By Randall Mikkelsen 
 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder ruled out the use of “waterboarding” as an interrogation technique for terrorism suspects on Monday, calling it a form of torture that the Obama administration could never condone.
Holder’s declaration underscored President Barack Obama’s break with the former Bush administration’s anti-terrorist policies, which were condemned around [...]

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MONTREAL (CBC) - A journalist who helped expose the federal sponsorship scandal says he’d rather face jail time than reveal his source in court.
 
Globe and Mail reporter Daniel Leblanc has been ordered to face questions in Quebec’s Superior Court about the identity of his source, known only by a code name: “Ma chouette.”
He’s due to [...]

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By Nelson Banya
HARARE (Reuters) - Leading Zimbabwean human rights campaigner Jestina Mukoko and several other activists have been released on bail, her lawyer said on Monday, in what appeared to be a major concession by President Robert Mugabe.
The release of all detained activists had been demanded by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, who joined a power-sharing [...]

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By Jill Serjeant
 
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fans of singers Chris Brown and Rihanna expressed dismay on Saturday at reports the couple had reunited just three weeks after Brown was alleged to have assaulted her.
Celebrity magazines People and Us Weekly said that the R&B stars were spending time together at the Miami home of hip hop [...]

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ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. Coast Guard rescued one of four boaters on Monday missing in the Gulf of Mexico since Saturday and continued the search for two National Football League players and another man.
 
The rescued man was identified as Nick Schuyler, 24, of Tampa, Florida. Still missing were Corey Smith, a defensive [...]

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By Odhiambo T Oketch,
CEO KCDN Nairobi,
Tel; 0735 529 126, 0724 365 557,
Email; komarockswatch@yahoo.com
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Komarock Nairobi. 
Constitutional [Amendment] Bill 2009                                
Am raising the level of debate so that there can be intervention from serious minds.
When Parliament voted recently to shoot down the Constitutional [Amendment] Bill 2009, many Kenyans thought that at last, Members of Parliament were becoming assertive and [...]

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On the Edge of a Fiasco in Central Africa
By Scott A Morgan
The Military Action in Central Africa that has garnered copious amounts of International Criticism about the Tactics used by the Three Governments undertaking it appears to be on the edge of failure for not being able to contain the Militia in Question.
The Casualty Figures [...]

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