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Karzai quits talks over US -Taliban dialogue
Matthew Rosenberg and Alissa J Rubin (source 
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has suspended talks with the US on a new security deal to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war. US forces have been fighting in Afghanistan since 2001, entering the country to rout al-Qaida. Photo: Reuters Karzai says he has suspended negotiations with the US … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Diplomacy, Global issues, Intelligence, Middle East, North America, Reconciliation, Security
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Indefinite detention for mother of three judged a security risk
Daniel Flitton and Michael Gordon (source )
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The two boys gave away all their toys on Wednesday night. Other children in detention could play with them, they figured. They, along with their mother, Ranjini, and baby brother would soon be free. Refugee situation ‘parlous’ – Human Rights Commissioner Prof. Gillian Triggs speaks on the ‘grave dilemma’ with thousands of asylum seekers ‘banking up in Australia’ and the parlous situation created by the … Continue reading
Venezuela says it foiled plot to assassinate President Maduro
Marilia Brocchetto and Ed Payne (source )
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Venezuela has thwarted a plan by two paramilitary groups to kill President Nicolas Maduro, state-run VTV reported Monday. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro enters the National Assembly before his inauguration in Caracas on April 19 Interior Minister Miguel Rodriguez Torres said members of the groups, made up of nine Colombian citizens. were arrested Sunday in the country’s northwest before they were able to enter the capital, … Continue reading
Posted in Assassination, Elections, Intelligence, Leadership, South America
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Europe Cools On Obama Regime
Charles McPhedran (source )
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Following revelations of widespread spying on ordinary US citizens, Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Europe is being viewed with great suspicion, writes Charles McPhedran Obama and Merkel in 2008 Almost 50 years ago, as many as a million Berliners crammed into the town hall square of Schöneburg, a suburb in West Berlin. The crowds – framed by grey post-war apartment blocks – cried out elatedly … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomacy, Europe, Global issues, Intelligence, North America, Opinion, Politics, Security
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Edward Snowden, NSA files source: ‘If they want to get you, in time they will’
Ewen MacAskill (source )
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Source for the Guardian’s NSA files on why he carried out the biggest intelligence leak in a generation – and what comes next. Link to video: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: ‘I don’t want to live in a society that does these sort of things’ Snowden is a 29-year-old former technical assistant for the CIA Edward Snowden was interviewed over several days in Hong Kong by … Continue reading
Posted in Global issues, Intelligence, Interviews, North America, Security
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Doubts about convictions of Egyptian asylum seeker at heart of political storm
Oliver Laughland in Sydney, Louisa Loveluck in Cairo, Seumas Milne in London (source )
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Court documents and lawyers suggest man whom Tony Abbott called a ‘jihadist terrorist’ was not convicted of murder. Sayed Abdellatif. Photograph: IRINnews Serious doubts have arisen over claims that an asylum seeker at the centre of a political furore over immigration security was convicted of murder and the possession of explosives, Guardian Australia has learned. Sayed Abdellatif, an Egyptian asylum seeker who arrived in Australia … Continue reading
Manning trial shines light on a culture of secrecy
Jane Cowan (source )
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The low-key coverage the US media seems to have given to the Bradley Manning case suggests the country that holds itself up as a beacon of democracy is struggling to come to terms with what the trial reveals about America itself, writes Jane Cowan. Photo: Private Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks have shown up the dilemma of managing sensitive material. (AFP: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) For a … Continue reading
Posted in Global issues, Intelligence, Law & Order, North America, Politics, Security, Terrorism
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Government to order internet firms to block terror sites and pornography
Andrew Grice (source )
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Culture Secretary orders internet crackdown in wake of Woolwich attack and April Jones killing. Comments Internet and telecom companies will be ordered by the Government to block “harmful” content such as extremist material and pornography in the wake of the Woolwich terrorist attack and killing of five-year-old April Jones. Maria Miller, the Culture Secretary, has summoned the bosses of companies such as Google, Microsoft and … Continue reading
Drones, Torture and Hunger Strikes
Suvendrini Perera and Joseph Pugliese (source )
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Barack Obama’s platitudes about the end of the War on Terror cannot conceal his Administration’s depraved use of torture and violence, write Suvendrini Perera and Joseph Pugliese. The relief with which President Barack Obama’s bland assurance that “this war, like all wars, must end” was hailed reveals something about the depths of collective fear and the unspoken misgivings attached to the war on terror. Obama … Continue reading
Posted in Diplomacy, Ethics, Global issues, Humanity, Intelligence, Leadership, North America, Opinion, Politics, Security, Terrorism, Torture
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