Friday, February 26, 2010

SPB News for Friday



AP: House Ethics Panel Finds Rangel Broke House Rules


Citi shuts gay business' accountBank found company's social networking site for gays 'objectionable.'


Hillary Clinton slams Greenspan

Bernanke: Fed Looking At Goldman Sachs Role In Greece


Iraq to Rehire 20,000 Army Officers Who Served Under Saddam Hussein The Iraqi government said Thursday that it would reinstate 20,000 army officers who served under Saddam Hussein, a surprising move given that Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has focused his campaign in the coming parliamentary elections around denouncing the former Baath government. Mohammed al-Askari, a spokesman for the Ministry of Defense, said the prime minister approved the reinstatement of the officers, which he said would begin immediately.

Habib cleared to sue federal government Former Guantanamo Bay detainee prisoner Mamdouh Habib has been given the green light to sue the Australian government in a landmark Federal Court ruling. Mr Habib claims Australian authorities were complicit and sometimes present during torture he allegedly endured while detained in Pakistan, Egypt, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, the US army base in Cuba.

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