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Barack Obama, Nicholas Sarkozy meet in Paris
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterDemocrat Barack Obama brought his presidential campaign to Paris today where he met with French President Nicholas Sarkozy and discussed issues including Iran, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and climate change. At a televised news conference with...Tags: Dalai Lama, Minority Groups, Buddhism, Diplomacy, John McCain
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Obama: The speech
Spin CyclePrepared text of Obama's speech after the jump. Big crowd, one-world/break-down-walls substance, but watching on TV you didn't have the impression the crowd was going totally wild. Echoes of Reagan's tear-down-this-wall speech, and an effort -- as he...Tags: Nuclear Weapons, Defense, History, Heavy Engineering, Democracy
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Justice memo cleared way for harsh CIA interrogations
Associated PressThe Justice Department told the CIA in 2002 that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners would not cause "prolonged mental harm."...Tags: Prisons, Illnesses, Prisoners and Detainees, Guerrilla Activity, Lawyers
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Suicide bomb kills 8 in Iraq
Associated PressA female suicide bomber blew herself up near U.S.-allied Sunni Arab fighters walking in a crowded area of Baqouba, killing at least eight of the guards and wounding 24 other people last night, police said. The attack comes as the U.S.-backed Iraqi...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Defense, Death and Dying, Armed Conflicts, Civil Unrest
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Hamdan case is built on his own words
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIn the custody of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Salim Ahmed Hamdan drew maps to Al Qaeda training camps and compounds for his captors. A driver for Osama bin Laden for nine months before his November 2001 arrest, Hamdan guided FBI and military intelligence...Tags: Defendants, Court Administration, Defense, Witnesses, Lawyers
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Web posts, poems, media network fuel Taliban resurgence
The Associated PressUsing everything from Web postings to poetry, the Taliban created a sophisticated media network that undermines support for the Afghan government by projecting the militia's power as greater than it is, a new report says. The report Thursday by the...Tags: Defense, Armed Forces, Wars and Interventions
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Afghanistan a land impossible to conquer
Gather 'round the fire and hear, the sad tale of Najibullah. Let this be a warning to invaders, and those who kill believing Muslims. OK, back to Western-speak: In 1979, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, Muhammad Najibullah was 32. The KGB put him...Tags: Guerrilla Activity, Osama bin Laden, Rudyard Kipling, Hamid Karzai, Wars and Interventions
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Colombia, Switzerland at odds over mediator
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersA diplomatic dispute has broken out between Colombia and Switzerland over the role of a Swiss mediator involved in hostage-release talks with leftist rebels. Colombia cut off the longtime European mediation effort after the July 2 rescue of former...Tags: Novartis, Defense, Charity, Indiana Jones, Elections
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In Berlin, a call to renew bonds
Chicago Tribune correspondentBERLIN — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama delivered a call Thursday to strengthen international alliances for a new era of global challenges before an enormous, receptive audience gathered in a city once divided by the Cold War and...Tags: Iraq War, Diplomacy, John McCain, Barack Obama, Government
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New torture memo from 2002 is disclosed
The Justice Department in 2002 told the CIA that its interrogators would be safe from prosecution for violations of anti-torture laws if they believed "in good faith" that harsh techniques used to break prisoners' will would not cause "prolonged mental...Tags: Prisons, Washington Post Company, Prisoners and Detainees, Michael Mukasey, Government
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