Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents |
- Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents
- Russia says "no signs" Iran developing nuclear weapons: Ifax
- Lonmin, miners sign deal to return to work
- Clinton in East Timor on democracy push
- Embattled Qantas joins hands with Emirates
- Hands-On With SolForge At PAX Prime 2012
- Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents
- Blast at Turkish ammunition dump kills 25 soldiers
- Russia says "no signs" Iran developing nuclear weapons: Ifax
- Lonmin, miners sign deal to return to work
- Powerful quake hits Costa Rica, no deaths
- Russia bets billions on turn toward Asia
- Clinton: China talks useful though divides remain
- Suze Orman Was Right About Money Market Funds
- Twitter Meme: How The Rumor Started That Bill Clinton Is Announcing The iPhone 5
- Marc Benioff's Hidden Jewel: Salesforce.com and Data
- Getting Your Product Into the Habit Zone
- From former Libyan prisoners, new claims about CIA renditions, abuses
- Group Reopens CIA Torture Allegations
- Chinese Cash Brings Jobs, Conflict to Zambia Mines
| Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A human rights organization says it has collected evidence of two previously unreported cases in which U.S. agents used waterboarding or a similar harsh interrogation technique on Libyan militants held by American forces in Afghanistan. In a report released on Thursday, Human Rights Watch also says it acquired new evidence of the extent to which the United States and some of its allies, including Great Britain, allegedly detained exiled opponents of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and forcibly transferred them back to Libya. ...
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| Russia says "no signs" Iran developing nuclear weapons: Ifax Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:38 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sees no evidence that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at developing weapons, the Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday. Russian officials have made similar statements in the past, but Ryabkov's blunt remark appeared to underscore Moscow's concerns about the possibility Israel could launch attacks targeting Iranian nuclear facilities. "We, as before, see no signs that there is a military dimension to Iran's nuclear program. No signs," Interfax quoted Ryabkov as saying. (Writing by Steve Gutterman)
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| Lonmin, miners sign deal to return to work Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:46 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lonmin has signed a peace accord with some unions representing striking miners but the more militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) was not part of the deal, the head of labor union COSATU said on Thursday. "Last night we had the final process of a peace accord on the Marikana massacre," COSATU President Sdumo Dlamini told local Talk 702 radio. "Others parties have signed except for AMCU and the delegation of workers who were supposed to give a report back to the workers." (Reporting by Helen Nyambura-Mwaura)
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| Clinton in East Timor on democracy push Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:38 PM PDT
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| Embattled Qantas joins hands with Emirates Posted: 05 Sep 2012 11:02 PM PDT Struggling Australian carrier enters a 10-year partnership with Dubai-based airline, in a bid to cut losses.
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| Hands-On With SolForge At PAX Prime 2012 Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:47 PM PDT I had a chance to sit down and demo the upcoming digital trading card game SolForge with Justin Gary, founder and CEO of Gary Games. The concepts when we first took a look at them seemed interesting, but would the prototype live up to expectations? First, let's go over the four [...]
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| Human rights group alleges U.S. waterboarded Gaddafi opponents Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:53 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A human rights organization says it has collected evidence of two previously unreported cases in which U.S. agents used waterboarding or a similar harsh interrogation technique on Libyan militants held by American forces in Afghanistan.
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| Blast at Turkish ammunition dump kills 25 soldiers Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:55 PM PDT ISTANBUL (Reuters) - An explosion at an ammunition store in western Turkey has killed 25 soldiers and wounded four others, the Turkish military said on Thursday.
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| Russia says "no signs" Iran developing nuclear weapons: Ifax Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:38 PM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sees no evidence that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at developing weapons, the Interfax news agency quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Thursday.
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| Lonmin, miners sign deal to return to work Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:46 PM PDT JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Lonmin has signed a peace accord with some unions representing striking miners but the more militant Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) was not part of the deal, the head of labor union COSATU said on Thursday.
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| Powerful quake hits Costa Rica, no deaths Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:17 PM PDT
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| Russia bets billions on turn toward Asia Posted: 05 Sep 2012 11:07 PM PDT
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| Clinton: China talks useful though divides remain Posted: 05 Sep 2012 10:07 PM PDT
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| Suze Orman Was Right About Money Market Funds Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:14 PM PDT English: Suze Orman addressing a Senate Committee. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Score one for Suze Orman. In her last book, The Money Class, Orman urged readers to keep their emergency savings not in a money market fund, but in an interest-bearing checking account. Her reasoning: since money market funds are not protected by [...]
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| Twitter Meme: How The Rumor Started That Bill Clinton Is Announcing The iPhone 5 Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:08 PM PDT Here's one for the dedicated memicists and rumorologists out there. A couple off offhand tweets that simultaneously mentioned Bill Clinton and the iPhone during the former president's speech at the Democratic Convention tonight (see bottom of tweet stack below) turned into the idea that, before he terminated his lengthy nomination of Barack [...]
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| Marc Benioff's Hidden Jewel: Salesforce.com and Data Posted: 05 Sep 2012 05:55 PM PDT Who would have thought that, 12 years ago, when Marc Benioff started Salesforce.com (NYSE:CRM), the "end of software" story would unfold the way it did? This past period, Salesforce.com reported another amazing quarter (+34% growth YOY) and its stock is up 42% since the beginning of the year. With a [...]
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| Getting Your Product Into the Habit Zone Posted: 05 Sep 2012 02:43 PM PDT As the web becomes an increasingly crowded place, users are desperate for solutions to sort through the online clutter. The Internet has become a giant hairball of choice-inhibiting noise and the need to make sense of it all has never been more acute. Just ask high-flying sites like Pinterest, Reddit, and [...]
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| From former Libyan prisoners, new claims about CIA renditions, abuses Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT A new report from a human rights group accuses the CIA of using harsh interrogation measures on detainees who were subsequently imprisoned in Libya and cites claims by one former detainee that he was subjected to waterboarding. Read full article >>   
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| Group Reopens CIA Torture Allegations Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:01 PM PDT Libyan fighters opposed to Gadhafi's regime were subjected to harsh interrogation techniques while in U.S. custody overseas during the administration of George W. Bush, a human-rights advocacy group alleges.
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| Chinese Cash Brings Jobs, Conflict to Zambia Mines Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:45 PM PDT Investment from China has thrown a lifeline to Zambia's ailing mines, but miners complain about safety, low pay and workplace conflicts that have spiraled into a spate of shootings.
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