From BBC News A court in the US has been asked to ban the practice of force-feeding detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The case is being brought on behalf of Mohammed Bawazir, a Yemeni who has been held there since 2002. The action is the first test for a new law explicitly outlawing torture of […]
The BBC have reported that the Soviet Union ordered the assassination of the Pope in 1981. Now why the hell would the Soviets have wanted to do that? An Italian parliamentary commission has concluded that the former Soviet Union was behind the 1981 assassination attempt on the late Pope John Paul II. The head of the commission, […]
Guto Harri the BBC North America Business correspondent has reported on security concerns that have been raised in the USA over the takeover of another British company by a Dubai government owned company: Security concerns have been prompted in the US by the takeover of a second British firm by a Dubai-based company. The Doncasters […]
The Pentagon has admitted the use of white phosphorus as a weapon against insurgents in Falluja. This adds more credibility to the documentary ran on Italian television last week about the use of such weapons. The use of white phosphorus is not necessarily a violation of any treaties, however the legal wording and the use […]