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- 8 terrorism suspects put on Ethiopian TV
- NAIROBI, Kenya -- Smiling broadly and wearing casual clothes, eight terrorism suspects have been paraded on Ethiopia's state television as the country faces mounting pressure to explain a controversial program to net alleged al-Qaida loyalists. The detainees, including an American, told the Ethiopian News Agency they were...
- Research articles 2007-04-12
- Let Red Cross have detainee oversight
- Last month the Bush administration revealed that for several years it has operated a program under which some of those captured in the war on terrorism have been held in secret prisons. These people -- believed to have information about various terrorist plans and practices -- were subjected...
- Research articles 2006-10-01
- Alleged terrorist to face hearing at Guantanamo
- GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, and other alleged terrorists linked to major attacks against the United States are expected to face hearings at the Guantanamo prison camp within three months, a military official said Wednesday. Fourteen "high-value"...
- Research articles 2006-09-21
- UN, Red Cross unable to check all terror detainees: US official
- GENEVA AFP — A senior US State Department official said the United Nations and the Red Cross did not have access to the full range of terror suspects held by the United States. John Bellinger, senior legal adviser for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, declined to comment on the...
- Research articles 2005-12-08
- US rejects Red Cross call for access to all terror suspects
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States rejected a fresh call by the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC for full access to terror suspects, saying some of those detained were "exceptional" and posed "unique threats" to US security. The ICRC on Friday sought access to all detainees held...
- Research articles 2005-12-09
- U.S. welcomes Swiss announcement of conference on Red Cross emblem.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-8 November 2005-US DEPT OF STATE: U.S. welcomes Swiss announcement of conference on Red Cross emblemC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07112005 The United States welcomes the Swiss Governments announcement today that it will convene a diplomatic conference on December 5-6, 2005...
- Research articles 2005-11-08
- EU to investigate possible CIA prisons
- BRUSSELS, Belgium -- The European Union and the continent's top human rights group said Thursday they will investigate allegations the CIA set up secret jails in eastern Europe and elsewhere to interrogate terror suspects, and the Red Cross demanded access to any prisoners. Human Rights Watch said it...
- Research articles 2005-11-04
- Fifteen Bakersfield Residents Charged With Fraud in Connection with Funds Intended for Victims of Hurricane Katrina
- FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 14 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that late yesterday indictments were returned for fifteen Bakersfield residents charged with participating in a wire fraud scheme to defraud the American Red Cross of funds intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Each of...
- Research articles 2005-10-14
- Nine Bakersfield Residents Charged with Fraud in Connection with Funds Intended for Victims of Hurricane Katrina
- FRESNO, Calif., Oct. 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced today that over the past three days, nine Bakersfield residents have been charged with participating in a wire fraud scheme to defraud the American Red Cross of funds intended for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Eight...
- Research articles 2005-10-04
- Donations, supplies rush in
- Americans are donating millions of dollars to help Hurricane Katrina's victims as private relief agencies warn that the need could exceed that of any previous U.S. disaster. On Tuesday, the American Red Cross received 100,000 donation calls -- the largest ever in one day. As of Wednesday, it had...
- Research articles 2005-09-01
- World pledges hurricane aid to US
- PARIS AFP — The world is holding out its hands to a superpower in crisis, offering hurricane disaster aid to the United States from a French offer of ships and aircraft to a 25,000-dollar donation by tsunami-pounded Sri Lanka. Offers streamed in after the United States, the world's biggest...
- Research articles 2005-09-02
- Multiple choice: The "Gulag of our times" is a Chinese labor camps; b Castro's dungeons; or c North Korean prisons
- Multiple choice: The "Gulag of our times" is a) Chinese labor camps; b) Castro's dungeons; or c) North Korean prisons. Amnesty International has an answer: d) none of the above. Their 2005 report on human rights compares the American detention facility at Guantanamo Bay to the notorious Soviet penal colonies....
- Research articles 2005-06-20
- U.S. contributes $107 million to the International Committee of the Red Cross.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-23 March 2005-US STATE DEPARTMENT: U.S. contributes $107 million to the International Committee of the Red CrossC1994-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:22032005 The United States is pleased to announce an initial contribution of $107.4 million to the International Committee of the...
- Research articles 2005-03-23
- World datelines
- Canada TORONTO -- Canada's tenuous minority government pledged to pump $11.2 billion into the military and anti-terrorism efforts, determined in the budget presented Wednesday to burnish the country's credibility as a global peacekeeper and fend off opposition threats of early elections. Colombia BOGOTA --...
- Research articles 2005-02-24
- Singha creates on-premise program for tsunami aid
- Several Singha beer distributors throughout the U.S. have joined together to form a tsunami aid program that will generate funds earmarked for the Thai Red Cross or a local tsunami relief fund to help the victims of last December's tsunami disaster. Proceeds from sales of Singha beer in participating markets...
- Research articles 2005-02-14
- Relief groups pick up where U.S. leaves off
- Relief agencies say they will be able to maintain the pace of aid operations in tsunami-ravaged parts of southern Asia, even though the U.S. military is pulling out its forces. The gradual withdrawal of U.S. ships and helicopters, which provided equipment and technical expertise crucial to the relief effort,...
- Research articles 2005-01-25
- Australia, Britain ramp up aid pledges as tsunami fallout mushrooms
- LONDON AFP — The British and Australian governments followed Japan and the United States in pledging dramatic increases in emergency aid for victims of the tsunami disaster in Asia as the world community struggled to cope with its mushrooming fallout. London and Canberra, each pledging the equivalent of nearly...
- Research articles 2004-12-29
- U.S. editorial excerpts -5-
- NEW YORK, Dec. 1 Kyodo Selected editorial excerpts from the U.S. press: ABU GHRAIB, CARIBBEAN STYLE (The New York Times, New York) Ever since the Abu Ghraib scandal broke, the Bush administration has claimed that the abuses depicted in those horrible photos were an isolated problem...
- Research articles 2004-12-13
- Fully Catholic, American
- Given the cultural tenor of church and society today, it is unlikely that the annual gatherings to protest the School of the Americas will receive much official recognition in either sphere. But this is a thoroughly Catholic and American activity, an action growing out of the best instincts of both...
- Research articles 2004-12-10
- Red Cross chief to meet US officials amid Guantanamo, Iraq concerns
- GENEVA AFP — The head of the International Committee of the Red Cross said he was planning to meet senior US administration officials in Washington early next year amid ongoing concern about detainees held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Iraq. "I will go...
- Research articles 2004-12-08
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