PRESIDENT Obama suffered injuries while playing a “friendly” game of basketball at the White House on November 26. An elbow to the face resulted in 12 stitches (缝线) to the president’s lower lip (嘴唇 ……

US make-over abroadUS President-elect Barack Obama says he will try to fix America's image among...就职) ceremony.The US' image abroad has taken a deep hit during President George W. Bush's two terms ……

Palestinian boy flashing the victory sign during a demonstration in Gaza City in support of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat who celebrated his 74th birthday on August 4. The same day, Israel ……

苦战US President Barack Obama issued a plan to close the Guantánamo Bay detention center on Feb 23, hoping to fulfill his 2008 campaign *pledge. But the plan faces an uphill battle in the Republican ……

Iraqis held at what was once a notorious centre of torture and executions under former President... and serious assault.US President George W. Bush said he "shared a deep disgust" at the treatment ……

to declare them prisoners of war (POWs) increases, US President George Bush said on Tuesday he.... Rumsfeld also ruled out any possibility of granting prisoner of war status to the captured ……

'First Job Contract' will be replacedFRENCH President Jacques Chirac announced plans on Monday to replace a controversial youth employment law thatset offmassive protests and strikes. The "First Job ……

A model prisonerA PRISONER in a New York, US, prison was forced to step in (插手帮助) recently when two guards began to fight over a bag of chips. The peacekeeping prisoner suffered the worst injuries ……

看守兴起追兔子,犯人溜之大吉。THIRTY-ONE Ugandan (乌干达的) prisoners escaped when their guards ran off to try to catch a rabbit last month. The prisoners were digging in a garden near their prison in north-east Uganda when a rabbit ran out of a nearby bush. All five guards set off after it. ……

Add a touch of colour to prisonJAPAN is to try to improve prisoners' lives by giving them more attractively coloured uniforms andbedding(被褥). Experts have advised the government to change the current orange and greenstriped(条纹) bedcovers. They say that these colours, used for more than half a century, could make prisoners nervous and aggressive. ……

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UNITED NATIONS — When Afghanistan's Northern Alliance said it wanted to turn over war prisoners to the United Nations, the world body refused. It has no troops of its own and does not intend to send any to Afghanistan. ……

in Washington DC. She attracted worldwide attention last month with her 26-day vigil outside US President... infamous after being photographed holding a dog leash tied to the neck of a naked prisoner. She now faces ……

美国精心营造的解放者形象轻而易举地就被几张照片击碎了。It'S animagethat might make Saddam Hussein proud. A frightened prisoner... beelectrocuted(触电致死).The prisoner was an Iraqi and historturers(施虐者) were American soldiers who were sent ……

the well-known prison.1. Detective Rebecca Madsen was drawn into the case of Jack Sylvane, a prisoner... the *apartheid routine. It housed famous figures such as former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela ……