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• UK Teens See ISIL As Pop Idols: Muslim Lawyer - Onislam.net

  06-04-2015 23:34
  
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  UK Teens See ISIL As Pop Idols: Muslim Lawyer
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  CAIRO – A senior British Muslim lawyer has claimed that Muslim teenagers see fighters of the so-called Islamic State (ISIL) as "pop idols", warning that more children are at risk of "jihadimania". "The boys want to be like them and the girls want to be ...en meer »
  
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• Nuclear waste dumps bypass public approval under new UK law - RT

  06-04-2015 22:13
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  Nuclear waste dumps bypass public approval under new UK law
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  A UK law has quietly passed through Parliament which allows for radioactive waste dumps to bypass the planning system, local authorities or public opinion. The new legislation is opposed by anti-nuclear activists. Under the new law, Britain's ...en meer »
  
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• Protests in Madison after video released of officer in Tony Robinson shooting

  06-04-2015 21:23
  
  Police in Wisconsin release video footage of a fatal shooting from 2007 which involved the same police officer who shot dead unarmed 19-year-old Related: Tony Terrell Robinson was shot dead by Madison police. This is how it happened Protesters gathered in Madison, Wisconsin, on Monday to express their concerns over the investigation into the shooting last month of Tony Robinson, an unarmed 19-year-old. The protest came after police released redacted footage of a fatal shooting from 2007 which in
  
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• Madison police shooting: Video released of 2007 incident involving same officer

  06-04-2015 21:19
  
  Madison police release of hundreds of pages of documents detailing officer’s use-of-force records and Tony Robinson’s contacts with police Madison police have released redacted footage of a fatal shooting from 2007 involving the same police officer, Matt Kenny, who shot dead an unarmed 19-year-old, Tony Robinson, last month. Related: Tony Terrell Robinson was shot dead by Madison police. This is how it happenedRelated: Activists call for independent inquiry into Madison police shootingContin
  
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• Supreme court rejects Alan Gross lawsuit over Cuba imprisonment

  06-04-2015 16:35
  
  Gross sought $60m for failure to prepare him for risks of working in CubaLower court: government is immune from claims arising in foreign countryThe US supreme court won’t hear an appeal from a former government subcontractor seeking to sue the US government for negligence over his five-year imprisonment in Cuba.The justices on Monday let stand a federal appeals court ruling that threw out Alan Gross’ $60m lawsuit blaming the federal government for failing to prepare him for the risks of wor
  
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• It wasn’t Jackie’s job to get the details of her rape correct. It was Rolling Stone’s | Jessica Valenti

  06-04-2015 13:34
  
  Despite documented errors with the reporting and editing of the magazine’s story of rape at the University of Virginia, they’re still blaming the victimRolling Stone just doesn’t get it. Months after the magazine published a widely-criticized article about an alleged gang rape at the University of Virginia, the details of which proved unverifiable, those responsible still refuse to take any real responsibility. Instead, editors at the magazine once again placed the blame for their errors w
  
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• If we replace probation officers with machines, reoffending rates will rise | John Podmore

  06-04-2015 13:08
  
  In a bid to cut costs we risk locking up more people as managing ex-offenders is reduced to an algorithm delivered by untrained people or computersIt was necessary to check the date when reading Alan Travis’s report on plans to replace probation officers with computer terminals. But no, 1 April and Jeremy Clarkson joining the Guardian was yet to come.It was fairly transparent that the “transforming rehabilitation programme” (TR) would be another nail in the coffin of the probation service,
  
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• Knocked out of court: MGM settles Raging Bull rights case

  06-04-2015 11:28
  
  A long-running dispute over the Martin Scorsese boxing drama has finally reached a conclusionA legal battle over the rights to the Oscar-winning 1980 film Raging Bull has ended with a settlement, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The case was between MGM and Paula Petrella, whose father Frank Petrella wrote a book and screenplay that allegedly helped to inspire the film. Petrella argued that since her father had died, any rights would become hers. She sued MGM and 20th Century Fox for copyrigh
  
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• Data privacy: the tide is turning in Europe – but is it too little, too late?

  06-04-2015 11:00
  
  Simultaneous legal cases suggest that the need to assert the digital rights of citizens over corporations and governments is finally being addressed Amazon Dash – the company’s single purpose internet-connected ordering button – may soon be blackening our skies with drones delivering loo rolls and detergent. And so, the relentless march of technology – not to mention cheap labour, unthinking consumerism and scandalous environmental devastation – goes on. But while more convenient order
  
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• MedCo will see you now: whiplash scheme goes live

  06-04-2015 01:01 via lawgazette.co.uk
  
  Biggest medical reporting companies submit two applications for top-tier status.
  
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