MI5 links bomb attacks to Iraq warBy Christian HendersonThe British intelligence agency MI5 has said there is a link between the Iraq war and the recent bombing campaign in London...
al-Jazeera
Il Romanaccio at 7:01 AM
Millions 'still at risk in Darfur'MARGARET NEIGHBOUR
THE lives of millions of people displaced by the conflict in Darfur are "hanging in the balance", aid workers warned yesterday, with the situation in the war-torn region of western Sudan little improved from a year ago...
Scotsman
Il Romanaccio at 6:58 AM
Bomb attack on consulate convoy in Iraq kills 2 BritonsBy Abdel-Razzak HameedBASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A roadside bomb blew up a British consulate convoy in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Saturday, killing two Britons working for a private security firm, a consular spokeswoman and the company said...
SwissInfo
Il Romanaccio at 6:54 AM
British army launches base cutbacks in response to IRA peace moveShawn Pogatchnik, Canadian Press-BELFAST, Northern Ireland (CP) - The British army began closing or demolishing three military installations in the Irish Republican Army's rural heartland in a rapid response to the IRA's declaration to renounce violence and disarm...
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Il Romanaccio at 5:46 AM
Iraq Reconstruction Funds Being DivertedASSOCIATED PRESSWASHINGTON (AP) - Violence continues to slow reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan and is forcing the U.S. to spend on security needs some money that had originally been allocated for building projects...
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Las Vegas Sun
Il Romanaccio at 5:40 AM
UN official: Darfur authorities bully rape victimsBy Evelyn Leopold, UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -
Gang rapes in Sudan's Darfur region, especially by soldiers and police, often go unpunished with authorities more willing to arrest the victims than the perpetrators, a U.N. official said on Thursday...
Swissinfo
Il Romanaccio at 3:16 AM
IRA orders end to armed campaign
·All units to dump arms
.Volunteers told to cease activity
·Blair hails historic statement
Matthew Tempest and agenciesThursday July 28, 2005 -
The IRA today announced its 36-year armed campaign was over, and that it would resume disarmament.
Tony Blair welcomed the statement describing it as of "unparalleled magnitude" and said it could "create the circumstances" to revive the power-sharing assembly in Belfast...
The Guardian
Il Romanaccio at 7:54 AM
Abu Ghraib learned from GuantanamoPrison in Iraq imported interrogation methods, former warden testifiesBy Andrea F. SiegelSun StaffJuly 28, 2005
A former warden of Abu Ghraib prison told a hushed courtroom yesterday that interrogation techniques used at Guantanamo Bay were imported to the prison in Iraq. His testimony was a defense effort to tie higher-ups to allegations of prisoner abuse by two dog handlers who could face courts-martial...
Newsday.com
Il Romanaccio at 7:25 AM
US failed on post-war Iraq: reportJuly 28, 2005
AN independent assessment of the tumult in Iraq led by two top former US presidential advisers found the Bush administration had been unprepared for post-war Iraq...
The Australian
Il Romanaccio at 7:11 AM