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  1. TuxThePenguin

    Ministers face torture pressure

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7870049.stm comments?
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    U.S. Soldiers Executed Iraqis, Statements Say

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/27/world/middleeast/27abuse.html?ref=middleeast
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    US 'killed 47 Afghan civilians'

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7501538.stm
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    Evidence Faulted in Detainee Case

    http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/01/washington/01gitmo.html?partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=all
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    Einstein's Letter goes on sale

    A letter containing amongst other things Einstein's thoughts on religeon goes up for auction today http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2008/may/12/peopleinscience.religion an translated excerpt can be found here http://www.relativitybook.com/resources/Einstein_religion.html
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    FBI Tried to Cover Patriot Act Abuses With Flawed, Retroactive Subpoenas, Audit Finds

    http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/03/fbi-tried-to-co.html
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    Morality of 'Push Poll' Threads

    Recently in the 'General Political Forum'. I've seen a lot of disingenuous threads - you know the ones. The forum equivalent of 'Push Polls' I think it shows a lot desperation and I have lost a lot of respect for the thread starters. How moral or otherwise do you think this is?
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    Giuliani quits White House race

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7218879.stm .. good riddance. :wave:
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    Guantanamo Officers Caught Modifying Wikipedia

    http://wikileaks.org/wiki/Wikileaks_busts_Gitmo_propaganda_team comments? Edit: Someone reported this post as 'not a news source' so here is one as a remedy. http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/gitmo-troops-vandalise-wikipedia/2007/12/13/1197135602444.html
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    CIA destroyed interrogation tapes

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7132000.stm
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    Police guilty over Menezes case

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7069796.stm Personally I lost a lot of respect for the police service over this and the forest gate incident. I think individual officers should have been prosecuted for manslaughter and that Ivan Blair should resign.
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    DA suppressed Alabama Baptist pastor autopsy

    *Warning* News Article unsuitable for children *Warning* http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/11/autopsy_controversy/
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    Down with secular ringtones

    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/15/christian_ringtones/ :D
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    Marcus Brigstocke on Religion

    Audio from a segment of "The Now Show" from Radio 4 Video from a random YouTuber http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY-ZrwFwLQg Comments?
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    Haneef terrorism charges dropped

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6918569.stm Despicable, The prosecution lies. And the government does an 'end around' detention without charge.
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    'Chastity ring' girl loses case

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6900512.stm :)
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    On the ropes:

    Interview with Michael Brown. Makes interesting listening. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/shows/rpms/radio4/ontheropes.ram
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    UN criticises Iraq human rights

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6591151.stm cue the Bush-ophiles bashing the UN ;)
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    Payouts to Iraqi Civilians

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6550267.stm Its all scary... This however.. shows the military has a sense of humor. :doh:
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    18% of Iraqis' have confidence in coalition Troops

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6464277.stm Also. 67% Believe reconstruction has not been effective. More details on the survey to follow. edit: additional details have been added to article.