1. Poodle Skirts, Buzz Cuts, and Bombs
(Newsletter)

...Agencies    Friday, 19 October 2007 US legislators have called for the president to apologise to a Syrian-born Canadian who was imprisoned and tortured after being deported by US officials...

2. Secret CIA Prisoners Still Missing
(Newsletter)

... STORY... Madrid suspect to be extradited Global By Agencies    Wednesday, 28 February 2007 A Syrian-born man accused of complicity in the Madrid train bombings in 2004 has lost his f...

3. US blocks 'Syria torture' lawsuit
(News/Global)

...e was held at a New York airport and then transferred to Syria, where he alleges he was tortured.Maher Arar, a Syrian-born software engineer, was detained by US authorities during a stopover in New Yo...

4. Maher Arar Saga Not Over Yet
(Opinions/op-ed)

...e Canadian officials may have played”, while the Commission squarely blamed Canadian and American officials). Syrian-born Arar was detained by U.S. authorities on September 26, 2002, during a stopove...

5. Canadian Inquiry Absolves Maher Arar
(Opinions/Daily)

...onth, a Canadian citizen named Maher Arar was on his way back to Canada from a family vacation in Tunisia. The Syrian-born man had a stopover at JFK airport in New York. The date was September 26, 200...

6. Obama to continue 'renditions'
(Archived/News/Global)

The White House has admitted that Barack Obama's government will continue the previous administration's practice of sending terrorism suspects to other countries for detention and interrogation.

7. US jails Syrian-born arms dealer
(Archived/News/Global)

A US district court has sentenced a Syrian-born arms dealer to 30 years in prison for conspiring to sell weapons to Colombian rebels.

8. US convicts Syrian-born arms dealer
(Archived/News/Global)

A US court has convicted a Syrian-born arms dealer for plotting to sell arms, including anti-aircraft rockets, to Colombian rebels.

9. Al Jazeera apology for guest remark
(Archived/News/Arab)

Al Jazeera has apologised for "offensive" remarks made by a guest during a live debate about the reprinting of cartoons in Denmark said to insult Prophet Muhammad.

10. Canada to rewrite 'torture' manual
(Archived/News/Global)

Amnesty International has criticised a decision by Canada to rewrite a training manual that put the US and Israel on a list of nations where prisoners risk being tortured.