TRADE: France Conned EU’s Controversial Subsidies Scheme
The European Commission is demanding that the French government pays back 500 million euros spent on aid to French farmers. The scheme is in breach of European competition law as it financed competition with France’s neighbours by providing vegetable and fruit producers with hefty subsidies for more than a decade.
24 August 2009
Russia rebels claim dam surge part of economic war
Russia rebels claim dam surge part of economic war
Chechen rebels claimed responsibility on Friday for a Siberian dam disaster as part of an economic war against Russia, but the Kremlin dismissed the claim and financial markets ignored it.
Chechen rebels claimed responsibility on Friday for a Siberian dam disaster as part of an economic war against Russia, but the Kremlin dismissed the claim and financial markets ignored it.
CIA report has new details of prisoner abuse
CIA report has new details of prisoner abuse
CIA interrogators carried out mock executions and threatened an al Qaeda commander with a gun and an electric drill, according to an internal report that provides new details of abuses inside's the agency's secret prisons, two leading U.S. newspapers reported on Saturday.
CIA interrogators carried out mock executions and threatened an al Qaeda commander with a gun and an electric drill, according to an internal report that provides new details of abuses inside's the agency's secret prisons, two leading U.S. newspapers reported on Saturday.
CIA 'threatened' terror suspects
CIA 'threatened' terror suspects
A CIA inquiry reveals the use of handguns and electric drills to frighten suspects into providing information, US media report.
Handguns, electric drills and mock executions were used by CIA agents to elicit information from terror suspects, US media have reported.
The reports contain details of a 2004 review by the CIA's inspector general that has been kept secret but is now due to be released next week.
A CIA inquiry reveals the use of handguns and electric drills to frighten suspects into providing information, US media report.
Handguns, electric drills and mock executions were used by CIA agents to elicit information from terror suspects, US media have reported.
The reports contain details of a 2004 review by the CIA's inspector general that has been kept secret but is now due to be released next week.
CIA Hired Private Military Firm Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program
CIA Hired Private Military Firm Blackwater for Secret Assassination Program
The New York Times is reporting the CIA hired contractors from Blackwater in 2004 as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of al-Qaeda. The CIA spent several million dollars on the program, which the Times claims did not successfully capture or kill any terrorist suspects. We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.
The New York Times is reporting the CIA hired contractors from Blackwater in 2004 as part of a secret program to locate and assassinate top operatives of al-Qaeda. The CIA spent several million dollars on the program, which the Times claims did not successfully capture or kill any terrorist suspects. We speak to independent journalist Jeremy Scahill, author of the bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.
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