Tag archive for ‘Conflict’
GAO upholds Boeing’s objection to Air Force Tanker award to Northrup
About an hour ago, the Government Accounting Office upheld an objection by Boeing to the Air Force award of their air tanker refueling program to Northrup-Grumman. This ruling is yet the latest round in a battle that has raged in Washington for quite some time now over who will get to built America’s next air [...]
Supreme Court Grants Habeas Corpus to Detainees at GTMO
By a 5 to 4 vote that brought strongly worded and remorseful dissents from the Court’s conservative justices, the majority held that an alternative procedure designed by the Administration and Congress was inadequate to insure that the detainees “receive their day in court”. While all Supreme Court cases are necessarily historic - as they become [...]
Iraqis allege sex abuse at the British Embassy
Baghdad, Iraq (The Times London): An Iraqi cleaner and two cooks claim that a culture of sexual harassment, abuse and bullying exists at the British Embassy in Baghdad.
The middle-aged cleaner told The Times that a British contractor with KBR, the company hired to maintain the embassy’s premises, offered to double her daily pay if she [...]
Israel turns 60…
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israel launched celebrations for its 60th anniversary on Wednesday after remembering its fallen in successive Middle East wars, with the premier’s fate under a cloud and the nation still far from making peace with its neighbours.
The celebrations which began at sundown kicked off with a sound and light show on the Jewish [...]
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