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Clash over US torture report

Defenders and critics locked horns Sunday over last week’s release of a US report that aired harrowing new details of America’s torture of “war on terror” detainees, and opened fresh political wounds. The US Senate report released Tuesday said the CIA’s interrogation of Al-Qaeda suspects, including beatings, rectal rehydration, and sleep[…]

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Calls for prosecution after ‘torture report’

The US Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on secret interrogations and torture of suspects by the CIA from 2001-2007 provides enough new information to justify reopening criminal investigations, rights advocates say. The report, released Tuesday after a three-year congressional investigation, summarises classified CIA cables that described the treatment by Central Intelligence[…]

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US on alert ahead of torture report release

The US has heightened security at its embassies across the globe as it prepares to release a long-delayed report into the CIA’s interrogation of suspects following the September 11, 2001 attacks. The report, scheduled to be released on Tuesday, will be the first public account of the CIA’s use of[…]

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US says it was unaware of SAfrican hostage talks

The United States did not know about talks on the reportedly imminent release of a South African hostage who died in a U.S. raid on al-Qaida rebels in Yemen, the U.S. ambassador in South Africa said Monday. Ambassador Patrick Gaspard said American officials were “unaware of ongoing negotiations that had[…]

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US defends failed Yemen rescue operation

US officials have said they had no choice but to launch a special forces rescue operation in Yemen that ended with Al-Qaeda killing an American photojournalist and a South African teacher. The hostages — 33-year-old American Luke Somers and 57-year-old South African Pierre Korkie — were killed by their captors[…]

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Protests in US over chokehold death case

Protests have been held in US cities after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes. In New York City, angry crowds gathered on Wednesday in[…]

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US passes Israeli partnership bill

US lawmakers voted unanimously Wednesday to pass legislation making Israel a “major strategic partner” of the United States, deepening a bilateral bond that has recently shown signs of strain. In a voice vote, the House approved the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2014, which expands cooperation in defense and[…]

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US says it could take years to rein in ISIL

US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned it will take years for a US-led coalition to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), as Washington said arch-foe Iran had launched its first air strikes against the fighters. Speaking at NATO headquarters in Brussels during the first[…]

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Obama vows more ‘fair and just’ immigration to US

Pledging to fix America’s “broken” immigration system, President Barack Obama offered five million undocumented migrants protection from deportation Thursday, allowing families to emerge from the shadows and seek work permits. In a move that infuriated his Republican critics and drew unspecified pledges to counter it, Obama said nearly all undocumented[…]

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