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	<title>The Lift - Legal Issues in the Fight against Terrorism</title>
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		<title>ACLU Lawsuit Charges in Amir Meshal v. Higgenbotham et al that an American Citizen Illegally Detained and Mistreated by U.S. Officials in Kenya and Ethiopia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a lawsuit on behalf of a New Jersey man who was illegally detained and mistreated by U.S. officials in Kenya and Ethiopia. After fleeing hostilities in Somalia in 2006, Amir Meshal was arrested, secretly imprisoned in inhumane conditions and subjected to harsh interrogations by U.S. officials over 30 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legalift.wordpress.com&blog=5069658&post=3894&subd=legalift&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Four people killed in Special Anti-Terrorist Operation in Ingushetia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 16, 2009 after 4 p.m. in the village of Ordzhonikidzevskaya (Ingushetia) officers of the Federal Security Service and Ministry of Internal Affairs killed four people during a special operation. The deceased were named in the press-release: Sulumbek Machukaev, Aslan Machukaev, Roza Hayauri and Nazir Gaydarov 
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		<title>Iran and Saudi Arabia clash in Yemen proxy war?</title>
		<link>http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/iran-and-saudi-arabia-clash-in-yemen-proxy-war/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fighting continued for a sixth day on Monday between the Saudi military and Yemeni rebels on their countries’ border, with the rebels releasing a videotape of what they said was one of several captured Saudi soldiers. Saudi Arabia hammered the rebels with airstrikes and artillery fire, and captured about 280 rebel fighters, said a Saudi [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legalift.wordpress.com&blog=5069658&post=3887&subd=legalift&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tensions with Kurds in Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The policies and tactics of Kurdish authorities could expose minority groups in northern Iraq to “another full-blown human rights catastrophe” unless the minorities receive better protection, according to a report released Tuesday by Human Rights Watch.The report describes how the Kurdish government has sought to repress minorities, subsume the identity of Shabaks and Yazidis into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legalift.wordpress.com&blog=5069658&post=3885&subd=legalift&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Afghanistan, Taliban surpasses al-Qaeda</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As violence rises in Afghanistan, the power balance between insurgent groups has shifted, with a weakened al-Qaeda relying increasingly on the emboldened Taliban for protection and the manpower to carry out deadly attacks, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials in The Washington Post. Although the war in Afghanistan began as a response to al-Qaeda [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legalift.wordpress.com&blog=5069658&post=3883&subd=legalift&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>200,000 people remain trapped in Sri Lankan detainee camps</title>
		<link>http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/200000-people-remain-trapped-in-sri-lankan-detainee-camps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Detention]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facing pressure from the Obama administration and the European Union, the Sri Lankan government last month launched a campaign to resettle tens of thousands of the minority Tamil detainees. But interviews in the country&#8217;s war-ravaged north reveal that many civilians have merely been shuffled from the large camps to smaller transit ones and are being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legalift.wordpress.com&blog=5069658&post=3881&subd=legalift&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Bill Allows Russian Troops to be Deployed Abroad</title>
		<link>http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/new-bill-allows-russian-troops-to-be-deployed-abroad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:04:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved an amended law that will allow the use of Russian armed forces abroad. The amendments stipulate that Russian troops can be used abroad to repel an attack on Russian military units or other troops deployed outside the country, to repel or prevent an armed attack on another state asking [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legalift.wordpress.com&blog=5069658&post=3879&subd=legalift&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Council of Europe Committee of Ministers condemns UK implementation of Marper</title>
		<link>http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/council-of-europe-committee-of-ministers-condemns-uk-implementation-of-marper/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At its last meeting of the Ministers&#8217; Deputies, in September (1065-4.2), the CoM made a damning assessment of the progress of UK&#8217;s implementation of the ECtHR ruling in S &#38; Marper v. UK. The Committee of Ministers will conduct another progress assessment at its December meeting, three days short of the first anniversary of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legalift.wordpress.com&blog=5069658&post=3877&subd=legalift&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Opinion of the EDPS on the access of law enforcement authorities to EURODAC</title>
		<link>http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/opinion-of-the-edps-on-the-access-of-law-enforcement-authorities-to-eurodac/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the opinion here.

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		<title>Approval of EU-US extradition agreement &#8211; Council Decision 2009/820/CFSP</title>
		<link>http://legalift.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/approval-of-eu-us-extradition-agreement-council-decision-2009820cfsp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:14:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mathias Vermeulen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Full text here. 2003 extradition agreement here.

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