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Reporter's Notebook C.J. Chivers. Senior writer, The New York Times. Contributor, Esquire. Former Marine. Author of THE GUN, a social history of the AK-47 that examines the origins and proliferation of automatic arms, and their influence on war. What happens here? Field reporting on conflict, tactics, insurgency and counterinsurgency, the arms trade and human rights. Behind scenes glimpses of work. Front-line forensics, battlefield paleontology, appreciative nods, mini-profiles, explanatory riffs. Pix. Tweets. Updates. Links. Warning: Some photographs are technical. A few are graphic. There are reasons. Every time. Find C.J. Chivers On Continue reading →
Al-Ebdaa via Flashpoint PartnersKhalid Sheikh Mohammed is seen in one of the photos apparently taken at the Guantanamo detention center and published this week by an Islamist website.By Jim MiklaszewskiNBC NewsU.S. military officials are investigating whether new images of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, alleged mastermind of al-Qaida’s 9-11 terror attacks, posted on a jihadist website were smuggled out of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.The photos, which show a relaxed and often smiling Mohammed, were published Wednesday by "Al-Ebdaa," an jihadist media group, and documented by Flashpoint Partners, a global security company run by NBC News terrorism analyst Evan Kohlmann. Kohlmann said the images appear to have been taken at GTMO, the U.S. Navy base and detention facility in Cuba, where Mohammed is currently facing a military ... Continue reading →
8:27pm, Thu 24 May 2012Ukrainian politicians fight it out as debate gets nasty - last updated Thu 24 May 2012 A heated debate in the Ukrainian Parliament boiled over into violence today. One deputy ends up being sent head-over-heels in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev Credit: ReutersSome politicians ended up covered in blood. One even fell head-over-heels. They were debating a bill that would allow the use of the Russian language in courts and hospitals in Russian-speaking regions of the country. Speaker of the Ukrainian parliament Volodymyr Lytvyn looks on as deputies scuffle Credit: ReutersBut it all got a bit much for some of those taking part in the debate, and they resorted instead to physical violence. Opposition deputies brought proceedings to a halt inside ... Continue reading →
Voting Tips Every week, millions of votes are cast for American Idol contestants. As the season progresses and the demand for voting increases week after week, it can get more difficult to get through right away on the toll-free phone lines. The tips below will help American Idol viewers have the best opportunity to vote for their favorite contestants. Follow these tips for successful voting: Call Toll-free during non-peak periods. Toll-free voting lines are open for two hours following each American Idol broadcast. The highest call volumes for toll-free telephone voting generally occur within the first 30-45 minutes after the show ends and this is the time when viewers are most likely to get a busy signal. Waiting for non-peak times, such as the second ... Continue reading →
6:40pm, Thu 24 May 2012 - last updated Thu 24 May 2012 So Americans - and those of us who watch US telly - can now exhale and return to work. We finally know the answer: Phillip Phillips. Phillip Phillips won the 11th season of American Idol in Los Angeles Credit: Jason Redmond/ReutersLast night he won American Idol, beating the other finalist, Jessica Sanchez. Phillips is a 21-old-year old from Georgia. The talent show generated not just the usual hype but the most amazing and scary statistic of 2012: 132 million people voted in American Idol 122 million voted in the last US Presidential election For Barack Obama and Mitt Romney that must be fairly disturbing. Phillips performs after being named the winner Credit: ReutersBut ... Continue reading →
The police watchdog has revealed how more than 8,500 complaints about corruption have been recorded by forces in England and Wales in three years – but only 13 police officers have been prosecuted and found guilty.Calling for additional powers and resources to tackle police corruption linked to the private sector, the Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) warned that although corruption in the police is not deemed to be "widespread", it has a "corrosive" impact on public trust.Detailing hundreds of cases of alleged corruption investigated or supervised by the watchdog, including some of "serious corruption, sometimes at a senior level", the IPCC called on ministers to consider give the watchdog more teeth.It said the Home Office should consider whether the watchdog "can be resourced to carry ... Continue reading →
When the British historian Orlando Figes admitted writing flattering reviews of his own work – and scathing attacks on rivals – on Amazon two years ago, his peers were aghast. Particularly those whose work had been damned as "awful" and "dense and pretentious". Damaging though the affair was, it did little to dent the scholar's reputation as a brilliant narrator of Soviet history, a man whose writing brought vividly to life the wretched decades in which an entire people was atomised by a paranoid leader.Now Figes has become embroiled in new controversy over his academic practices after Russian publishers said the reason they scrapped a translation of his history of the Stalin era, The Whisperers, was because the book contained inaccuracies and factual errors.Figes had ... Continue reading →
