Topic: George W. Bush

AFP American Edition | 2010-03-10 19:10:17

President Barack Obama appears near a compromise to allow military tribunals to move forward for the alleged September 11 plotters in exchange for a deal to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center. Influential Republican Senator Lindsey Lindsey Graham has offered a deal that would allow Obama to fulfill his pledge to close the criticized Guantanamo Bay detention center at a ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-10 18:10:21

The UN's independent expert on torture on Wednesday criticised the Obama administration for not investigating allegations of torture made when president George W. Bush was in power. "This is my criticism of the Obama administration: There is not enough done to remedy what has been done in the past," Manfred Nowak, UN special rapporteur on torture, told journalists. "I ...

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AFP European Edition | 2010-03-10 08:10:47

Northern Ireland's MPs have approved a landmark deal transferring key powers from London to Belfast, in what Prime Minister Gordon Brown hailed as the "final end" to decades of conflict. The vote in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Tuesday was passed by 88 votes to 17 after a stormy debate and, in the hours leading up to it, a ...

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AFP Global Edition | 2010-03-09 15:11:11

Northern Ireland faced a crunch vote on policing and justice Tuesday, prompting a rare intervention from former US president George W. Bush as leaders scrambled to keep devolution on track. Bush called the leader of Britain's main opposition Conservatives, David Cameron, in the hope of persuading him to talk his allies the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) out of opposing ...

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Liz Cheney targets 'al-Qaida 7' of law

Guardian, UK | 2010-03-11 14:18:01

Stem cell regs to become law?

The Scientist | 2010-03-11 13:27:54

White House Long at Odds With FISA Court

Scoop, New Zealand | 2010-03-11 12:20:53

Today

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 2010-03-11 11:26:11

Items! Slim Takes the Gold, Bush is Back

New York Observer | 2010-03-10 19:33:01

Karl Rove says George Bush missed chance...

Irish Central | 2010-03-10 15:46:24

Tiger Back in 2 Weeks?

TIME: Real Clear Politics | 2010-03-11 14:38:35

Rove Says Bush's Life is Good

Political Wire | 2010-03-11 13:48:26

Bush asks Tories to save NI deal

BBC Video Headlines | 2010-03-09 02:22:40

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