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French Minister Launches Inquiry Into Claims That EDF 'Dumped' Uranium
The Guardian: France's ecology minister today called for an inquiry into reports that EDF, the world's biggest nuclear reactor operator, is storing hundreds of tonnes of depleted uranium in open-air sites in Siberia. (Read the article>)
French Launch Doping Investigation of Tour Teams
NY Times: French prosecutors announced Tuesday they have launched a preliminary investigation into several teams at the 2009 Tour de France to determine if riders on those squads used performance enhancing drugs or methods.
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Pakistanis Say U.S. Hoards intelligence
Washington Times:
Despite growing success targeting militants in Pakistan's northwest, the U.S. is refusing to share intelligence with Pakistan about al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban leaders thought to be hiding in the southwest province of Baluchistan, three senior Pakistani officials say. (read the article
Despite growing success targeting militants in Pakistan's northwest, the U.S. is refusing to share intelligence with Pakistan about al Qaeda and Afghan Taliban leaders thought to be hiding in the southwest province of Baluchistan, three senior Pakistani officials say. (read the article
U.S. Can't Trace Foreign Visitors on Expired Visas
The New York Times:
Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying that foreign visitors have left the country. (read the article>)
Eight years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and despite repeated mandates from Congress, the United States still has no reliable system for verifying that foreign visitors have left the country. (read the article>)
Emirates Court Convicts American on Terror Charges
AP:
Using sweeping security codes passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United Arab Emirates' highest court convicted an American citizen Monday on terrorism-related charges amid claims that torture was used to extract his confession. (read the article>)
Using sweeping security codes passed after the Sept. 11 attacks, the United Arab Emirates' highest court convicted an American citizen Monday on terrorism-related charges amid claims that torture was used to extract his confession. (read the article>)
Detainee's Lawyers to Get Interrogation Tapes
The Washington Post:
A federal judge on Monday disclosed the existence of videotapes that may reveal potentially abusive interrogations of a Guantanamo Bay detainee, and ordered the government to provide copies of the tapes to the man's lawyers. (read the article>)
France Warns of New Terror Threat From 'Body Bombs'
Der Spiegel:
The French intelligence service has warned of a new terrorism threat from suicide bombers carrying in-body explosives that can't be detected by standard airport screening. The method was used in a failed attempt to kill the Saudi anti-terrorism chief in August. (read the article>)
SA Trial Will 'Blow Lid' On Corruption In Judiciary
The Independent:
South Africa's former chief of police claimed that he was the victim of a "grand conspiracy" as a trial got under way yesterday that could reveal the extent of corruption in the country's judicial and criminal systems. (read the article>)
Sources: Several Who Went To Pakistan With Zazi Back In U.S.
CNN:
Several people who traveled from New York to Pakistan last year with a man accused of plotting a terrorist attack have since returned to the United States, sources close to the investigation told CNN. (read the article>)
Report: Bernanke, Paulson Misled On Bailouts
The Washington Times:
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke and former Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. misled the public about the financial weakness of Bank of America and other early recipients of the government's $700 billion Wall Street bailout, creating "unrealistic expectations" about the companies and damaging the program's credibility, according to a report by the program's independent watchdog. (read the article>)
