Power Shifts - Thu, 17 Jul 2008 06:00:21 +0200
My post yesterday ruminated briefly on the United States's declining global image, and so I was interested to read Thomas L. Friedman's column in the New York Times that reflected upon the potential consequences of a less-influential US.
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Guantanamo Interrogations on Video - Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:59:02 +0200
The just-released footage of an interrogation at the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is quite compelling. It remains to be seen whether the video will have the same impact as the photos from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, but its content certainly does nothing to heal the United States' wounded reputation around human rights.
Captured on cameras hidden in a vent, the footage shows Canadian Omar Khadr, then 16, weeping and in serious distress. The interrogation methods used on him included prolonged, multi-week sleep deprivation.
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Nelson Mandela Sixth Annual Lecture - Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:34:00 +0200
The Nelson Mandela Sixth Annual Address was delivered by Liberian President, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf. "Behold a New Africa" urged citizens and governments to embrace the idea of the African Renaissance and follow the example set by Nelson Mandela.
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