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Tuesday, 22 October 2002
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Guardian Unlimited | World dispatch | Missing inaction'On September 26 the US government took him into custody and interrogated him for hours, accusing him of being a member of the al-Qaida terrorist network.
Two weeks later he was deported to his native Syria, even though the 32-year-old was travelling on a Canadian passport and has lived in Canada since he was a teenager.Human rights groups like Amnesty International have condemned the actions of the US, and say it has violated international law and put Mr Arar's life in danger.
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Rules are made to be bent
By DAVID MACFARLANE
-- Departing briefly from what must surely be the most tedious question in the entertainment world (are the Rolling Stones too old, yawn, to play rock 'n' roll?), I thought I might instead address the subject of generosity. FULL STORY [The Globe and Mail: Arts]
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Canadian high-tech trash polluting poor countries
Canada is exporting high-tech trash that could pose a health hazard in
poorer countries.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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