BRISBANE 鈥 Former Gold Coast-based Dr Mohamed Haneef is suing former Howard government immigration minister Kevin Andrews for defamation, the July 2 Courier Mail said.
Haneef is also making a separate claim against the federal government for unlawful arrest and misconduct in public office. Haneef was arrested in July 2007 after his mobile phone SIM card was linked to failed terror attacks in Britain.
He was charged under anti-terror laws and arrested, but was released after 25 days after the case collapsed. Andrews then cancelled Haneef鈥檚 visa.
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When Bolivian foreign minister David Choquehuanca and US assistant Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela met at the start of June, it appeared that relations between the US and Bolivia were on the verge of being normalised following an 18-month diplomatic chill.
But hope for improved relations appeared to be dashed two weeks later when Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the US government-funded US Agency for International Development (USAID) of financing groups opposed to his government.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard is enjoying a honeymoon in the polls since taking Kevin Rudd鈥檚 place. A July 2 Reuters Trend poll confirmed a series of polls since Gillard became PM on June 24, giving Labor the lead over the right-wing Coalition.
The June 26 Sydney Morning Herald said a Herald/Nielson poll found Greens support since Gillard took over had fallen from 15% to 8%.
But another crucial poll indicated the true nature of Gillard鈥檚 rise to power. As soon as she was installed as prime minister, the share price of the large mining corporations rose.
Financial crisis? Rich get richer
鈥淭he rich grew richer last year, even as the world endured the worst recession in decades.
鈥淎 stock market rebound helped the world's ranks of millionaires climb 17 percent to 10 million, while their collective wealth surged 19 percent to $US 39 trillion, nearly recouping losses from the financial crisis, according to the latest Merrill Lynch-Capgemini world wealth report.
鈥淚n North America, the ranks of the rich rose 17 percent and their wealth grew 18 percent to $US 10.7 trillion.鈥
鈥 June 23 Reuters article.
How do wars begin? With a 鈥渕aster illusion鈥, according to Ralph McGehee, one of the CIA鈥檚 pioneers in 鈥渂lack propaganda鈥, known today as 鈥渘ews management鈥.
In 1983, he described to me how the CIA had faked an 鈥渋ncident鈥 that became the 鈥渃onclusive proof of North Vietnam鈥檚 aggression鈥.
This followed a claim, also fake, that North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked a US warship in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964.
On July 2, 100 people rallied at St Georges Terrace in response to the Western Australian Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP)鈥檚 decision not to lay criminal charges against the two guards involved in the death of Mr Ward.
The emergency action was called by the Deaths in Custody Watch Committee and was addressed by Marianne Mackay and Marc Newhouse from DICWC.
Some wore T-shirts that read: 鈥淲hat Eddie Mabo was to Native Title, let Mr Ward be to the justice system.鈥
Pip Hinman is running in the Australian federal election 2010 for the lower house seat of Grayndler.
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