Canada rejects anti-terror laws
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Canada's parliament votes against renewing anti-terror measures brought in after the 9/11 attacks.
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OTTAWA (CP) - The federal government and farmers are rejecting the prospect of a mass cull to protect the cattle industry from mad cow disease and to restore international confidence in Canadian beef.
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Canadian PM says his government will not help the convicted tycoon restore his citizenship or return to Canada from the US.
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LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair's government yesterday proposed sweeping new powers to tackle terrorism, including electronic tagging, curfews, and house arrest for terror suspects without trial. The measures provoked swift dissent from civil libertarians and opposition politicians.
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Canada's House of Commons voted Tuesday to not extend provisions in the country's anti-terrorism legislation that allow for preventive arrests and forced testimony.
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A U.S. military judge today dismissed all charges against a Canadian detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling that his murder trial cannot go forward under the current law governing military commissions.
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A US Senate panel rejected President George W. Bush's plan to relax standards on the treatment of &quot;war on terror&quot; suspects, instead backing a substitute bill offering greater rights protections to foreign detainees.
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The US Senate Wednesday narrowly rejected an attempt to allow &#39;war on terror&#39; prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to challenge their detention in federal courts.
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Personal freedoms in Canada are being eroded by the "war on terror", the country's privacy commissioner warns.
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TORONTO, Dec. 7 -- Canada's House of Commons rejected a move Thursday by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper to reopen debate on a national law permitting same-sex marriages.
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VANCOUVER, British Columbia  - A key U.S.  anti-terrorism law threatens the privacy of Canadians and  rigorous steps are needed to protect private medical and  financial information, a government study said on Friday.
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Monday that Canada&#039;s open and diverse society was its greatest weapon against terrorism.
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The Australian government has rejected calls for an overhaul of its anti-terrorism laws, after a high level committee of security and legal experts recommended key changes to protect human rights.
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Canada is to protest formally to the US over the case of a Canadian deported to Syria over alleged terror links.
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Australia defended a controversial maritime anti-terror plan on Friday after harsh words from neighboring Indonesia that it breached international law and Jakarta&#39;s sovereignty over its own waters.
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HONG KONG (CP) - A Commons vote against the Liberal government's same-sex legislation this spring would not send Canadians to the polls, Prime Minister Paul Martin said Saturday after raising the election spectre during a diplomatic mission to Asia.
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A US soldier has refused to fight in the US army and has asked for political asylum from Canada claiming that &quot;all Arabs and Muslims were shown as potential terrorists&quot; during military training.