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Blair and Bush should face justice over Iraq war, says Desmond Tutu

Posted in Africa, Americas, Europe, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , on September 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »

Tony Blair and George Bush (photo) were branded war criminal by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who called for both men to be taken to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, for their role in the Iraq war. (more…)

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Bush cancels visit to Switzerland

Posted in Americas, Europe, Human rights, Justice, news, politics, tagged , , , on February 7, 2011| Leave a Comment »

George W. Bush (photo, from aljazeera.net) has cancelled a visit to Switzerland planned for this weekend. (more…)

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Israel asked Bush to bomb Syria

Posted in Americas, history, media, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , on November 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

George W.Bush’s memoir will be released soon, and in it the former US president (photo, from rfi.fr) says Israel wanted him to bomb a suspected Syrian nuclear facility.

A copy of the book was obtained by Reuters news agency. (more…)

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US accused of rights violations by UN

Posted in Americas, Human rights, news, politics, world, tagged , , , , on November 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

For the first time, the US faced the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, over accusations of human rights violations. (more…)

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Anger towards Obama new Guantanamo policy

Posted in Americas, Human rights, Justice, news, politics, tagged , , , , , on May 16, 2009| Leave a Comment »

US president’s decision to revive military trials for some Guantanamo Bay detainees has provoked angry reactions from civil liberties groups. (more…)

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The author of the torture memos ‘could be prosecuted’

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 22, 2009| Leave a Comment »

After the Obama administration released CIA torture memos last week, the US president has left open the possibility of prosecuting officials. (more…)

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Obama breaks away from the Bush era

Posted in Americas, Human rights, Justice, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , , on January 22, 2009| 1 Comment »

Issuing three executive orders on Thursday, US President Barack Obama (photo, from cnn.com) took his first strides on the world stage, demonstrating a clean break from the Bush administration. (more…)

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Obama ‘deeply concerned’ by the situation in Gaza

Posted in Americas, Middle East, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , , , , on January 6, 2009| 1 Comment »

“The loss of civilian life in Gaza and Israel is a source of deep concern for me”, said Barack Obama, the US president-elect (photo, from cbsnews.com).

He repeated that until he became president on January 20, only George W. Bush could speak on US foreign policy. (more…)

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Iraq’s parliament edits US pact

Posted in Americas, Middle East, news, politics, religion, tagged , , , , , on November 27, 2008| Leave a Comment »

The deal on the future presence of US troops in Iraq (photo, from bbc.co.uk) has been accepted by the country’s parliament. (more…)

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Obama’s victory speech : ‘the road ahead will be long’

Posted in Americas, news, politics, tagged , , , , , , on November 5, 2008| Leave a Comment »

Barack Obama is to become the first black president of the USA. He will be the 44th president of the country. (more…)

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