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FIFA World Cup 2010 to South Africa

"...ready to welcome the world."


A clear winner. Halala South Africa.

Few South Africans would have got a good night's sleep last night: those who weren't partying into the small hours would have been kept awake by the cars roaring up and down blaring their hooters and waving South African flags from windows. The whole country had been partying since a few minutes after noon local time. That was when Fifa announced South Africa had won the bid to host the 2010 World Cup. ... For former President Nelson Mandela the result was a triumph for his personal crusade to bring the tournament to South Africa. Many are calling it the ageing icon's great swansong. 'I feel like a young man of 50,' grinned the 85-year-old who recently announced he would be bowing out of the public spotlight. more...

Who Was Asad Abdul Kareem Abdul Jaleel?

Asad Abdul Kareem Abdul Jaleel died in US detention on January 9th of this year. However, there are grave doubts about the version that claims his death to have been from natural causes. An Iraqi forensic pathologist who took the body over from the US armed forces confirmed to Spiegel TV in Baghdad that he diagnosed definite torture marks on the body of the deceased. In addition, photos of the deceased confirm that contrary to the US documentation, an autopsy had been performed on the man. The scars on the torso indicate that Western doctors did the autopsy.

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If the suspicious facts against the US troops turn out to be true, the US torture scandal would take a dramatic turn. If the charges hitherto were about violent abuses of prisoners and humiliating methods of interrogation, the investigation would now have to include failure to give assistance, manslaughter, or even murder. The participating soldiers and their commanding officers could be harshly punished, and the US army in Iraq would be exposed to even more hate and desire for revenge than they already are. Although there are already a number of investigations being carried out about unclarified deaths in Iraq, and also in Afghanistan, the army insists that in none of the cases can the guilt of the soldiers be proven. more...

Source Der Spiegel TV / Informationclearinghouse