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Check This: UK Apologizes for Facilitating US Renditions
The government of the United Kingdom apologized this week for facilitating two renditions carried out by the United States. A rendition is the covert transportation of a terror suspect to a third-party country or US detention center. The UK's Foreign Secretary apologized to parliament after records revealed that US planes, carrying terror suspects, twice landed in the UK dependent territory of Diego Garcia to refuel, apparently without UK permission.
US Allegedly Using Navy Ships As Secret Prisons
The US allegedly has used 17 ships as floating prisons to detain suspects in the war on terror, according to US military statements, the Council of Europe, European Parliaments, and prisoners themselves.
Human Rights group Reprieve is set to publish its findings, which also include 200 cases of rendition, a polite term for kidnapping and secret detention, since 2006, the year President Bush maintained the practice had ended.
One prisoner, released from Guantanamo, told the group: One of my fellow prisoners in Guantanamo was at sea on an American ship with about 50 others before coming to Guantanamo.
Critic Says Hollywood Abuses Arab Bogeyman
One critic is getting very critical of Hollywood's portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in film and television. Jack Shaheen, an American of Lebanese decent, told Reuters that in America, where it is politically incorrect to make derogatory comments about other groups like African Americans or Jews, there is no social taboo against reinforcing damaging Arab or Muslim stereotypes.
In his latest book, Guilty, Shaheen says that the an anti-Arab tendency was present before September 11th.
Day Two: Obama Tackles Gitmo, Military Trials, & Interrogation
An executive order signed by Barack Obama today orders the closing of Guantanamo Bay within a year. The order, along with two others calling for the reviewing of military trials of terror suspects and the banning of harsh interrogation methods, mark a sharp break from Bush administration policies unpopular around the world and among many Americans.
After the signing, the president said: The message we are sending around the world is that the US intends to prosecute the ongoing struggle against violence and terrorism and we are going to do so vigilantly, we are going to do so effectively, and we are going to do so in a manner that is consistent with our values and our ideals .
Jingle Bells Musical Montage!
These teens are giving it their all. Their "Jingle Bells" rendition is completely made up of a montage of their single notes. This is strangely entertaining!
Umm, Wha?
Remember the single man who did a fierce dance rendition of Beyonce's "Single Ladies" song? Well, this guy wants to throw his one-piece into the ring. I give him an "A" for effort and nerve.
Kat DeLuna's National Anthem Performance: Yea or Nay?
Singing the national anthem before a stadium of sports fans has gotta be nerve-racking. Your voice could crack, you could forget the words, or, in the case of Kat DeLuna, your rendition could be so over-the-top Mariahesque that by the time you're finished, the crowd boos. What did you think?
Zombies Sing "Dust in the Wind"
Zombies doing pretty much anything makes my day. (Except, of course, coming to get me!) But when they step up their game, step away from all the brains and entrails, and sing a rendition of Kansas's "Dust in the Wind"? I weep a little inside.
Dubious Talent of the Day
OK, I say that, but this is pretty rad! This person is playing a symphoneic rendition of the third movement of a Mozart Sonata in A major on multiple phones. I guess this is what happens when you have absolutely nothing else to do.
Larry King in the Key of Fruity Pebbles
So San Francisco hipsters are doing something besides walkin' around too cool for school in their hoodies and ultra-tight jeans: They're creating art out of Fruity Pebbles. You heard me right! I know you thought that was just a screen shot up there of ol' Larry King, but it's hottie artist Ryan Alexiev's rendition of the television icon in the unique medium of breakfast cereal.
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