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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Saturday, February 09, 2008

Quickhits

(Reuters) The UN human rights chief says that the now admitted US waterboarding is clearly torture and should be prosecuted under the U.N. Convention against Torture. (She's even talking "universal jurisdiction" citing Pinochet.)

(Reuters) The Lebanese vote was delayed for the 14th time. (There's been no head of state since November.)

And, (Haaretz) The Palestinian PM says there will be no peace accord with Israel in 2008. (Notice that all of his complaints regard the West Bank, no mention of Gaza. The "recognized" Fatah over Hamas, right?)

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