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Iranian protesters to defy supreme leader’s warning
A protest rally was scheduled to go ahead in Tehran Saturday despite warnings from Iran’s supreme leader. The rally against last week’s disputed presidential vote was scheduled to begin at around 4 p.m.
Twittering Air Pollution Levels in Beijing
Anyone stepping outside in Beijing around midday on June 18 would have noticed something slightly amiss.
Senate OKs bill to keep detainee photos private
The Senate Wednesday passed by unanimous consent a bill that would prevent the release of controversial photos of alleged U.S. abuse of prisoners and detainees.
Gitmo detainees said abuse sparked lies, transcripts reveal
Accused terrorists held at Guantanamo Bay complained of abuse that they said led them to tell their CIA interrogators lies, according to sections of U.S. government transcripts made public on Monday. Suspected al Qaeda figure Abu Zubaydah told a military tribunal in 2007 that he was physically and mentally tortured for months.
Top Colombian rebel suspect captured
The Colombian military has captured one of the top leaders for a Marxist rebel group waging war on the government for more than 40 years, authorities said. The officials believe that al Qaeda may see the Horn of Africa as its new headquarters after dozens of attacks from U.S. drones along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border
Al Qaeda fighters move into Horn of Africa, officials say
Al Qaeda operatives are leaving the battle zones along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border and heading for Somalia and Yemen, where they have set up training camps, according to U.S.
Why Doctors from Sri Lanka’s Combat Zone May Face Jail
The veil of secrecy over the whereabouts of three doctors who worked in Sri Lanka’s shrinking war zone last month has finally been lifted. On Thursday, Colombo announced that three doctors, all of whom were treating patients in Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam -held areas in the final days before they were gained by Sri Lankan government forces, are now in government custody and face court action for collaborating with the Tigers.
Boat that can ‘think’ to cross Atlantic unmanned
The designers behind a "thinking" yacht are hoping to break a world record by sending it across the Atlantic Ocean without any human assistance. The four-meter boat, “Avalon”, was designed and built by an eight-strong team of third-year engineering students at Swiss science university ETH Zurich. The students are planning to take the boat to a robotic sailing regatta in July, before launching it into the Microtransat Transatlantic challenge in early September
Guess Who’s Calling? Prison Cell-Phone Use a Growing Problem
Drugs and weapons aren’t the only contraband in prisons these days. The latest underground currency among inmates is an item most of us consider harmless: the cell phone