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US interrogation dilemma

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gitmo-detainees100The CIA abuse scandal raises questions about how US authorities should go about conducting interrogations of terrorism suspects. The World’s Matthew Bell reports.

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Entire program – August 24, 2009

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Today on The World: The Obama administration plans to develop a new elite team for interrogating terrorism suspects; also, Haitian ex-pats get advice from another diaspora: the American Jewish community; and, the songs of Israeli President Shimon Peres.

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Plans for new interrogation team

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The Obama administration is creating a new system for conducting interrogation of terrorism suspects. It’s supposed to be a way to look forward, and avoid mistakes of the past, as The World’s Matthew Bell reports.

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Investigating prisoner abuse in the past

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Anchor Jeb Sharp speaks with Columbia law school professor Scott Horton about the Attorney General’s reported plans to recommend re-opening nearly a dozen prisoner-abuse cases.

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Entire program – June 24, 2009

Today on The World: Another prison abuse scandal – former inmates of the U.S military prison at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan say they were abused; Iran’s democracy protests have repercussions in Egypt; and Paris homeowners are urged to open their doors to tourists, for the added income. Listen

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New allegations of abuse at Bagram

The BBC’s Ian Pannell reports on new allegations of prisoner abuse at the US run Bagram military base outside Kabul, Afghanistan. Listen Read more about the Taliban insurgency

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Pentagon responds to abuse allegations

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Pentagon spokesman, Lt. Col. Patrick Ryder, about the charges of abuse levelled by detainees at the Bagram base in Afghanistan. Listen

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