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Brown hits new low as voters desert Labour
Peter Riddell Gordon Brown’s leadership rating has fallen to its lowest ever level as a third of voters regard him as worse than Tony Blair, a poll for The Times finds today. The Prime
Read More »Olympic Torch Run Halted as Protests Spread
KATRIN BENNHOLD and ELISABETH ROSENTHAL PARIS – What was supposed to be a majestic procession through the French capital for the Olympic torch turned into chaos Monday as thousands of people from around Europe,
Read More »Female detainee tortured; needs medical attention
Saed Bannoura Female detainee Shereen Mohammad Hasan, from Bethlehem city, voiced an appeal to several human rights groups to intervene for her release in order to receive adequate medical treatment, as she is losing
Read More »Diana inquest lays blame on driver and paparazzi
Alan Cowell LONDON: After six months of hearings and testimony by 278 witnesses, a jury at a British inquest found Monday that Princess Diana and her lover, Dodi al-Fayed, were unlawfully killed by the
Read More »Clinton urges Bush to boycott Beijing Olympics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton urged President George W. Bush on Monday to boycott the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies this summer unless China improves human rights. Clinton, in a statement, cited
Read More »Israel threatens Iran with destruction
An Israeli minister has threatened Iran with destroying the country if the Islamic Republic launches ‘an attack on the regime’. “An Iranian attack against Israel would trigger a tough reaction that would lead to
Read More »Permissible Assaults Cited in Graphic Detail
Drugging Detainees Is Among Techniques By Dan Eggen Thirty pages into a memorandum discussing the legal boundaries of military interrogations in 2003, senior Justice Department lawyer John C. Yoo tackled a question not often
Read More »Food Additives as Damaging as Lead
British Researchers Find Artificial Colors Harm Children’s Brains, Request Phase-Out By Annie Bell Muzaurieta A team of British researchers from Southampton University carried out a study to look at seven food additives, and their
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