06 Feb
News and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
News
Leading Tunisian opposition politician killed
Shokri Belaid, leader of Democratic Patriots party, killed by gunfire outside his home in Tunis, officials say.
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2013 14:45 GMT
Africa
Deadly tsunami hits Solomon Islands
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Ex-Taliban members ‘to return to battlefield’
Al Jazeera spoke to commanders in north and south Afghanistan, disillusioned with reintegration process.
Probing Obama’s drone wars
Inside Story Americas
06 Feb 2013 09:58 GMT
As the UN launches an investigation into drone strikes, we examine the implications of targeted killings by the US.

CIA using Saudi base for drone assassinations in Yemen, say reports
Disclosure comes as architect of programme, John Brennan, prepares for Senate confirmation hearing to become CIA director
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Washington Post was forced into revealing drone base secret
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John Brennan faces grilling over drone memo
24 hours in pictures
Gallery (14 pictures), 6 Feb 2013:
A selection of the best images from around the world
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CIA rendition: more than a quarter of countries ‘offered covert support’

CIA rendition report author believes UK could face human rights court
British and 24 other European governments accused by OSJI of co-operating in global kidnap, detention and torture operation
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Report reveals massive scale of European assistance
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How countries around the world were allegedly involved in CIA rendition – interactive
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Rendition, Zero Dark Thirty and the brutal reality of Britain’s secret services
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CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou given more than two years in prison
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CIA ‘tortured and sodomised’ terror suspect, human rights court rules
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