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The Clipboard
Democracy will have to wait, US tells Iraq
United States military commanders have ordered a halt to local elections and self-rule in provincial cities and towns across Iraq, instead installing their own hand-picked mayors and administrators, many of them former Iraqi military leaders. The decision to deny Iraqis...
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veiled4allah
useful legal info for bloggers
Bloggers Gain Libel Protection: The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last Tuesday that Web loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can't be held responsible for libel for information they republish, extending crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online...