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Obama Backs Off Release of Torture Photos

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Posted in American Politics, Crime, History, Obama Administration, The Iraq War II, Torture, War Crimes
Tags: Condoleezza Rice, Dick Cheney, Harsh Interrogation Techniques, Human Rights, National Security, Rendition, Terrorism, The Justice Department, The Supreme Court, The Taliban, Torture, Wanda Sykes, War Criminal

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In South Florida, leaders are discussing whether to change the name of Dixie Highway, which some say glorifies the nation’s racist history.
Sanders Apologizes to Biden for Surrogate’s Critique January 21, 2020
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McConnell Impeachment Rules Modify Clinton Precedent January 21, 2020
The Senate Republican leader proposed impeachment trial rules that push the 1999 precedent toward President Trump’s preferences.
Man Slams Into Car Carrying 6 Teenagers, Killing 3, Officials Say January 21, 2020
The California Highway Patrol said witnesses followed the suspect to a home and alerted the authorities.

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Trump impeachment: Senate prepares to hear opening arguments in trial January 21, 2020
Mitch McConnell unveils resolution to move trial forward with unanticipated speed, consigning key proceedings to late-night hoursAs Donald Trump prepared on Tuesday to address the billionaires in Davos, the US Senate prepared to hear opening arguments in an impeachment trial that could remove Trump from the presidency, if not from his seemingly unassailable […]
Jailed British-Australian Kylie Moore-Gilbert rejected Iran's offer to work as a spy January 20, 2020
Melbourne University academic rebuffed bid to recruit her in exchange for her release, letters revealIran tried to recruit the British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert as a spy for Tehran in exchange for her release, but the overture was furiously rebuffed, letters smuggled out of Evin prison reveal.Moore-Gilbert, a Cambridge-educated academic special […]
Coronavirus: shares in Asia Pacific fall sharply as fears mount January 21, 2020
Memories of 2003’s Sars outbreak cause jitters on financial markets, with Hong Kong worst hit, as death toll rises to fourShares have fallen across Asia Pacific amid mounting concerns about a new strain of coronavirus in China that has left at least four people dead and spread to at least four countries.With the economic damage done by the devastating 2003 S […]
Davos 2020: Greta Thunberg demands urgent action on climate emergency – Day One live January 21, 2020
Rolling coverage of the first day of the World Economic Forum, including Donald Trump’s special address and Greta Thunberg’s panel sessionLatest: Young activists are speaking at Davos nowThunberg: Listen to the scienceComing up: Donald Trump’s special addressThe agenda: 9.16am GMT 9.14am GMT Continue reading...
Prince Harry arrives in Canada to join Meghan and Archie January 21, 2020
Family to be reunited for first time since couple announced they would drop royal titlesPrince Harry has arrived in Canada where he and his wife, Meghan, plan to start their new life outside of the royal family.Photographs showed the Duke of Sussex stepping off a WestJet plane at Vancouver international airport, flanked by security guards, and getting straig […]
Parents of Irish girl found dead in Malaysia sue resort owner January 21, 2020
Family of 15-year-old Nora Anne Quoirin have asked authorities to conduct inquestThe parents of an Irish girl who was found dead after going missing from a Malaysian nature resort last year have sued the resort owner for alleged negligence and asked the authorities in Kuala Lumpur to conduct an inquest.Nora Anne Quoirin, 15, who had learning difficulties, di […]
US case against Huawei's Meng Wanzhou is 'fiction', say lawyers January 21, 2020
Extradition hearing begins in Canada as defence team rejects allegations that executive tried to get around Iran sanctionsThe accusations of sanctions busting against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou have been dismissed by her lawyers as “fiction” at the start of a legal hearing in Canada in which she is fighting extradition to the United States.Meng Wanzhou, t […]
Angola vows to force return of Isabel dos Santos by 'all possible means' January 20, 2020
Pledge comes as former ruler’s daughter denounces Luanda Leaks investigationCommunity bulldozed at site of Isabel dos Santos ‘masterplan’The Angolan government has vowed to use “all possible means” to force the return of Isabel dos Santos following the Luanda Leaks investigation into how the ex-president’s daughter accrued her $2bn fortune.Angola’s prosecuto […]

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Meng Hongwei: China sentences ex-Interpol chief to 13 years in jail January 21, 2020
In 2018, he vanished on a trip back to China from France and was later accused of corruption.
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The president acknowledges the fate of more than 20,000 who disappeared during the civil war.
Fake German doctor who coaxed women to electrocute themselves jailed January 20, 2020
A German man who convinced young women and girls to shock themselves on camera is given 11 years.
Virginia gun rally: Thousands converge on Richmond January 20, 2020
Greater restrictions on gun laws in the US state have angered pro-gun activists.

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