Guantanamo detainees were tortured, medical exams show Last Updated: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 | 5:31 AM ET Comments109...
Little Mosque producers strike deal with Fox Last Updated: Monday, June 9, 2008 | 3:29 PM CT Comments15...
Pakistani man charged in 'honour killings' of 4 daughters Last Updated Thu, 29 Dec 2005 09:40:52 EST CBC News The alleged honour killing of four sisters in Pakistan has outraged human rights groups in the conservative Islamic country, where such deaths are common. Nazir Ahmed, a 40-year-old impoverished labourer from a small town in eastern Punjab province, has been charged following the death of his three young daughters aged four, seven, and eight, a...
Elections may be cancelled if Israel bars Palestinian in Jerusalem from vote 06:52:14 EST Dec 21, 2005 AMY TEIBEL JERUSALEM (AP) - The Palestinian Authority will cancel Jan. 25 parliamentary elections if Israel goes ahead with its plan to bar Palestinians from voting in disputed Jerusalem, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been under growing pressure from his Fatah Party to postpone the vote, amid concer...
U.S. bans use of torture Last Updated Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:39:09 EST CBC News The United States has made a clear, direct, unequivocal statement about the use of torture. Its official policy now is to honour the United Nations ban on cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, not just at home, but around the world as well. * INDEPTH: US Security Condoleeza Rice (File photo) Questions about torture, secret prisons and myste...
Relief workers warn winter could bring 2nd catastrophe to Pakistan quake zone 11:54 AM EDT Oct 26 ZARAR KHAN MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan faces a second catastrophe and a new wave of deaths if the world does not come forward to help survivors of the Oct. 8 earthquake before winter sets in, aid officials said Wednesday, adding that frigid temperatures were already taking a toll on survivors' health. The warning came as the United Nations nearl...
Palestinian militant groups step up threat to call off ceasefire 12:12 PM EDT Jun 13 IBRAHIM BARZAK GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - After a four-month lull in fighting, Palestinian militant groups on Monday stepped up a threat to withdraw from a ceasefire with Israel but stopped short of pulling out of the deal. The militant factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, accused Israel of violating the truce with continued military operations. ...
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