Outrage over the treatment of Bradley Manning has peaked nearly two years after he was first put in federal custody. Now 50 members of European parliament are urging the US to allow the UN’s special rapporteur on torture access to the soldier. Less than a month before a pre-trial hearing for Bradley Manning is slated [...]
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November 29, 2011
October 26, 2011
Main news of October 25
WORLD *Data published by the U.S. Department of State indicates that the United States has some 300 more deployed nuclear weapons than Russia. *The death toll from Turkey’s deadliest earthquake in over a decade has reached 432 people, Today’s Zaman newspaper reported *NATO may not end its mission in Libya as early as planned, CNN [...]
October 10, 2011
Pakistan hears US sabers rattling
In Pakistan, a dozen Al-Qaeda-linked suspects have been arrested, after Afghanistan demanded the US to put more pressure on Islamabad to fight terrorism. But that is not enough to eliminate thoughts in America that Pakistan is a safe haven for terrorists and the country’s government is sheltering them. Some officials in Washington, where the drums [...]