15 December 2011 Last updated at 18:16 GMT Hundreds of people were infected with syphilis bacteria during the experiments A US bioethics panel says victims harmed by future research should be compensated, after revelations of abuse in a US-funded programme in Guatemala. It said agencies involved in research should be more transparent, though they were [...]
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December 16, 2011
Guatemala STD report urges care
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December 16, 2011
CLG Needs Your Help 15 Dec 2011
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December 15, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis CLG Needs Your Help 15 Dec 2011 CLG needs your help so that we can continue our news service. In the spirit of Mitt Romney, I will bet ten thousand dollars that Barack Obama will sign a bill that allows indefinite detention without trial of US citizens, DemocRATs will [...]
December 15, 2011
Americans face Guantánamo detention after Obama climbdown
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Barack Obama has abandoned a commitment to veto a new security law that allows the military to indefinitely detain without trial American terrorism suspects arrested on US soil who could then be shipped to Guantánamo Bay. Human rights groups accused the president of deserting his principles and disregarding the long-established principle that the military is [...]
December 15, 2011
US to lower flag to end Iraq war
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15 December 2011 Last updated at 09:08 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. President Barack Obama: “You have shown why the US military is the finest fighting force in the history of the world” The US flag is to be lowered in Baghdad, formally marking the end of US military operations [...]
December 15, 2011
Pentagon spending bill includes sweeping detention measures
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December 14, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Pentagon spending bill includes sweeping detention measures 13 Dec 2011 Even American citizens arrested in the United States could face perpetual detention in military prisons without charge or trial under draconian new presidential powers unless Barack Obama vetoes a massive Pentagon spending bill. The sweeping new “antiterrorist” measures could [...]
December 15, 2011
Obama a fan of Showtime’s ‘Homeland’
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December 14, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Obama and I *finally* agree on something: Obama a fan of Showtime’s ‘Homeland’ 14 Dec 2011 President Barack Obama says he’s a fan of two popular cable TV shows: HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and Showtime’s “Homeland.” The president said, “I’m a little darker,” telling the magazine that he enjoys “Boardwalk [...]
December 14, 2011
Iraq PM calls for US investment
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14 December 2011 Last updated at 05:22 GMT Mr Maliki said there were “limitless” opportunities for US firms in Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, has called on US business leaders to invest in his country to help it recover from years of war. The call comes as the last US troops prepare to pull [...]
December 14, 2011
Tax cut and oil clause pass House
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14 December 2011 Last updated at 04:19 GMT Republicans say raising taxes will hinder efforts to create jobs in the US economy The US House of Representatives has passed a bill to extend payroll tax cuts by tying the measure to a much-disputed oil pipeline project. The Republican-backed bill was voted in by 234-193, but [...]
December 14, 2011
US vow to protect voters’ rights
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14 December 2011 Last updated at 03:20 GMT Minorities turned out strongly to vote for Barack Obama in 2008 The US attorney general has vowed to enforce civil rights protections for voters in next year’s US elections. Eric Holder’s speech in Texas took aim at new voting laws passed in a number of US states [...]
December 14, 2011
US military drone monitoring piracy crashes in Seychelles
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An American military drone which had been used to monitor piracy off the East African coast has crashed at an airport on the island nation of Seychelles during a routine patrol, officials said Tuesday. The US embassy in Mauritius said the unmanned US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper was not armed and that the crash caused [...]
December 14, 2011
Iran Says It Will Not Return US Drone
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Iran has rejected a U.S. request to return a drone that Tehran says it brought down near the Afghan border earlier this month. Iranian Defense Minister, Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi, said Tuesday that the aircraft is Iran’s property. Also, state-run media quote Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast as saying the surveillance aircraft is a security [...]
December 13, 2011
Barack Obama demands Iran return downed US drone
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December 13, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Barack Obama demands Iran return downed US drone [LOL! Hey, Obusha! Finders - keepers!] President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged a US drone was in Iranian hands for the first time and said the United States has asked Tehran to return the sophisticated spy aircraft. “We’ve asked for it [...]
December 13, 2011
Iran rejects US calls for return of spy drone
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Iran has rejected US calls for the return of a spy drone captured by its military and instead demanded an apology from Washington. Tehran last week identified the drone as an RQ-170 Sentinel and said it was captured over the east of the country. The almost-intact aircraft was displayed on state TV and heralded as [...]
December 13, 2011
VIDEO: Obama pays tribute to Iraq’s PM
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President Barack Obama has paid tribute to the ”impressive progress” made by Iraq and to the leadership of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, ahead of the complete withdrawal of US troops from Iraq by the end of the year. At a news conference, Mr Obama said the end of the war would mark a ”new chapter” [...]