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Afghan commission alleges US detainee abuse (AP)

January 7th, 2012 | Author: admin

Gul Rahman Qazi , center, head of an Afghan investigative commission speaks during a media conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012. Afghan President Karzai had charged the commission with investigating the detention of some hundreds of suspected militants and the investigative commission has accused the U.S. military of abusing detainees at its largest prison, and says those held without evidence should be freed.(AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP – An Afghan investigative commission accused the American military Saturday of abuse at its main prison in the country, repeating President Hamid Karzai’s demand that the U.S. turn over all detainees to Afghan custody and saying anyone held without evidence should be freed.


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Boss rat says Commission is dead

April 16th, 2011 | Author: admin

The Mafia’s ruling hierarchy is out of commission.

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APNewsBreak: Spill commission calls for reform (AP)

January 10th, 2011 | Author: admin

FILE - This April 21, 2010 file photo shows the Deepwater Horizon oil rig burning after an explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, off the southeast tip of Louisiana. Federal investigators are pushing back against criticism they aren't doing enough to keep companies involved in the Gulf oil spill away from any hands-on role in the forensic analysis of a key piece of equipment that failed to keep crude from entering the sea. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP – Despite reforms put in place since the massive BP oil spill, a presidential investigating panel has concluded that the government and the oil industry still haven’t done enough to avert another catastrophic accident offshore.


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Commission leaders say cutting deficit will hurt (AP)

November 11th, 2010 | Author: admin

Erskine Bowles, left, accompanied by former Wyoming Sen. Alan Simpson, co-chairmen of President Barack Obama's bipartisan deficit commission, take part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP – Voters who last week sent Washington a message to wrestle the spiraling debt under control have gotten a message back from the leaders of a White House budget commission: It’ll hurt.


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Ethics commission: Gov. Paterson should pay $96K fine for free Yankees tickets

August 17th, 2010 | Author: admin

ALBANY – The World Series tickets Gov. Paterson got could end up costing him $96,375.

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Afghan commission: Civilian deaths up in 2010 (AP)

August 8th, 2010 | Author: admin

In this undated photo released by David L. Evans, two Land Rovers with International Assistance Mission personnel aboard, navigate down a road in an unnamed region of Afghanistan. Members of a medical team were shot and killed by militants as they were returning from providing eye treatment and other health care in remote villages in northern Afghanistan, a spokesman for the team said Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010. Dirk Frans, director of the International Assistance Mission, said six Americans, one German, one Briton and two Afghans also were part of the medical team that made the three-week trip to Nuristan province. They drove to the province, left their vehicles and hiked for hours with pack horses over mountainous terrain to reach the Parun valley in the province's northwest. (AP Photo/Provided by David L. Evans) NO SALESAP – Civilian war deaths in the first seven months of 2010 rose by 6 percent over the same period last year, Afghanistan’s human rights commission said Sunday. The modest increase suggested that U.S. and NATO efforts to hold down civilian casualties were having some success.


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Obama names chairmen of Gulf oil spill commission (AP)

May 22nd, 2010 | Author: admin

FILE - In this Oct. 3, 2003 file photo, William Reilly, a former EPA administrator, gestures while discussing the importance of universities being involved in research related to the environment, at Washington University in St. Louis. Obama announced Saturday that Reilly and former Florida Sen. Bob Graham will lead a presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. (AP Photo/James A. Fiinley, File)AP – President Barack Obama announced Saturday that former Florida Sen. Bob Graham and former EPA Administrator William K. Reilly will lead a presidential commission investigating the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


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