Syrian News

Patrick Martin Damascus - From Wednesday's Globe and Mail Published on Tuesday, Dec.

An electronic tracking bracelet was sliced from Hassan Almrei's ankle today after the government decided not to contest a decision to free the former terror suspect.

A federal judge has struck down a national security certificate against a Syrian-born man arrested eight years ago on terror suspicions.

A Syrian man imprisoned in Canada for seven years on terror charges has been reformed by the experience and no longer poses a security threat, a court ruled Monday.

Nrbelex writes "The New York Times reports in this week's Science section that hardware and software trojan kill switches are an increasing concern, and may have already been used.

Two recent federal grants will allow Yale to digitize rare primary sources of Middle Eastern history, making them accessible to researchers worldwide.

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Eight years after 9/11, intelligence reports from captured western recruits suggest the terror network is weakening The meeting was tense.

BEIRUT: "It's not intentional. I don't do stuff to make people confused," Raed Yassin insists.

An unusual meeting took place in Damascus two weeks ago, albeit not an earth-shaking one and not one, it seems, affecting Israel directly, but it certainly reflects the modus operandi of U.S. President Barack Obama.

Syrian President Bashar Assad congratulated Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday on his re-election as president of Iran and condemned foreign interference in the Islamic state, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported.

Each year in June the UN marks the International Day in Support of Torture Victims.

Each year in June the UN marks the International Day in Support of Torture Victims.

Each year in June the UN marks the International Day in Support of Torture Victims.

Religious leaders allegedly acted like 'crime bosses' in a massive money-laundering and illegal organ trading case that broke this week, New Jersey District Attorney Ralph Marra said Saturday.

Court appearances continued Friday in a wide ranging corruption probe that has netted 44 people in New York and New Jersey, including several elected officials and religious leaders.

An investigation into the sale of black-market kidneys and fake Gucci handbags evolved into a sweeping probe of political corruption in New Jersey, ensnaring more than 40 people yesterday, including three mayors, two state lawmakers, and several rabbis.

The lawyer for a prominent rabbi arrested today in a federal money laundering and corruption probe said he "remains confident that the truth will come out and he will be cleared." Robert G. Stahl, representing Saul Kassin, 87, of Brooklyn, N.Y. said his client has been a rabbi for more than 60 years and is a well-respected member of the community.

Civil rights groups have backed an amendment to the law on so-called honour crimes, but said the punishment for such murders of women by their male relatives was still not severe enough.

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