Sunday, April 24, 2011

Guantanamo files: Judging detainees’ risk, often with flawed evidence

Guantanamo files: Judging detainees’ risk, often with flawed evidence

Guantanamo files: Judging detainees’ risk, often with flawed evidence

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Said Mohammed Alam Shah, a 24-year-old Afghan who had lost a leg as a teenager, told interrogators at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that he had been conscripted by the Taliban as a driver before being detained in 2001. He had been caught, he said, as he tried to "rescue his younger brother from the Taliban."


Classified Guantanamo files offer new insights into detainees

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A trove of more than 700 classified military documents provides new and detailed accounts of the men who have done time at the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba, and offers new insight into the evidence against the 172 men still locked up there.


Taliban insurgents escape Kandahar prison, says Afghan govt

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Afghan officials say more than 400 inmates have escaped from the main prison in Kandahar city. They say many of the men who dug a tunnel out of the facility are Taliban insurgents.


President Saleh must go now, demand Yemen protesters

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Deep divisions within Yemen's opposition appeared to doom an Arab proposal for the president to step down within a month, raising the prospect of more bloodshed and instability in a nation already beset by deep poverty and conflict.


17 killed in Beijing building fire: Reports

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The fire broke out about 1 am (1700 GMT yesterday) in a four-story building in the Daxing district in the capital's southern suburbs, the agency quoted police as saying, adding that the blaze had been put out.


Mubarak to be tranferred to prison hospital

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Egypt's prosecutor general has ordered former President Hosni Mubarak be transferred to a prison hospital after a medical test declared him "fit enough" to travel. A specific date for the move, ordered by Prosecutor Abdel Maguid Mahmud's, is yet to be fixed as authorities are waiting for the Interior Ministry to arrange security measures for the transfer, an official spokesman said.


Libya: Air strikes destroy Gaddafi's compound

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An air strike on Muammar Gaddafi's sprawling compound in Tripoli has left three buildings badly damaged. Authorities say between two and four large missiles or bombs exploded in the compound early Monday, lightly wounding four people.


Alitalia crew foils hijack bid

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Italian airline Alitalia has said an agitated passenger tried to attack a flight attendant aboard a Rome-bound flight and demanded the plane be diverted to Tripoli, Libya. But other attendants subdued the man and the flight landed safely in the Italian capital as scheduled.


6.2-magnitude quake hits Indonesia

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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the Indonesian island of Sulawesi today, the US Geological Survey said. The quake hit at a shallow depth of nine km at 2307 GMT around 75 km southeast of the nearest main city of Kendari, the USGS said.


Bahrain's crown prince declines royal wedding invite

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Britain's monarchy says Bahrain's crown prince has declined the invitation to attend Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding.


Libyan tribes try to negotiate Misrata rebel exit

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Libyan tribal leaders are trying to get rebels in the city of Misrata to lay down their arms within 48 hours, a government official said early on Sunday, after a day of fierce clashes between opposition fighters and Moammar Gaddafi's forces.


Posted by Harshad at 11:02 PM

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