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Nov 29, 2010	In U.S. Sting Operations, Questions of Entrapment QUOTE: The arrest on Friday of a Somali-born teenager who is accused of trying to detonate a car bomb at a crowded Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland, Ore., has again thrown a spotlight on the government’s use of sting operations to capture terrorism suspects. Some defense lawyers and civil rights advocates said the government’s tactics, particularly since the Sept. 11 attacks, have raised questions about the possible entrapment of people who pose no real danger but are enticed into pretend plots at the government’s urging.	New York Times
Apr 17, 2007	US evangelicals aim to influence European law: In a German court battle, a home-schooled girl was taken from her parents and put in psychiatric ward. QUOTE: The Busekros case is emblematic of the growing effort by US Christian legal organizations to take the "culture wars" overseas. Pushing back against a perceived assault on their values by an increasingly secular society, the groups are striving to influence European law on issues ranging from home schooling to stem-cell research to gay marriage.	Christian Science Monitor
Feb 07, 2007	New no-smoking frontier: condos and apartments: Seniors are leading the way in the new battle to ban smoking from communal environments. QUOTE: Smoke-free policies in private dwellings are also taking hold because state and federal laws do not protect smokers in the same way that they protect people from discrimination based on race, ethnicity, and national origin, say experts. But banning a legal behavior in someone's own home is an intrusion of privacy that could set a dangerous precedent that, taken to extremes, could allow government to regulate too much in private life, opponents say.	Christian Science Monitor
Aug 11, 2006	Teen battles state over cancer treatment QUOTE: Starchild Abraham Cherrix, a 16-year-old suffering from Hodgkin's disease, has refused chemotherapy and radiation treatments ordered by his oncologist...government lawyers will accuse his parents, who support Abraham's herbal treatment, of medical neglect.	CourtTV.com
Apr 25, 2003	Illegal Aliens Can Be Held Indefinitely, Ashcroft Says QUOTE: Attorney General John Ashcroft has ruled that illegal immigrants who have no known links to terrorist groups can be detained indefinitely to address national security concerns.	New York Times
Apr 23, 2003	Breast-feeding in a time of war QUOTE: ...a Canadian citizen who was just breast-feeding her son and changing his diaper while en route between Houston and Vancouver, says her "subversive" actions led to her being threatened with detainment, RCMP involvement and legal charges for terrorist action...	Montreal Gazette
Apr 03, 2003	Afghan Women Fear Fallout of Iraq War QUOTE: As the U.S-led attack on Iraq continues, a storm of protest is building up among women in Afghanistan who are worried about its fallout on their struggle for basic rights, which remains in the nascent stage.	Oneworld South Asia
Mar 19, 2003	Libertarians Join Liberals in Opposing Sodomy Law QUOTE: ...the Supreme Court will take up a challenge to the Texas "homosexual conduct" law that has galvanized libertarians as well as advocates of gay rights and civil rights organizations...	New York Times
Feb 18, 2003	Same-sex couples redefining family law in USA QUOTE: Courts, laws and government policies in conservative states in America's heartland and in the South generally are less tolerant of efforts to give gay and lesbian couples the same rights as heterosexuals...	USA TODAY
Feb 12, 2003	Chinese Freer to Speak and Read, but Not Act QUOTE: As China has edged toward more pluralism and openness in recent years...Human rights activists complain that dozens if not hundreds of dissidents are still in prison for espousing ideas that are now commonplace.	New York Times
Aug 11, 2002	France May Limit Prostitution QUOTE: Interior Minister Wants to Deport Sex Workers From Outside EU	Washington Post
Jun 18, 2002	Warning for search on bus not required QUOTE: "Police officers act in full accord with the law when they ask citizens for consent," said the decision written by Justice Anthony M. Kennedy,	Washington Times
Jun 10, 2002	Eye on Interrogations: How videotaping serves the cause of justice. QUOTE: ...videotaped interrogations have strengthened the ability of police and prosecutors to secure convictions against the guilty. At the same time, they have helped protect the rights of suspects...	Washington Post
Sep 23, 2001	Investigators Identify 4 to 5 Groups Linked to Bin Laden Operating in U.S.: No Connection Found Between 'Cell' Members and 19 Hijackers, Officials Say QUOTE: Four to five al Qaeda groups have operated in the United States for the last several years....The FBI has not made any arrests because the group members entered the country legally in recent years and have not been involved in illegal activities...	Washington Post
Sep 22, 2001	Some Passengers Singled Out for Exclusion By Flight Crew QUOTE: ...two businessmen from Pakistan were ordered off a US Airways flight....the pilot would not take off until they left the aircraft.	New York Times

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