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Abu Ghraib News

News on Abu Ghraib continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

6 hrs ago | XtraMSN Real Estate

Morris and Herzog make Oscar documentary shortlist

Errol Morris, an Academy Award winner in 2004 for his documentary "The Fog of War," is among the 15 filmmakers who have made next year's Oscar shortlist.

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Related Topix: I.O.U.S.A., Trouble the Water

11 hrs ago | Foreign Policy

How to Close Gitmo

Closing Guantnamo sounds easy when you have support from, well, pretty much the entire world.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

19 hrs ago | Iowa City Press-Citizen

Our View - Art that serves as a catalyst for discussion

Last month, we announced that area residents who have felt art-deprived since this summer's flood now can get at least a partial aesthetic fix.

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Related Topix: Prison

Yesterday | Free Republic

Troops in Iraq Kill Two Suspected Terrorists, Capture 14, Seize Weapons

Coalition and Iraqi forces killed two suspected terrorists, captured 14 others and seized dozens of weapons In Iraq the past three days, military officials said.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, Terrorism,

Sun Nov 16, 2008

TheDailyBeast.com

How to Undo Bush's Human Rights Legacy

Geoffrey Robertson QC is a member of the UN's Internal Justice Council and author of Crimes Against Humanity .

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, George Bush

The Gazette

Art Exhibit: Images of torture

Daniel Heyman, "From the Time of Morning Prayers," 2008. Gouache and ink on Nishinoushi paper, 25 inches by 37 inches.

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Related Topix: University of Iowa, Iowa City Metro, Iowa City, IA

Bosses blog

A case against George W Bush for war crimes and crimes against humanity

Mail & Guardian, Sentletse Diakanyo Bush, along with his fellow warlords Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, were to engage in a systematic violation of every international principle, law and the UN charter in ...

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Related Topix: George Bush, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison

Sat Nov 15, 2008

The Independent

Geoffrey Robertson: Now America can right its wrongs

President-elect Obama is the living embodiment of what human rights can do the product of Brown vs Board of Education and the achievements of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.

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Related Topix: US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US Politics, US News, George Bush, Opinion

Fri Nov 14, 2008

Army Times

Report: Tighten reins on war-zone contractors

The U.S. should continue its reliance on private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan but transfer responsibility for managing private security personnel to the military police and the State Department's Bureau ...

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East,

Buffalo News

Close Guantanamo prison

Come Jan. 20, Barack Obama will swear to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

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Related Topix: Prison, US Military Prisons, Cuba, World News, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

The Seattle Times

Would-be bomber to represent himself at sentencing

After nine years in prison, much of it in super-maximum-security solitary confinement, convicted would-be terrorist Ahmed Ressam has decided to represent himself when he is resentenced on terrorism and ...

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Related Topix: Prison, Terrorism, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp

Thu Nov 13, 2008

Delaware County Times

Religious leaders fight against torture

Religious leaders from five denominations met with U.S. Rep. Joseph Sestak, D-7, of Edgmont, Wednesday afternoon at his Media office to entreat his support in ending the torture of prisoners of war.

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Related Topix: Prison, Philadelphia, PA Metro, Religion, Society of Friends, Guantanamo Bay

Tue Nov 11, 2008

Art Knowledge News

Fernando Botero opens Abu Ghraib-El Circo Exhibition at Casa das Artes de Vigo

"What is real is not the external form, but the essence of things . . . it is impossible for anyone to express anything essentially real by imitating its exterior surface." - Constantin Brancusi Fernando Botero ...

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Related Topix: Spain, World News, South America, Colombia, Painting, Arts

Post and Courier

Iraq: Charles Woolard

They were on the road that leads to Abu Ghraib prison when the Army convoy came up behind them.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Marine Corps

Sun Nov 09, 2008

Gulfnews

New icon of an age beyond race

I am rubbing my eyes in disbelief and wonder. It can't be true that Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan, is the next president of the United States.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Prison, Barack Obama, World News, South Africa, Africa, Guantanamo Bay, Opinion

The Day

Camp Bucca process evolves with war's goals

Navy Capt. Bruce Derenski plays with the family dog, Buster, with his son, Dave, at home in Preston.

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Related Topix: US Military, US Navy, Iraq, World News, Middle East, Prison

IcWales

Far-flung polls to follow now the US election is over

AT the time of writing, it is Thursday evening and the Associated Press has just called North Carolina for Barack Obama.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, Bill Richardson, Duncan Hunter, Opinion

Sat Nov 08, 2008

Causecast

Female Iraqi Prisoners May Be Brutally Suffering in US Prisons

While most people have forgotten about Abu Ghraib, there might still be issues with Iraqi prisons.

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Related Topix: Prison

Fri Nov 07, 2008

The Canadian National Newspaper

U.S War veterans raise concerns: Over 1.2 million killed in Iraq

As of 23 October 2008, the number of Iraqis genocidally killed since the U.S. invaded Iraq, according to documented accounts totalled 1,273,378. "The war in Iraq is not covered to its full potential because of ...

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Related Topix: Life, Veteran Affairs, Terrorism

Thu Nov 06, 2008

WKJK-AM Louisville

Mayor Abramson Introduces New Director of Corrections

Louisville's jail has a new leader. Mayor Abramson introduced Mark Bolton as the new director of Metro Corrections Thursday.

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Related Topix: Louisville, KY, Iraq, World News

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