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BBC NEWS | Americas | Cuban shake-up claims key figures : "Cuban leader Raul Castro has announced a major cabinet reshuffle that includes the removal of two of the country's most prominent politicians. State television said Cabinet Secretary Carlos Lage and Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque are among 10 officials who are stepping down. It said the move was in line with the president's plan to improve efficiency. It is the first big reshuffle since Mr Castro took over as president from his ailing older brother, Fidel, last year. Correspondents say Mr Castro is putting his personal stamp on a government that still bears the mark of his brother. Many of those dismissed were Fidel loyalists - including Mr Lage and Mr Perez Roque, who had both been seen as possible future candidates for the presidency."

allAfrica.com: Somalia: New President to Rule Country Using Islamic Law (Page 1 of 1) : "Somalia's new leader has said that he will rule the country using Islamic law, Radio Garowe reports. Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the Horn of Africa country's new president, told a Saturday press conference at the presidential palace Villa Somalia in Mogadishu that recent attacks against African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) has brought much suffering to Somali civilians. 'It is not a must that every opposition group use bullets, but they [opposition] must come to the negotiating table,' President Sheikh Sharif said. He stated that the Somali government has 'accepted a ceasefire request' from the armed opposition, which was delivered by Mogadishu's clan elders, who served as mediators. 'My government did not bring AMISOM troops [to Mogadishu], but they were requested by the previous government. Everyone knows they did not come here by force, but they are here to help,...

BBC NEWS | Americas | CIA destroyed 92 interview tapes The Central intelligence Agency (CIA) has destroyed 92 tapes of interviews conducted with terror suspects, a US government lawyer has admitted. The agency had previously said that it had destroyed only two tapes. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has launched a lawsuit against the CIA to seek details of the interrogations of terror suspects. Techniques involved are understood to have included water-boarding, which the Obama administration says is torture. The acknowledgment of the 92 destroyed tapes came in a letter sent to the judge presiding over the ACLU lawsuit.

Nicaraguan navy captures 50 undocumented immigrants abandoned by human traffickers - People's Daily Online The Nicaraguan navy has detained 50 undocumented immigrants from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana and Nepal, Frigate Captain Angel Fonseca announced Sunday. The immigrants were abandoned Friday by human traffickers, said Fonseca, noting that the traffickers use the Caribbean region as a hallway for their illegal activities. Among all the detainees, 27 were from Eritrea, 12 for Ethiopia, eight from Nepal, two from Ghana and one from Somalia, including 11 women and a three-year-old child.

Exclusive: Lawyer says Guantanamo abuse worse since Obama | Reuters : "By Luke Baker LONDON (Reuters) - Abuse of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay has worsened sharply since President Barack Obama took office as prison guards 'get their kicks in' before the camp is closed, according to a lawyer who represents detainees. Abuses began to pick up in December after Obama was elected, human rights lawyer Ahmed Ghappour told Reuters. He cited beatings, the dislocation of limbs, spraying of pepper spray into closed cells, applying pepper spray to toilet paper and over-forcefeeding detainees who are on hunger strike. The Pentagon said on Monday that it had received renewed reports of prisoner abuse during a recent review of conditions at Guantanamo, but had concluded that all prisoners were being kept in accordance with the Geneva Conventions. 'According to my clients, there has been a ramping up in abuse since President Obama was inaugurated,' said Ghappour, a British-American ...

The Raw Story | Senate to announce investigation of torture under Bush, senators say : "The Senate is quietly preparing plans to investigate allegations of torture under President George W. Bush, according to comments published Wednesday by Senate Judiciary Chairman Pat Leahy (D-VT) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI). The Senate Judiciary Committee could announce a hearing to consider various plans to probe allegations of torture as early as today, according to Salon's Mark Benjamin, citing Committee Chairman Pat Leahy and members of his staff. Leahy's office told Raw Story Wednesday morning that a press release would be sent out shortly. Sen. Whitehouse said he’s “convinced” the investigation will move forward. “Stay on this,” he told Benjamin. “This is going to be big.”"

Daily Star: Simply The Best 7 Days A Week :: News :: 4,000 Muslim Brits join Taliban : "THOUSANDS of British-born Muslims have joined the Taliban in Afghanistan. UK troops say they are facing a mini civil war as more Brits head out to fight for the enemy. Senior officers said British-born Muslims from the West Midlands and Yorkshire have travelled to Helmand province and other parts of southern Afghanistan. Interception of Taliban communications has revealed the sound of jihadists speaking with West Midlands accents."