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| British Anti-Terror Bill Wins Approval |
| 2005-10-27 |
| Prime Minister Tony Blair's government won a crucial parliamentary vote on sweeping new anti-terrorism legislation Wednesday, but faced a further fight over plans to lock up terror suspects for 90 days without charge. Following a lengthy debate in the House of Commons, lawmakers voted 472-94 to back the Terror Bill. The main opposition Conservative Party supported the bill, but warned it would seek to block the legislation at a later stage if the government did not rethink some of the proposals. |
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