In the News: Apr-07

Red Cross: Gitmo medical personnel violated ethics - 7 Apr 2009 at 1:57pm - WASHINGTON -- Medical professionals who monitored CIA interrogations at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility violated medical ethics, the International Committee of the Red Cross says in a report.

Vermont legalizes gay marriage with veto override - 7 Apr 2009 at 11:26am - Vermont has become the fourth state to legalize gay marriage and the first to do so with a legislature's vote.

Judge: U.S. hid witness' mental illness in Guantanamo cases - 7 Apr 2009 at 6:49am - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department improperly withheld important psychiatric records of a government witness who was used in a "significant" number of Guantanamo cases, a federal judge has concluded.

As Iraq rape trial begins, attorneys attack law - 7 Apr 2009 at 3:54am - PADUCAH, Ky. -- Former soldier Steven Dale Green is accused of raping a 14-year-old girl and killing her and her family while serving in Iraq, but he won't face an Iraqi or military jury.

Thought for the day:
I must say that acting was good training for the political life that lay ahead of us. -Anthony Burgess (1917 - 1993)