America
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BP sued by Halliburton over Gulf oil disaster
US energy services giant Halliburton is suing BP for defamation and negligent misrepresentation over the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Halliburton […]
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MI5 former chief decries ‘war on terror’
Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller uses BBC lecture to criticise ‘unhelpful’ term, attack Iraq invasion and suggest al-Qaida talks Richard Norton-Taylor Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former head […]
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CIA shifts focus to killing targets
By Greg Miller and Julie Tate Behind a nondescript door at CIA headquarters, the agency has assembled a new counterterrorism unit whose job is to find al-Qaeda […]
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Rebel commander in Tripoli was tortured by CIA
Abdulhakim Belhaj, a key rebel military commander whose group has been trying to overthrow Gaddafi since the 1990s, reported in an interview that he was […]
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WikiLeaks cables expose Washington’s close ties to Gaddafi
by Bill Van Auken US embassy cables released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday and Thursday expose the close collaboration between the US government, top American politicians […]