According to the Washington Times (free reg required) and the BBC, the UN is set to launch an investigation that the US is secretly using “prison ships” based in the Indian Ocean to hold suspected terrorists. (Audio Podcast Available) The BBC reports: The special rapporteur on torture, Manfred Nowak, said the claims were rumours at …
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Finding Farshid Faraji and the other Mafqud in Iraq
Farshid Faraji is an Iranian documentary filmmaker that has been travelling around the Middle East working on his latest project titled “In Search of Cyrus the Great”. (Audio Podcast Available) His final destination was Babylon in the heart of Iraq. Unfortunately, after only a week in Iraq, he was arrested by US Forces and has …
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French win ITER Fusion reactor site
After a rather long and nasty battle, a site has finally been chosen to host the ITER Fusion reactor. (Audio Podcast Available) ITER is an international consortium consisting of the EU, US, China, Russia, France, the UK, and Japan. France and Japan had been the last two countries battling for the prestige, and jobs, that …