All Blog Posts from Investigative Round-Up

The Wall Street Journal:

Scottish authorities are searching for new lines of inquiry in the Lockerbie bombing case, including a search for possible accomplices, now that convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi has dropped his appeal, according to Scottish officials.
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AP:
A court in Spain has today opened an investigation into torture allegations against US military personnel at the Guantánamo detention centre.

Meanwhile in Berlin, Barack Obama's attorney general Eric Holder said that about 30 Guantánamo detainees have been cleared for release and urged European allies to take some of them. Holder also signalled the Obama administration might cooperate with the Spanish investigation.
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New York Times:
The relative freedom of a newly democratic Iraq and the recent improvement in security have allowed a gay subculture to flourish here. The response has been swift and deadly.

In the past two months, the bodies of as many as 25 boys and men suspected of being gay have turned up in the huge Shiite enclave of Sadr City, the police and friends of the dead say. Most have been shot, some multiple times. Several have been found with the word “pervert” in Arabic on notes attached to their bodies, the police said.
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Reuters:
Dubai police on Tuesday proposed an international probe into the shooting of a prominent Chechen exile, after Chechnya's leader dismissed accusations his top adviser was behind the assassination in the Gulf emirate.
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The Guardian: Arab doctors are to investigate the death of the former Palestinian president, Yasser Arafat, re-opening a four-year-old case which is still the subject of suspicion, conspiracy theories and political accusations. (Read the article)

AFP:
A foundation devoted to the memory of veteran Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat said on Monday it will open a new investigation into his mysterious death in 2004.
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BBC News:
The Serious Fraud Office has said it is to open an inquiry into Bernard Madoff's business operations in the U.K.
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AFP:
Canada has opened an investigation into the death of an alleged insurgent in Afghanistan in October, the leader of Canadian military forces in the southern Kandahar region said Wednesday.
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ABS-CBN:
Despite criticisms, the House Committee on Agriculture and Food on Wednesday pushed through with its investigation into the alleged misuse of P728 million in funds for fertilizers and other farm implements in 2004.
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Star Tribune:
Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley is looking into whether the marketing of 'limited benefit' plans is misleading consumers.
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