Friday, December 19, 2008

India Seeks To Soothe Public With New Terror Law

From Yahoo News/Reuters:

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian government will rush a new law through parliament on Thursday that will allow police to hold suspects for up to 180 days, a move legal officials said is an attempt to allay public anger over the Mumbai attacks.

But the Congress Party-led government, facing an election by May, could also be courting trouble by making the bill similar to an old law which it had repealed earlier.

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