Melissa Bancroft
October 2, 2006 07:08:00 pm

A federal judge Monday denied motions by former Alabama governor Don Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy to overturn their corruption convictions. US District Judge Mark Fuller ruled there...

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