Detention Time

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Detention Time: - 1. The theoretical calculated time required for a small amount of water to pass through a tank at a given rate of flow. 2. The actual time that a small amount of water is in a settling basin, flocculating basin, or rapid-mix chamber. 3. In storage reservoirs, the length of time water will be held before being used.
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News archive for Detention Time::

Former Attorney General Lord Goldsmith opposes extending detention ...  -  Nov 21, 2007
Times Online,Gordon Brown’s controversial proposals to extend the time a terror suspect can be held before charge were condemned today by the former Attorney General.

Plan to increase terror detention time slammed  -  Nov 26, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,By Rich Bowden, M&C Staff Writer Nov 26, 2007, 9:36 GMT (M&C) - Two leading human rights organisations have criticised the government's plan to extend the

UK Considers Extending Detention Time for Terror Suspects  -  Nov 7, 2007
BloombergThey argue along with civil liberties groups that there is no evidence the detention time needs extending. More than a thousand people have been arrested in

Brown faces battle over plan to increase detention time  -  Nov 15, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,EPA/RICHARD LEWIS - POOL The prime minister is said to be supporting a proposal to increase detention time from the current 28 days to as much as 56 days.

Government set to extend terror detention time limit  -  Nov 7, 2007
This is London,The government is to press ahead with plans to increase the time terror suspects can be detained, it was confirmed today. Gordon Brown is understood to

Labour mps warn Brown over detention plan  -  Nov 15, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Yet the Prime Minister is set to argue that the detention time limit should be raised from 28 days to 58 days. The 30-day increase has been calculated to

'Correction' needed, not punishment  -  Nov 5, 2007
Atlanta Journal Constitution,And even with that, it is equally obvious that detention time would vary according to the extent that we have gained that knowledge and the nature of the

Baldwin students need to clear up detention hours  -  Nov 21, 2007
Maui News,Since the beginning of the school year, half of more than 300 students with carryover detention time have worked off their hours so far, Vice Principal

Peter Goldsmith  -  Nov 24, 2007
Guardian Unlimited,Wednesday also saw me giving evidence to the home affairs select committee about increasing pre-charge detention time. I've never seen the evidence to

Taking liberties  -  Nov 21, 2007
Prospect Magazine,In the argument about detention periods, two measures are being offered as silver bullets which would negate any need for extended detention time.

Canada limits detention of terror suspects without charge, study ...  -  Nov 13, 2007
Canada.com,...agrees with the government to resuscitate the lapsed "preventive arrest" provision of the Anti-terrorism Act - warrantless detention time would increase

UK May Extend Pre-Trial Detention  -  Nov 12, 2007
Prensa Latina,...and non governmental organization will issue Tuesday a draft by attorneys and specialists of diverse origin on pre-trial detention time per country.

'We can't lock them up forever' - top cops join terror debate  -  Nov 7, 2007
Register,The extension of detention time to 90 days was just one of numerous changes ACPO pushed for in the wake of the July bombings.

Security minister opens rift on terror laws  -  Nov 14, 2007
Telegraph.co.uk,Mr Brown has signalled his intention to look at raising the pre-charge detention time limit from 28 to up to 56 days. Civil liberty groups, Conservatives,

Denham: There are 'more conspiracies' today  -  Nov 7, 2007
Politics.co.uk,Although the speech made no specific mention of increasing the detention time, the address said that changes would be sought "so that the police and other

State, Local Police Slowly Warming to Immigration Enforcement  -  Nov 7, 2007
CQPolitics.com,Federal State Criminal Alien Assistance Program grants are also available to cover the cost of extended detention time for inmates awaiting deportation

Government Plans To Fight Terrorism  -  Nov 5, 2007
Sky News,Under Tony Blair's leadership, the Government failed to persuade mps to increase the detention time from 28 to 90 days. Now, Gordon Brown will argue that it

British Intelligence Chief Sharpens Terrorism Warning  -  Nov 5, 2007
New York Times,In 2005, after a bitter debate, Parliament rejected a government proposal to increase the allowable detention time before charges are brought to 90 days.

Britain Plans New Security Measures  -  Nov 14, 2007
New York Times,Earlier efforts to increase the detention time to 90 days failed. The Conservative Party supports new measures that would allow suspects to be questioned

Countdown to drinking treated sewer water  -  Nov 29, 2007
OCRegister,..."The Department of Health requires detention time underground, and it will mix with other water that's there," Mike Wehner, assistant general manager for

New MI5 chief says terror suspects in Britain have doubled in the ...  -  Nov 6, 2007
Christian Science Monitor,Earlier, officials had suggested the the new counterterrorism bill would seek to extend detention time to 56 days. "Attempts in 2005 to extend pre-charge

Security forces will be given range of new powers to combat ...  -  Nov 6, 2007
Times Online,Senior Labour backbenchers have already indicated that they remain strongly against plans to extend the 28-day maximum detention time, possibly to 56 days.

Jacqui Smith: Parked on the front benches with a latin pout on her ...  -  Nov 8, 2007
Daily Mail,He coldly noted that Britain has the longest detention time in the world. "It's hardly a matter of pride," he snapped. Normally he is reasonably civil but

Law council seeks answers over Haneef  -  Nov 19, 2007
Sydney Morning Herald,...while the search for evidence was going on, while matters were being put in front of a Magistrate about the extension of detention time," he told AAP.

What shall we do with the ‘simple sailor’?  -  Nov 14, 2007
Times Online,Gordon Brown signalled a new push for agreement on safeguards surrounding an increase in the maximum detention time of 28 days for terrorist suspects

ED. WORKER IN 'PAY SCAM'  -  Nov 20, 2007
New York Post,By YOAV GONEN November 20, 2007 -- A Department of Education budget staffer could face serious detention time after investigators arrested him for cheating

MI5 chief to justify new laws to detain terror suspects for longer  -  Nov 7, 2007
Daily Mail,The Home Secretary has confirmed an increase in the detention time was on the cards to combat "a serious, sustained and growing threat".

Cash for honours and why Labour is so desperate to defend Ian Blair  -  Nov 11, 2007
Daily Mail,Already people are saying that the idea of extending the detention time limit for terrorist suspects is out of the question when the police are so

Brown looks to regain initiative in first Queen's speech as PM ...  -  Nov 6, 2007
Monsters and Critics.com,...her speech included education reform, climate change, changes to political funding and an extension of the detention time allowed for terror suspects.

Women Leadership in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh - Part – VI  -  24 Aug 2007
Asian Tribune,During this nine-year, she had to suffer detention time and again. She survived several attempts on her life.Finally Sheikh Hasina spearheaded the historic

Councillor questions proposed retention pond for River Mill Park  -  Aug 22, 2007
Huntsville Forester,...pond has no permanent pool of water, “the removal of stormwater contaminants in these facilities is purely a function of the detention time in the pond.

MPs oppose terror detention plans  -  Jul 29, 2007
BBC News,A report by the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) concludes that there is not enough evidence to justify extending the detention time.

SO school board hears tech conference report  -  Aug 17, 2007
Ocheyedan Press Melvin News,There were some students who did not fulfill their detention time before the end of the school year. He said all past due detention time was done this

UK: Extended Pre-charge Detention Violates Rights  -  Jul 26, 2007
Human Rights Watch (press release)The most effective way to protect against arbitrary detention is to stick to strict, and short, detention time limits. The government has said the extension

Justice slow to happen for Haneef  -  Aug 21, 2007
Gold Coast News,It is worth remembering that when the counter-terrorism laws were passed in 2004, the public was assured the detention time being contemplated was about 24

Mayor insists city must address low chlorine level  -  Aug 21, 2007
Times-Mail (subscription),Brian Bullock of Midwestern Engineering said low chlorine levels are caused by detention time through the water mains. If water sits in mains over a long

Lengthy court procedures, enforcement plague Russia's justice ...  -  Aug 3, 2007
Interfax Russia,..."The simplest thing is to reduce the pre-trial detention time. Our court has a very clear position on this: not more than two years.

Use short-term jails suitably to avoid  -  Aug 14, 2007
Retail Bulletin,The main advantages for the retailer with the short-term jail is that the detention time will be fixed at a maximum of four hours and the burden on the

Terror threat: How far would Britain's Brown go for security  -  Jul 26, 2007
San Francisco Chronicle,Another proposed change concerns detention time for suspected evildoers. Currently, British police "can hold someone for 28 days on suspicion of terrorism

Trial of Rizvan Talibov to be held on August 17  -  Aug 11, 2007
Azeri Press Agency,Sumgait Court sent him to 2-month imprisonment on April 21. The detention time was prolonged for a further one month at request of Sumgait police. /APA/

House Church in Military Raided in Xinjiang  -  Aug 6, 2007
Christian News Wire (press release),One believer was beaten up during the detention time. Mr. Gao's house was searched without a search warrant and Bibles, calendars, and a blackboard were




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