CANBERRA Jonathan Allen Youth Jersey , March 17 (Xinhua) -- Stringent data retention laws are expected to be passed by the Australian parliament on Wednesday after the addition of a hurdle to protect journalists.
The government wants to force telecommunications companies to hold metadata on all customers' Internet and phone activities for a minimum of two years.
The opposition agreed to support the laws after debating the merits of the bill in a Tuesday caucus meeting.
Labor MP Ed Husic questioned how crucial metadata would be in terrorism investigations given the rise of attacks such as the Sydney siege where potential terrorists are not necessarily communicating with each other.
A supporter of the bill reminded their fellow Labor Party MPs that the brutal murder of Irish woman Jill Meagher, who was killed walking home from a Melbourne bar in 2012, was only solved with the help of phone records.
Up to 20 government agencies will be authorized to access the data without a warrant, unless the person in question is a journalist when a court will be required to approve access.
It came after Australian journalists raised concerns about protecting the identity of anonymous sources.
GAZA, July 31 (Xinhua) -- A 17-year-old Palestinian teenager was killed Friday and another one moderately injured by Israeli soldiers' gunfire near the borders between northern Gaza Strip and Israel, medics said.
Security officials said the soldiers opened fire at the two teenagers after they approached the fence of the borders north of the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. There has been no immediate Israeli army comment to the incident.
The Israeli army stationed near the borders has built a 300-meter security no-go zone. Soldiers would open fire at anyone who gets close to the area.
The Gaza shooting coincided with a growing tension between Israel and the Palestinians in the West Bank after Israeli settlers set fire to a house near Nablus Ryan Kerrigan Youth Jersey , killing an infant and wounding his parents and four-year-old brother.
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