Posted by Mai on 27th June 2008
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Comelec: Machines for ARMM election automation easy to use
By CARMELA FONBUENA
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The Commission on Elections today allayed fears that the high illiteracy rate in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will affect the success of the upcoming automated elections on August 11.
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Posted by Mai on 27th June 2008
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Sulpicio says Pagasa to blame for sinking
By Anthony Vargas, Reporter
After claiming that the sinking of their ship MV Princess of the Stars was an “act of God,†an official of Sulpicio Lines Inc. blamed the weather bureau for causing the incident in central Philippines last week.
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Posted by Gregov on 26th June 2008
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Supreme Court Monday agreed to examine whether political leaders can be individually sued for the excesses of an anti-terrorism crackdown launched in the wake of September 11.
The case has been brought by a Pakistani, who was working as a technician for cable operators in Long Island and was arrested in November 2001 on suspicion of fraud involving a bank card.
Javaid Iqbal was transfered to a high-security prison, where he was kept in solitary confinement and subjected to daily humiliations and abuse, according to his lawyers. Six months later he was expelled to Pakistan.
Believing he was subjected to such treatment purely because of his religion, he has sought to sue the prison as well as former attorney general John Ashcroft, and FBI chief Robert Mueller, accusing them of instigating his treatment.
The US administration has tried to get the suit thrown out countering that Iqbal’s arrest was perfectly legal, and even if it had not been the two officials could not be legally pursued for doing their jobs.
Over the years one Egyptian plaintiff has dropped his case against his similar treatment in return for 300,000 dollars.
But an appeals court has partially found in Iqbal’s favor, paving the way for an unprecedented trial.
On Monday the country’s top court agreed to examine in the coming months the basis of the appeal court’s decision. A hearing is not due until the fall, and a decision is not
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Posted by Gregov on 26th June 2008
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for some foreigners who overstay their visas to seek to remain in the United States legally.
The court ruled 5-4 Monday that someone who is here illegally may withdraw his voluntarily agreement to depart and continue to try to get approval to remain in the United States.
The decision essentially embraced a proposed Justice Department regulation governing the treatment of similar cases in the future.
Samson Dada, a Nigerian citizen, stayed beyond the expiration of his tourist visa in 1998. He married an American the following year and soon began trying to obtain a visa as an immediate relative of a citizen. But Dada and his wife apparently failed to submit some documents, causing immigration officials to deny the visa.
Dada has been trying again to obtain the visa, but immigration authorities meanwhile have ordered him to leave the country.
He agreed to leave voluntarily, which would allow him to try sooner to re-enter the country legally than if he had been deported.
The court’s task was to decide whether he could withdraw his voluntary agreement to leave the country and continue to try to adjust his status while in the United States.
Immigration authorities recently ruled that Dada had entered a “sham” marriage in order to stay in the United States, but that finding was not part of the court’s consideration.
Justice Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, joined by his four liberal colleagues. The four conservative justice dissented.
Justice Antonin Scalia said, “The court lacks the authority to impose its chosen remedy.”
The case is Dada v. Mukasey, 06-1181.
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Posted by Mai on 26th June 2008
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Typhoon death toll nears 500
Friday, June 27, 2008
Land-based casualties from typhoon “Frank†reached 498 persons killed, 288 injured and 268 still missing, the National Disaster Coordinating Council (NDCC) reported yesterday.
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Posted by Mai on 26th June 2008
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Relatives bid farewell at ill-fated ferry site
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SIBUYAN ISLAND – Relatives said goodbye to their missing kin at the site of a capsized ferry in the central Philippines on Thursday fearing they will not see them again; dead or alive.
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