Monday, April 20, 2009

SPB News for Monday.


Gunmen ambush convoy, take Doctors Without Borders workers hostage.
Unseating Wal-Mart, US oil company rakes massive profits.

Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects — C.I.A. interrogators used waterboarding, the near-drowning technique that top Obama administration officials have described as illegal torture, 266 times on two key prisoners from Al Qaeda, far more than had been previously reported.

US to put conditions on Tarp repayment — Strong banks will be allowed to repay bail-out funds they received from the US government but only if such a move passes a test to determine whether it is in the national economic interest, a senior administration official has told the Financial Times.

U.S. May Convert Banks' Bailouts to Equity Share — WASHINGTON — President Obama's top economic advisers have determined that they can shore up the nation's banking system without having to ask Congress for more money any time soon, according to administration officials.
Last week's poll had asked:
The captain of a US container ship taken hostage by Somali pirates has been rescued and freed. Will other countries get involved to fight piracy?
Majorit of readers answered yes. This week's poll is now up.

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