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The 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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Download MP3In the wake of the release of the Lockerbie bomber, some victims of violent attacks by the Irish Republican Army are demanding compensation from Libya. They say Libya supplied munitions to the IRA during the height of that group’s violence. And they want the British government to support their demands. The World’s Laura Lynch reports.
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The Scottish justice secretary has defended his decision to free the Lockerbie bomber. Terminally-ill Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi (pictured) was freed after receiving a life sentence imposed in 2001 for the UK’s worst terrorist atrocity, which claimed 270 lives in 1988. The 57-year-old, who has prostate cancer, returned home to Libya on Thursday to jubilant scenes. Laura Lynch reports. >>>Click for BBC coverage
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Download MP3Today 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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Download MP3The 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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Download MP3Anchor 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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Download MP3Scotland’s parliament is holding an emergency session to debate the fallout following Scotland’s decision to release the Lockerbie bomber last week. The World’s Laura Lynch has the story.
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On the second day of her Africa tour Secretary Clinton met with Somalia’s President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed in Kenya as Somalia itself is too dangerous for foreign diplomats. After the talks Clinton said, the U.S. would expand support for Somalia’s UN-backed unity government. Robert Patterson is the U.S. Counselor for Somali Affairs. He tells anchor Marco Werman what Washington is doing to help the leader of one of the world’s most lawless nations. >>>The World’s Katy Clark on U.S. support for Somalia’s fragile government
At least nine people were killed and many more were injured today when blasts went off in two luxury hotels in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. Anchor Laura Lynch gets the latest from the BBC’s Karishma Vaswani in Jakarta. Listen
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It’s early hours yet in the investigation into today’s bombings in Jakarta. But Indonesian authorities are already talking about likely suspects. The World’s Matthew Bell reports. Listen
Elliot Hannon reports from New Delhi on the increasing demand for female security guards in India.Listen
This weekend, the New York Times broke the story that the Bush administration had a secret counter-terrorism program started after the 9/11 attacks and that Vice President Cheney directed the CIA to keep it from Congress. The World’s Jason Margolis reports on the legal ramifications. Listen
Security and counterterrorism officials are concerned that a group affiliated with Al Qaeda is gaining strength in North Africa. The group is called “Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb” or ACRIM. New York Times reporter Eric Schmitt speaks with Anchor Jeb Sharp.
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The BBC’s Orla Guerin reports that a police crackdown in Pakistan’s Punjab province is getting results. Several Taliban cells have been broken up and two potential bombers arrested. Listen
Lebanese voters will be electing a new parliament this weekend. It’s a close race between the US-backed coalition and a coalition that includes the Iranian backed militant Shiite group Hezbollah. We get a preview of what’s at stake from reporter Ben Gilbert in Beirut. Listen
