Last Updated: Thursday 22nd
December, 2005, 03:13 GMT
Patriot
Act may be on the verge of extinction Congress appeared ready to leave
town Wednesday night without renewing the USA Patriot Act,
leaving the post-Sept. 11 anti-terrorism law to expire on
Dec. 31.
Saddam Hussein has been beaten and
tortured by the Americans, he has alleged at his trial in
Baghdad. "I have been beaten on every place of my body,
and the signs are all over my body," he told the court.
Surveillance
UK: why this revolution is only the start The new national surveillance
network for tracking car journeys, which has taken more
than 25 years to develop, is only the beginning of plans
to monitor the movements of all British citizens.
