CIA pushing Obama to uphold torture secrecy

Israeli, Palestinian leaders mostly praise peace prize for Obama

By: BiodunIginla

Friday, October 9, 2009 Israeli President Shimon Peres congratulates Obama. A spokesman for the Palestinian Authority says there's hope the Nobel will be an 'incentive' for the president to help end the region's conflict. Israeli President Shimon Peres -- who shared the Nobel Pea

2 months ago

The New and Improved Afghanistan – a wonderful opportunity for ...

By: YeshPrabhu

The secret is out, at last. It has been rumored and whispered about for quite some time now, but a few influential journalists and columnists, and powerful politicians have determined that it is time to expose the secret, and that it is acceptable to talk about it loudly.   The New York Times, to its credit, has reported on front page that ...

about 1 month ago

Nobel Spotlights Need for Obama to Act on Rights

By: chnarendra

The award of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama should encourage him to apply his stated principles to both foreign and domestic human rights policy, Human Rights Watch said today. The Nobel committee awarded the prize for "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," and ...

2 months ago

Khalid Sheikh, 4 accomplices to be shifted from Gitmo

By: intellectual

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama said the September 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be put on trial in New York City. Speaking in Tokyo, Mr. Obama said Mohammed, the self-proclaimed organiser of the al-Qaeda terrorist plot that killed almost 3,000 people in 2001, would face "exacting" US justice....

24 days ago