Archive for November, 2009
US lawmakers seek answers on Fort Hood
AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – A key US Senate committee said Monday it had postponed a briefing with top army officials on the Fort Hood shooting, as lawmakers sought clues that might have averted the deadly rampage.
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US lawmakers seek answers on Fort Hood
New US prison in Afghanistan seeks to reverse bad image
AFP – BAGRAM AIR FIELD, Afghanistan (AFP) – Eager to dispel its image as a rights abuser after “war on terror” prison scandals, the US has opened a new Afghan jail that critics say still falls short of basic legal standards.
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New US prison in Afghanistan seeks to reverse bad image
Outrage in Washington over Obama’s Japan bow
AFP – WASHINGTON (AFP) – News photos of President Barack Obama bowing to Japan’s emperor have incensed critics here, who said the US leader should stand tall when representing America overseas.
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Outrage in Washington over Obama’s Japan bow
N.Korea unlikely to give up nuclear weapons: US expert
AFP – SEOUL (AFP) – North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons in the foreseeable future despite the upcoming talks with Washington, a former senior US diplomat who recently visited Pyongyang said Monday.
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N.Korea unlikely to give up nuclear weapons: US expert
Top Rwanda genocide fugitive in Kenya: US envoy
AFP – NAIROBI (AFP) – Felicien Kabuga, who is accused of financing the 1994 Rwandan genocide and is one of the most wanted men in Africa, is currently in Kenya, a senior US official said here Monday.
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Top Rwanda genocide fugitive in Kenya: US envoy
Obama presses Internet freedoms in China
AFP – SHANGHAI (AFP) – US President Barack Obama Monday pushed for an unshackled Internet and expanded political freedoms, seeking to get around China’s media curbs with a webcast town hall event in booming Shanghai.
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Obama presses Internet freedoms in China
Illinois prison mulled for Guantanamo detainees
AFP – CHICAGO (AFP) – A near-empty Illinois prison is among the US locations being considered to house transferred Guantanamo detainees, officials announced Sunday.
