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Philip Hammond cites torture risk as he halts transfer of prisoners to Afghan...
Defence secretary tells court that secret new information has persuaded him to abandon movement of UK-captured detaineesPhilip Hammond on Thursday halted plans to hand suspected insurgents captured by...
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US heading for point when 'military pursuit of al-Qaida should end'
Fight against terrorist group on course for Obama to stop using legal authority given by Congress to wage war, says lawyerThe US is heading for a "tipping point" beyond which it should no longer pursue...
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Abu Qatada appeal launched by home secretary
Legal challenge launched against decision to allow radical preacher to remain in the UKThe home secretary has launched a legal challenge against the decision to allow the radical preacher Abu Qatada to...
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Feinstein amendment doubles down on NDAA's assault on constitutional rights |...
While US government lawyers persist in defending the menacing Section 1021 in court, a Senate initiative makes matters worseAs I reported here, last spring a group of journalists and activists...
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Woman jailed after al-Qaida terrorist material found on her phone
Ruksana Begum, whose brothers were sentenced in February for a plot to blow up the Stock Exchange, jailed for a year for possession of 'instructional and ideological material'A woman who had al-Qaida...
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Afghanistan suicide bomber hid explosives around his genitals
Attacker evades security checks to launch failed attempt to kill intelligence chief Asadullah Khalid in KabulAfghanistan's already strict body searches may get even more intrusive after the...
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'Jihad Jane' explains her strange journey from victim to radical Muslim
Colleen LaRose has explained how a troubled childhood led her on the path to Islam in the first interview since her arrestA white woman from suburban Philadelphia who became a Muslim jihadist and has...
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Theresa May hits back in coalition clash over 'snooper's charter'
Home secretary says she is 'determined' to push through 'vitally important' surveillance laws despite opposition from Nick CleggA coalition clash over the home secretary's "snooper's charter"...
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China sentences three Uighur men to death over alleged plane hijack
Men were arrested after the incident in June, which rights groups say was prompted by an argument over seatingChina has sentenced three men to death and another to life in prison over an alleged plane...
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HSBC pays record $1.9bn fine to settle US money-laundering accusations
Bank guilty of 'blatant failure' to implement money-laundering controls and wilfully flouted sanctions, US prosecutors sayHSBC was guilty of a "blatant failure" to implement anti-money laundering...
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US blacklists Syria's al-Nusra Front as terrorist group
Obama administration imposes sanctions on Syrian resistance group and says al-Qaida has been supplying cash and weaponsThe Obama administration has declared one of the Syrian resistance groups an...
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Amnesty launches anti-torture campaign: From the archive, 12 December 1972
The human rights organisation says that torture is now used on much higher authorityAmnesty International yesterday launched a campaign against a developing "torture industry," backing up torture...
View ArticleSyria conflict: US recognition for Assad's opponents - live updates
Follow live updates after Barack Obama announced that the US will formally recognise the new opposition bloc as the legitimate representatives of the Syrian peopleMatthew Weaver
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European court of human rights finds against CIA abuse of Khaled el-Masri |...
America must now apologise to the German citizen, a victim of mistaken identity who was kidnapped and beaten by the CIAThe much-maligned European court of human rights has this week shown itself at its...
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CIA 'tortured and sodomised' terror suspect, human rights court rules
Landmark European court of human rights judgment says CIA tortured wrongly detained German citizenCIA agents tortured a German citizen, sodomising, shackling, and beating him, as Macedonian state...
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North Korea's boys' toys are not a threat – but our reaction to them is |...
Big missiles and nuclear weapons do not topple states, conventional arms do. Their menace is political, not militaryNorth Korea has fired a big rocket into the sky, put a satellite in orbit and then...
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After Assad: the US tries to keep Islamists out of the picture in Syria |...
Washington and its allies are worried about the makeup of a new regime – but al-Nusra is deeply embedded in the insurgencyThe pace of the conflict in Syria is accelerating. A series of military and...
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Code Name: Geronimo – review
Using the name of the great Native-American hero Geronimo either for the operation that tracked down Osama bin Laden to his hiding place in Pakistan, or for the al-Qaida leader himself, was an...
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New York's top court highlights the meaninglessness and menace of the term...
A fascinating new ruling unwittingly illustrates the separate system of 'justice' invented for Muslims in the US after 9/11(updated below)Valuable revelations are often found in unlikely places. Such...
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Four South Africans held over suspected rightwing terror plots
Two of four detained men were members of rightwing Federal Freedom party but police deny ANC conference bomb plotFour white extremists have been arrested in South Africa over suspected acts of...
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