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Leon Panetta and Barack Obama (AFP Photo / Mandel Ngan) 06.02.2009, 06:02

New head of CIA - same old techniques?

President Obama has nominated Leon Panetta, a former democratic congressman with no intelligence experience, to be director of the CIA. But will it actually bring changes to the agency’s harsh interrogation techniques?

02.02.2009, 19:58

Gitmo prisoners might see the cold sea

It looks like Gitmo prisoners will be faced with a climate change as some of them will probably have to move from the warm tropical island of Cuba in the Caribbean to a much colder place on the shores of the Baltic Sea.

Russian federation, Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (L) and British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrive for a meeting in Moscow on October 13, 2010. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosts British Foreign Secretary William Hague on a rare visit after saying it was up to Britain to take the initiative and help bring about a thaw in relations. (AFP Photo / Alexander Nemenov) 13.10.2010, 20:53 9 comments

Moscow and London start to thaw relations

Clouds over Russia-UK relations remain, but the two sides have been trying to clear the air.

27.10.2010, 14:41 16 comments

Keeping cool about global warming

Global warming skeptics have gathered to air their views in the UK on what they have dubbed 'Climate Fools Day'.

Mistakes acknowledged: US soldiers question a man in Iraq (AFP: Oliver Laban-Mattei, file photo) 24.10.2010, 21:54 4 comments

“Increased secrecy breeds corruption” – WikiLeaks spokesperson

Governments should work on decreasing secrecy around its activities, believes WiliLeaks spokesman Kristinn Hrafnsson.

21.10.2010, 22:14 3 comments

"EU may waste money of member states” – analyst

The European Parliament has voted for a budget increase that would cost UK taxpayers an additional 900 million pounds next year.

RIA Novosti / Pavel Lisitsin 13.10.2010, 18:52 5 comments

The Times’ babushka gets response from Moscow

As any Russian babushka knows, the idea of restoring the USSR is absurd, said Putin’s spokesman in response to a warning, in The Times, against a desire Russia has of restoring its influence on the post-soviet space.

14.10.2010, 18:43 6 comments

ROAR: “Britain does not mix economy and politics”

After William Hague’s visit to Moscow, many analysts still doubt that “a quick new start” in relations with Russia is among London’s priorities.

Soviet WWII poster 01.09.2009, 16:46 36 comments

USSR didn’t need Allies to win WWII – survey

Almost two thirds of Russians (63%) are confident the USSR could have won the Second World War without any help from the Allies, a nationwide survey has concluded.

27.08.2010, 03:55 28 comments

“EU is economic and democratic disaster”- European Parliament Member

The EU is a colonial and highly bureaucratic regime, and is not a structure the UK should be part of. That is according to Gerard Batten of the UK Independence Party, who is also a European Parliament Member.

UK divided by torture evidence row

Published: 06 February, 2009, 14:52


A scandal is brewing after a UK court blocked the release of intelligence documents concerning torture allegations made by a British resident held at Guantanamo Bay.

 
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