* U.S: The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered a lower court to reconsider its decision against four British detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison who claimed that they were tortured.
* Uruguay: The country’s ruling party has backed a former leader of the Tupamaros guerillas to run for the presidency.
* Bolivia: One dead and at least five injured was the result of clashes between police and protestors demonstrating against a ban on imported cars.
* Mexico: Four police officers in Ciudad Juarez were murdered during a thirty-minute spurt of violence.
Image- AFP (“A bird flying above the razorwire-topped fence of the "Camp Five" detention facility at Guantanamo Bay.”)
Sources- Reuters, Monsters & Critics, MSNBC, Voice of America
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Daily Headlines: December 16, 2008
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Re: Uruguay story. Mujica was a leader of the Tupamaros (not Montoneros -- they were next door in Argentina).
Thanks Anon. The post has bee corrected
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