Topic: National Public Radio Inc.
AFP Global Edition | 2009-09-15 06:00:37
<div><p>For the first time, the United States is granting some 600 prisoners held at a US detention center dubbed Afghanistan's Guantanamo the right to challenge their detention, officials said.</p><p>Some of the men, many of whom have languished for years at the Bagram Air Base north of ...
AFP South Asian Edition | 2009-09-14 20:00:29
<div><p>The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to challenge their detention, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said Monday.</p><p>"It's basically a review procedure that ensures people go in front of a panel periodically to give ...
AFP American Edition | 2009-09-14 18:00:30
<div><p>The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to challenge their detention, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitman said on Monday.</p><p>"It's basically a review procedure that ensures people go in front of a panel periodically to ...
Reuters US Online Report Politics News | 2009-09-09 22:57:32
<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will succeed at winning core reforms to improve consumer protection and financial system stability despite a "tremendous fight" on the issue in Congress, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.</p><p>In an interview with National Public Radio, Geithner said there was ...
