By Leonard Doyle in Washington The former American senator Jesse Helms, a legendary isolationist who campaigned vigorously for sanctions against Iran, died yesterday, aged 86. Universally known as "Senator No", he was deeply...
JOHANNESBURG – Last week, the United States Supreme Court ruled that detainees at Guantánamo Bay have the right to habeas corpus – the right to challenge the factual and legal basis of their detention in a court of law. I was...
Senior Hackney Labour councillor, Luke Akehurst, who's views have always been to the far right of the Tories, has now finally broken cover and declared his support for Guantanamo and extraordinary rendition. He's actually in...
IN recent memory, the CIA has engaged in the same sort of illegal operation in Lebanon and the Ukraine. There are suspicions they were also active in France and Canada. If they engage in this in so many other countries, you...
Saturday, July 05, 2008 WASHINGTON: The US government is developing a “long-range plan” to empty its war-on-terror prison at its naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, and seeking help on what to do with inmates who won’t be tried,...
HAVANA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Friday that he was happy with the rescue of former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt and other hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of...
BOGOTA, Colombia _ A video of the dramatic Colombian hostage rescue shows 15 captives walking sullenly to a helicopter, believing they were being taken by an international humanitarian group to another camp belonging to the...
By David Blair in London Saturday July 05 2008 THE Bush administration is preparing to empty Guant-anamo prison of every inmate, possibly by finding a legal basis for transferring some prisoners to jails on the US mainland....
HAVANA, July 4 (Xinhua) -- Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez said Friday that the Cuban government is willing to negotiate with the United States on equal footing without compromising its principles. Perez made the remarks...
Today is Independence Day in the US. Families and friends gather together to barbecue, swim, play sports, picnic in parks, eat watermelon, enjoy each other's company, and watch fireworks displays. The founders of this country...
