The McGlynn 08 Feb
News and Analyses, A Foreign Perspective
News
News Bulletin – 09:35 GMT update
Published: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 10:41:04 UTC
The main headlines on Al Jazeera English, featuring the latest news and reports from around the world.
The first explosion went off on the town’s outskirts, while the second was detonated in a market [Reuters]
Deadly bomb attacks rock Iraq markets
At least 29 people killed and dozens wounded in car bombings in Shia-dominated areas.
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2013 14:11 GMT
Middle East
US drone attacks in Pakistan’s tribal areas are believed to have killed thousands of people [GALLO/GETTY]
Pakistan urges US to end drone strikes
US and Pakistan ‘discuss end of aerial CIA attacks on Pakistani territory,’ senior foreign ministry official says.
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2013 15:17 GMT
Central & South Asia
According to WHO, Nigeria accounted for 121 of the world’s 222 polio cases in 2012 [FILE: GALLO/GETTY]
Health workers shot dead in northern Nigeria Unidentified gunmen kill nine polio immunisation workers in the city of Kano, police say.
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2013 14:53 GMT
Africa |
Survey of 7,000 Afghans suggested that half the population had to pay at least one bribe in 2012 [GALLO/GETTY]
UN says bribe payments soar in Afghanistan
Survey found that $3.9bn, twice the nation’s domestic revenue, was paid in bribes in 2012.
Last Modified: 08 Feb 2013 05:36 GMT
Central & South Asia
Brennan was pressed on what he knew of the CIA’s abduction and torture of suspected terrorists after 9/11. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters
Brennan rejects CIA torture claims
CIA director nominee suggests he was misled over value of waterboarding and forcefully defends drones policy
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Code Pink shown the red card at Senate hearing
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Rights groups call for action after memo release
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Does ‘single-digit’ civilian death claim stack up?
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Republican Richard Burr makes waterboarding joke
Opinion
The law of war does not shield the CIA or the drone kill list
Morris Davis: The US prosecuted Omar Khadr in Guantánamo for not being a lawful combatant. The same applies to the civilian CIA
US media yet again conceals newsworthy government secrets
Glenn Greenwald
The Washington Post this week admitted it was part of an “informal arrangement” to conceal from its readers a US drone base in Saudi Arabia. Photograph: Alamy
The collective self-censorship over a US drone base in Saudi Arabia is but the latest act of government-subservient ‘journalism’
