Diapers over Briefcases: More and more American women are swapping briefcases and suits for jeans and diaper bags as they opt to stay home and raise children, putting the brakes on decades of female advances in the workplace.

 

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18-24 July 2008

NATO troops build up on Pak-Afghan border
A build up of Western coalition forces on the Afghan border spread alarm among villagers in North Waziristan on Tuesday, as residents and officials said that the Pakistan Army was gearing up for “any eventuality”. Villagers and officials, requesting anonymity, said that hundreds of coalition troops had been airlifted to a border area near the Lawara village. “The coalition troops have started to strengthen their positions after setting up camp in the border areas adjacent to the Pak-Afghan border .......

Bush can hold terrorist suspect indefinitely

A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled that President George W. Bush has the power to keep a terrorist suspect jailed indefinitely, but that the detainee has the right to challenge his detention as an "enemy combatant." The 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, took up the case of Ali Al-Marri, the only "war on terror" suspect arrested on US soil, and reversed a June 2007 decision by a lower court denying Bush the power to keep the suspect jailed indefinitely and ordering his release. By a 5-4 decision, the Richmond court said: "if the.......

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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To protect public health, the Government has introduced legislation banning the keeping of backyard poultry, including chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and quails. A penalty of $50,000 to $100,000 has been introduced for non-compliance.