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...Taguba found that MPs were "actively requested" by MI officers and private contractors to "set physical and mental conditions for favorable interrogation of witnesses." Taguba took testimony supporting this from several of those who were eventually charged, including Specialist Sabrina Harman, 26, and Sergeant Javal Davis, 26. In a sworn statement, Harman told investigators, "It is Graner and Frederick's job to do things for MI and OGA [other government agencies] to get these people to talk." Her own job, she said, was to stress detainees by keeping them awake...
Elected in one of the most fraught moments of Spain's modern history, the government of Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero takes office this week in an atmosphere of preternatural calm. On Saturday the Prime Minister, 43, was sworn in at Zarzuela Palace in the presence of King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia, with a Bible, a gold crucifix and a copy of the Spanish constitution before him. The changeover is more than merely ceremonial. Yes, the early days of Zapatero's government - like the final days of his predecessor's - will be overshadowed...
...jacket introduces himself as “Don Carbonara” and explains the game to us and the other six guests seated around our table. The room is segregated: along with the other five tables on our side of the room, we are members of the Carbonara family, sworn enemies of the Marinara family on the other side. A murder, we are warned, will soon take place, and it is up to us to solve it by paying attention to the clues hidden throughout the night’s show...
...February ? Roh is sworn in as the country's ninth President, succeeding the founder of his Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), Kim Dae Jung...
David Chase, creator of HBO's The Sopranos, has sworn up and down that Season 6, the season after this one, will be the show's last. Chase says he doesn't want the show to repeat itself. And the gracious thing would be to start the countdown, admire his artistic integrity and thank him for the memories...