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News headlines for “War on Terror”, page 43
US-YEMEN: Clinton Hails Ceasefire, But Aid Concerns Remain
- Inter Press Service
The ceasefire announced late last week between Yemen's government and Houthi rebels in the northern part of the country is being greeted here as an important initial step toward stabilising the Arab world's poorest country and reversing advances by al Qaeda's affiliate there.
RIGHTS: The Seven Paragraphs that Shook US-UK Ties
- Inter Press Service
A British court has ordered the publication of previously secret information that appears to reveal the UK government's complicity with the U.S. in the torture of Binyam Mohamed, a British resident who was imprisoned by the U.S. at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
AFGHANISTAN: Taliban Regime Pressed bin Laden on anti-U.S. Terror
- Inter Press Service
Evidence now available from various sources, including recently declassified U.S. State Department documents, shows that the Taliban regime led by Mullah Mohammad Omar imposed strict isolation on Osama bin Laden after 1998 to prevent him from carrying out any plots against the United States.
CANADA: Khadr Case Raises Broad Questions on Child Combatants
- Inter Press Service
Ottawa's refusal to repatriate a former child soldier, 23-year-old Omar Khadr, back to Canada to face justice in the country of his birth opens to the door to a trial before a controversial U.S. military commission process that has been challenged for its use of evidence gleaned from interrogation after torture.
YEMEN: Development Recognised as Crucial for Stability
- Inter Press Service
Amid growing concerns here over the threat posed by Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a consensus is emerging among U.S. experts that Washington and other donors to Yemen must place at least as much or greater emphasis on promoting sustainable development in the Arab world's poorest country as on counterterrorism.
POLITICS: Peace Talks May Follow Ex-Taliban Mediators’ Plan
- Inter Press Service
If peace talks do ultimately begin between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and the Taliban leadership, they may well follow a 'road map' to a political settlement drawn up by a group of ex-Taliban officials who have been serving as intermediaries between the two sides.
RIGHTS: Legal Experts Slam 'Targeted Killings' of US Citizens
- Inter Press Service
Civil liberties advocates and legal authorities struck back Friday at what they describe as the 'deliberate targeted killing of U.S. citizens far away from any active hostilities, as long as the executive branch determines unilaterally that they meet a secret definition of who the enemy is.'
POLITICS: US, Karzai Clash on Unconditional Talks with Taliban
- Inter Press Service
On the surface, it would seem unlikely that Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who presides over a politically feeble government and is highly dependent on the U.S. military presence and economic assistance, would defy the United States on the issue of peace negotiations with the leadership of the Taliban insurgency.
U.S.: Obama Calls for More Development, Counterinsurgency Aid
- Inter Press Service
U.S. President Barack Obama Monday called on Congress to approve major increases over the coming months in global health, development, and counterinsurgency assistance as part of a record 3.8-trillion-dollar 2011 federal budget.
U.S.: New Defence Strategy Envisions Multiple Conflicts
- Inter Press Service
A report and budget request from the U.S. Defence Department released Monday reveal both new and old priorities for President Barack Obama's Pentagon.
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