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BBC NEWS | Europe | Turkey charges 86 for 'coup plot' : "Aykut Cengiz Engin said those charged included leading figures from the army, business and the secular press. The charges follow speculation about a shadowy group of hardline nationalists determined to act in what they see as defence of Turkey's secular values."

BBC NEWS | Africa | Sudan head accused of war crimes Sudan's president has been accused of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur by the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Palestinian Hamas supporters protest against the visit of President Bush to Israel and the West Bank, in the Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008. Bush sought new footing Wednesday to pull Israel and the Palestinians toward serious negotiations that would crown his final year as president, as revived peace talks stumbled over land squabbles and fear of violence. (Hatem Moussa/ AP Photo ) What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush? What about George Bush?

New Book Reveals Existence of Secret Red Cross Torture Report :: www.uruknet.info :: informazione dall'Iraq occupato :: news from occupied Iraq :: - it In a secret report last year, the International Committee of the Red Cross found that the CIA's interrogation techniques were "categorically" torture, a new book reveals. From the New York Times: The book, "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals," by Jane Mayer, who writes about counterterrorism for The New Yorker, offers new details of the agency's secret detention program, as well as the bitter debates in the administration over interrogation methods and other tactics in the campaign against Al Qaeda. . . .Citing unnamed "sources familiar with the report," Ms. Mayer wrote that the Red Cross document "warned that the abuse constituted war crimes, placing the highest officials in the U.S. government in jeopardy of being prosecut...

BBC NEWS | Europe | France rejects veiled Muslim wife : "A French court has denied citizenship to a Muslim woman from Morocco, ruling that her practice of 'radical' Islam is not compatible with French values. The 32-year-old woman, known as Faiza M, has lived in France since 2000 with her husband - a French national - and their three French-born children. Social services reports said the burqa-wearing Faiza M lived in 'total submission to her male relatives'. Faiza M said she has never challenged the fundamental values of France. Her initial application for French citizenship was rejected in 2005 on the grounds of 'insufficient assimilation' into France. She appealed, and late last month the Conseil d'Etat, France's highest administrative body which also acts as a high court, upheld the decision to deny her citizenship."

Garowe Online - Home : "NAIROBI, Kenya July 11 (Garowe Online) - Kenya has effected a nationwide smoking ban Tuesday, which among others outlaws any form of advertising of tobacco products and prohibits smoking in public places. The Tobacco Control Act made it illegal to smoke in public places ranging from disco halls, cinemas, offices, hospitals, factories, bars and eateries to shopping malls, public transport and residential houses. Owners of such places should designate a smoking zone that must be well ventilated and separated from the public area, the new law stipulates."

Chomsky: Bush & Cheney Always Saw Iraq as a Sweetheart Oil Deal | War on Iraq | AlterNet : "The deal just taking shape between Iraq's Oil Ministry and four Western oil companies raises critical questions about the nature of the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq -- questions that should certainly be addressed by presidential candidates and seriously discussed in the United States, and of course in occupied Iraq, where it appears that the population has little if any role in determining the future of its country. Negotiations are under way for Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP -- the original partners decades ago in the Iraq Petroleum Company, now joined by Chevron and other smaller oil companies -- to renew the oil concession they lost to nationalization during the years when the oil producers took over their own resources. The no-bid contracts, apparently written by the oil corporations with the help of U.S. officials, prevailed over offers from more than 40 other compan...

10 McCain Gaffes from This Week That Should Have Damaged His Chances | Election 2008 | AlterNet : "This is the week that should have effectively ended John McCain's efforts to become the next president of the United States. But you wouldn't know it if you watched any of the mainstream media outlets or followed political reporting in the major newspapers. During this past week: McCain called the most important entitlement program in the U.S. a disgrace, his top economic adviser called the American people whiners, McCain released an economic plan that no one thought was serious, he flip flopped on Iraq, joked about the deaths of Iranian citizens, and denied making comments that he clearly made --- TWICE. Yet watching and reading the mainstream press you would think McCain was having a pretty decent political week, I mean at least Jesse Jackson didn't say anything about him. But let's unpack McCain's week in a little more detail."