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26.04.2009, 11:05
Secret memos from the Bush Administration were released this week detailing the harsh interrogation methods used on detainees in the ‘War on Terror.'
22.05.2009, 00:37
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The argument for keeping Gitmo open is that some of its detainees can’t be prosecuted and they shouldn’t be freed.
20.05.2009, 15:52
Barack Obama’s controversial decision to shut down Guantanamo Bay made headlines around the world. But while most Democrats initially supported the plan, now they’re refusing to finance the move.
25.10.2010, 16:31
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A high-ranking Israeli official on Sunday slammed a statement from Catholic bishops, who called for international organizations to lead the cause of Palestinian statehood.
20.05.2009, 04:21
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The Bilderberg Club, which has been surrounded in secrecy for the last 50 years, has concluded its annual session in Greece.
24.10.2010, 21:54
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Governments should work on decreasing secrecy around its activities, believes WiliLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson.
10.06.2010, 23:50
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From the time of Eisenhower to Barack Obama, Helen Thomas enjoyed a 57-year stint working as a Washington correspondent, until an ill-advised comment on Israel sent her into early retirement.
14.01.2010, 18:40
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Kiev’s Court of Appeals has found Josef Stalin and other Bolshevik leaders guilty of genocide against the Ukrainians during the famine, or “Holodomor” as it is called in Ukraine, of 1932-33.
14.07.2010, 16:23
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In March, US media reported on the “defection” of Shahram Amiri, an Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia who is now accusing US officials of abducting him.
27.07.2010, 17:46
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In an effort to distract attention from the release of thousands of secret documents on the Afghanistan War, the US rounded up 11 Russian “spies” according to internal sources.
Published: 22 May, 2009, 04:31
While U.S. President Barack Obama defends his decision to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, former vice president Dick Cheney has accused him of endangering the country.
Cheney is defending torture because he is afraid he will be Exhibit #1 if any show trials start. He strongly pushed the use of torture when he was Vice President and persuaded a lot of his lawyer friends to join him. Now the current administration is sounding like it will outlaw torture again, and recently the news said a couple of senior lawyers in the Bush administration may be disbarred in their home states because they had approved the use of torture. Cheney is preparing his future defense and is trying to sway public opinion back to a hard line. Meanwhile, his 'debate' with Obama is not helping the Republican cause at all in the polls. Cheney is a loose cannon, out of the control of the Republican National Committee, and lots of Republicans up for election next year are ducking their heads and saying, "Cheney - who is he?"