Tahira Bland : "Anne Bryson, Gina Mosley, and I have been assigned to a non-profit law firm, the Justice Center. The primary focus of the Justice Center is to provide indigent criminal defense. Hurricane Katrina caused severe damage to legal institutions in New Orleans. For example, the state courthouse suffered extensive damage from flooding. Critical [...]

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The US House Appropriations Committee late Wednesday voted 62-2 to amend an emergency appropriations bill for Iraq and Gulf Coast reconstruction with a provision blocking a controversial takeover of operations at six US ports by United Arab Emirates-owned Dubai Ports World . The amendment, which is expected to be debated in the full House next [...]

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Frank Swaney : "Forgotten largely by national media coverage and private donations, the Mississippi Gulf Coast represents the area hardest hit by Hurricane Katrina. The Mississippi Center for Justice therefore has a 2-fold job on its hands, dealing with the problems, and drawing attention to them. The main focus of the Center has been addressing [...]

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Britain's chief inspector of prisons has expressed concern after Muslim inmates in London's maximum-security Belmarsh Prison – dubbed "the UK's Guantanamo Bay" by the British press – told authorities that the staff did not understand their social and religious behavior. Chief Inspector Anne Owers said in a report based an unannounced October visit and survey [...]

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