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Agent will not be prosecuted over torture claims (AFP)

November 17th, 2010

An intelligence officer accused of having abused Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed, pictured in 2009, will not be charged, the country's public prosecutor said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - An intelligence officer accused of having abused Guantanamo Bay detainee Binyam Mohamed will not be charged, the country’s public prosecutor said Wednesday.


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Al Qaeda Yemen wing claims parcel plot, UPS crash (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - Al Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing claimed responsibility for a foiled plot to send explosive parcels to the United States last week, and for the crash of a UPS jet…

Al Qaeda’s Yemen wing claims parcel bomb plot, UPS crash (Reuters)

November 5th, 2010

Reuters - Al Qaeda’s Yemen-based wing claimed a foiled plot to send explosive parcels to the United States, and responsibility for a September UPS plane crash in Dubai in a…

Ukrainian opposition claims local elections ‘invalid’ (AFP)

October 31st, 2010

People examine their ballot papers at a polling station in Lviv. Ukraine's opposition claimed serious irregularities in Sunday's local elections, which are seen as an important test of President Viktor Yanukovych's commitment to democratic freedoms.(AFP/Yuriy Dyachyshyn)AFP - Ukraine’s opposition claimed serious irregularities in Sunday’s local elections, which are seen as an important test of President Viktor Yanukovych’s commitment to democratic freedoms.


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British deputy PM: Investigate Iraq leak claims (AP)

October 24th, 2010

AP - Allegations of prisoner abuse and civilian killings in Iraq from a cache of leaked U.S. secret military documents are extremely serious and must be investigated, a top British…

NATO claims it is choking off insurgents’ supplies (AP)

October 18th, 2010

A man injured in a roadside bomb blast lies on a stretcher in a hospital in Herat city, west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 18, 2010. Three civilians died in the blast, police said. (AP Photo/Reza Shirmohammadi)AP - The NATO coalition said Monday that Afghan and international forces have choked insurgent supply routes in some parts of Afghanistan, prompting militants to extort money from citizens to keep…

With statehood, Palestine ready to end all claims (AP)

October 17th, 2010

Palestinian youths release models of boats to the sea, as they take part in a rally against Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, in Gaza City, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Following a deadly Israeli naval raid on a Gaza aid flotilla in May 2010, binternational/b criticism forced Israel to ease its land blockade of the territory but it has maintained the naval embargo, insisting it is vital to keep weapons out of Hamas' hands. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinians are willing to end all historic claims against Israel once they get their state as part of a peace deal.


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Thousands in China, Japan rally over island claims (AP)

October 16th, 2010

A man holds a banner while marching during an anti-Japan protest in downtown Zhengzhou, in central China's Henan province, Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010. Chinese characters on the banner reads, 'Down with Japan, Protect Diaoyu Island.' (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - Thousands of Chinese protested against Japan and its claim to disputed islands at demonstrations Saturday that were far larger than past protests over the competing territorial claims.


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Audit claims Ukrainian officials misspent millions (AP)

October 14th, 2010

AP - The government of former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko misappropriated nearly half a billion dollars, according to an audit by three U.S. investigative companies firms released Thursday.

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NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed (AP)

October 2nd, 2010

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. William Dixon, left, holds the hands of retired Marine Corps Col. Thomas Minion, and Janet Minion, after delivering the flag to them at the reinternment ceremony for their son, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Travis Manion, of Doylestown, Penn., at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Manion was buried in Pennsylvania after being killed in Iraq in 2007, and is being reinterned at Arlington so that he can be buried next to his best friend, Marine Corps Lt. Brendan Looney, who was killed in Afghanistan and will be buried on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - NATO said Friday it captured several insurgent leaders in recent days and detained at least 438 suspected militants over the last month, as three coalition soldiers were killed…