Inside a 9/11 Mastermind's Interrogation — WASHINGTON — In a makeshift prison in the north of Poland, Al Qaeda's engineer of mass murder faced off against his Central Intelligence Agency interrogator. It was 18 months after the 9/11 attacks, and the invasion of Iraq was giving Muslim extremists new motives for havoc.Toddlers to be taught about human rights — Toddlers are to be taught about human rights and respecting different cultures in a scheme condemned as an “absurd” waste of time. — Nurseries across the country are adopting the project, which will see teachers explaining to children as young …
Police suspected him when his stories included details not made public.
Israel's dry run 'attack on Iran' with 100 jet fighters Israel has mounted a major long-range military air exercise – involving more than 100 F15 and F16 fighters – as a rehearsal for a potential strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, American officials have indicated. The fighters, along with refuelling tankers and helicopters able to rescue downed pilots, were mobilised during the first week of June over the eastern Mediterranean and Greece in an exercise monitored by foreign intelligence agencies.
UK tops world table of weapons sales --Controversial deal with Saudi Arabia catapults Britain to top of last year's world arms export league A controversial deal with Saudi Arabia catapulted Britain to the top of the world arms export league last year, as UK firms won a record £10bn in orders from overseas, official figures show. The figure amounts to a third of all worldwide export orders for military equipment, ministers and arms companies reported.
UK tops world table of weapons sales --Controversial deal with Saudi Arabia catapults Britain to top of last year's world arms export league A controversial deal with Saudi Arabia catapulted Britain to the top of the world arms export league last year, as UK firms won a record £10bn in orders from overseas, official figures show. The figure amounts to a third of all worldwide export orders for military equipment, ministers and arms companies reported.
State's voter ID law target of another suit --League challenging law that Supreme Court upheld this spring A requirement for Indiana voters to show their photo IDs at the polls isn't only a hassle, it's unconstitutional, the League of Women Voters of Indiana is arguing. The league, taking its case to court, filed a lawsuit against the Indiana secretary of state in Marion Superior Court on Friday, less than two months after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 6-3 to allow the 2005 law to stand.
Brokers threatened by run on shadow bank system --Regulators eye $10 trillion market that boomed outside traditional banking A network of lenders, brokers and opaque financing vehicles outside traditional banking that ballooned during the bull market now is under siege as regulators threaten a crackdown on the so-called shadow banking system. The shadow banking system grew rapidly during the past decade, accumulating more than $10 trillion in assets by early 2007. That made it roughly the same size as the traditional banking system, according to the Federal Reserve.
US flooding ruins crops and threatens global food prices --Disastrous flooding in the US cornbelt this week will be felt worldwide in higher food prices, farmers have warned. The floods, which began at the end of May, have killed 24 people and caused damage estimated at billions of dollars. They have also dashed hopes of a bumper harvest in the Midwest.
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