Wednesday, November 09, 2005
French state of emergency
French state of emergency. The decree, which will last for 12 days, falls well short of martial law. There are no troops on the streets or other palpable signs of a capital in crisis. Still, the French government has taken this step only twice since 1955.
GOP Leaders Urge Probe in Prisons Leak .Congress's top Republican leaders yesterday demanded an immediate joint House and Senate investigation into the disclosure of classified information to The Washington Post that detailed a web of secret prisons being used to house and interrogate terrorism suspects. .
US issues new torture safeguards. The new directive is intended to prevent abuse The US defence department has issued new instructions prohibiting physical or mental torture of prisoners.
GOP Leaders Urge Probe in Prisons Leak .Congress's top Republican leaders yesterday demanded an immediate joint House and Senate investigation into the disclosure of classified information to The Washington Post that detailed a web of secret prisons being used to house and interrogate terrorism suspects. .
US issues new torture safeguards. The new directive is intended to prevent abuse The US defence department has issued new instructions prohibiting physical or mental torture of prisoners.
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