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Secret papers show 'cruel' treatment of Guantanamo inmate - Update
London - A Guantanamo Bay detainee who returned to Britain last year was subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment during seven years of captivity, formerly secret papers published Wednesday showed. Confirmation of the treatment of Ethiop...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ ]

Euro finance ministers in emergency phone conference on Greece
Brussels/Berlin - The finance ministers of the 16 eurozone countries will hold an unprecedented telephone conference later Wednesday to discuss the fallout from Greece's financial woes, sources in Berlin said. Greece's fiscal problems have led money ...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ ]

Italian official who criticised US over Haiti quits in graft probe
Rome - Italy's top rescue official who recently sparked a diplomatic spat when he criticised US-led rescue efforts in Haiti announced his resignation Wednesday - after being informed he is under investigation in a corruption probe . Guido Bertolaso s...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ ]

Ex-deputy minister gets five-year jail term over protests in Iran
Tehran - Former Iranian deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh was handed a five-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, his lawyer said Wednesday. Houshang Azhari confirmed initial r...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Supporters of detained ex-army chief attacked in Sri Lanka - Summary
Colombo - Supporters of defeated presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka were attacked Wednesday by pro-government crowds and the police, an opposition spokesman said. The supporters had gathered near the Supreme Court in Colombo to protest the...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Tymoshenko silent as Yanukovych declared Ukraine winner - Update
Kiev- Former prime minister Viktor Yanukovych was finally confirmed as victor in Ukraine's presidential election Tuesday as the final ballot papers were counted, whilst his opponent Yulia Tymoshenko refrained from making any public response on the re...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

20,000-strong 'freedom walk' to mark 20 years of Mandela's release
Cape Town - South Africans are adamant that no-one can fill his shoes - but around 20,000 people will walk in the footsteps of former president Nelson Mandela on Thursday to celebrate the 20th anniversary of his release from prison. Two decades after...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Africa (World) ]

Jordan bails two activists accused of insulting Egypt's Mubarak
Amman - The public prosecutor of Jordan's State Security Court on Wednesday released on bail two activists accused of criticizing Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak over the building of a steel wall along the border with the Gaza Strip, judicial source...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

German military commander testifies over deadly Kunduz airstrike
Berlin- A commander who ordered a lethal airstrike in Afghanistan in September appeared before a German parliamentary investigation on Wednesday, to give evidence on the attack which killed or injured up to 142 people. Colonel Georg Klein intended to...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

Ahadinejad hails new uranium enrichment process
Tehran - Iran starting to enrich uranium to 20 per cent made many nations happy, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday. Iran on Tuesday started the new process at its Natanz enrichment plant, where a cascade of 164 centrifuges has been prepare...

[Posted on : 2010-02-10 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

 

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