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...against our government's using a variety of interrogation techniques, such as loud music and uncomfortable surroundings, especially when that could save U.S. lives. Julie J. Marlay Ottumwa, Iowa, U.S. Suskind asserted that the CIA's torture of "high-value" al-Qaeda operatives was wrong, using the tired old refrain that prisoners of war deserve a certain amount of dignity. But members of al-Qaeda target civilians in the most horrific ways. On 9/11, thousands of people in the World Trade Center, in the Pentagon and on Flight 93 were burned or crushed to death. The lucky ones died instantly...
...rock acts put together by Belle and Sebastian's Mick Cooke. Issued on Rough Trade, the label that evolved from the legendary punk-era London record shop, it's specifically for kids ("and grownups too" acknowledges the small print). "Go Go Ninja Dinosaur!" roots Four Tet's electro-tinged refrain on the opening track. From there, the likes of Snow Patrol, the Flaming Lips, Jonathan Richman, the Kooks, Ivor Cutler and the Divine Comedy tackle subjects from mud and astronauts to Pooh Bear and bunions. All proceeds from the just-released album go to Save the Children's campaign that...
...Starbucks is an international corporation with many assets, and millions and millions of dollars, [and] they should refrain from interfering with the workers right to organize,” the resolution reads...
...endgame remains restoring the six-party talks and persuading North Korea to give up nuclear weapons in exchange for political, economic and security incentives. Moscow and Beijing - as well as South Korea - agree that North Korea must be punished for its flagrant disregard of Security Council demands that it refrain from nuclear testing. But they don't believe sanctions will force North Korea to change course, and fear that the more pressure they bring to bear on Pyongyang, the more likely the regime is to escalate the crisis...
...Whatever sanctions are agreed on, their purpose will not be to punish and isolate North Korea as an end in itself, but instead to modify North Korea's behavior - to persuade it to disarm and refrain from proliferating. As incensed as they are by North Korea's behavior, China and South Korea have long resisted imposing sanctions that would bring down the regime by cutting off food and energy supplies, and that's unlikely to change. They fear that a collapse of the regime would send millions of refugees across their borders, and probably cause a heavily armed and unpredictable...