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Missouri's governor on Friday halted what was to have been the first execution in the United States to use the anesthetic propofol, following threats from the European Union to limit export of the drug if it was used to carry out the death penalty.
Gov. Jay Nixon also ordered the Missouri Department of Corrections to come up with a different way to perform lethal injections without propofol, the leading anesthetic used in America's hospitals and clinics. Nearly 90 percent of America's propofol is imported from Europe.
Missouri halts first U.S. execution by propofol
16-year-old Malala Yousafzai wins Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought
Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai has won the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
Parliament President Martin Schulz called the 16-year-old a "brave advocate for education" who "reminds us of our duty toward children and especially girls." The prize is worth about $67,000.
Some at Guantanamo jail too sick to keep locked up
Tarek El-Sawah is in terrible shape after 11 years as a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay, a fact even the U.S. military does not dispute.
During his time in captivity, the weight of the 55-year-old Egyptian has nearly doubled, reaching more than 420 pounds at one point, and his health has deteriorated as a result, both his lawyers and government officials concede.
Libyan al-Qaida suspect's detention-at-sea raises Geneva convention concerns
With every passing day that the US holds its newest terror suspect in the brig of the USS San Antonio, the Obama administration dives deeper into the extra-legal murk that characterized its predecessor.
Abu Anas al-Liby, a Libyan indicted by a federal court in New York 13 years ago, is somewhere in the Mediterranean Sea,where he has been for at least three days. Several Obama administration officials told the Guardian this week that the administration has yet to decide whether to prosecute Liby in a civilian court or through a military tribunal, even though his indictment in New York is in force.
Ex-Guantanamo Bay detainees case kicked from civilian court
civilian court can't consider an ex-Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainee's claims he was taken, tortured, degraded and denied due process, a federal court ruled.
Sudanese national Adel Hassan Hamad, released from the military prison in Guantanamo Bay in 2007 and returned to his native country, filed a civil lawsuit in 2010 seeking damages from former Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other federal officials.
Did Obama swap 'black' detention sites for ships?
Instead of sending suspected terrorists to Guantanamo Bay or secret CIA "black" sites for interrogation, the Obama administration is questioning terrorists for as long as it takes aboard U.S. naval vessels.
And it's doing it in a way that preserves the government's ability to ultimately prosecute the suspects in civilian courts.
That's the pattern emerging with the recent capture of Abu Anas al-Libi, one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, long-sought for his alleged role in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Africa. He was captured in a raid Saturday and is being held aboard the USS San Antonio, an amphibious warship mainly used to transport troops.
Up for Nobel Prize, Malala still targeted by Taliban
One year after a Taliban gunman stunned the world by shooting Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai as she rode the bus to school, the difference between the Taliban and Malala’s ideology remain stark. While Malala called this week for dialogue with the Taliban, their spokesman said the group would target Malala again if given the chance.
"The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue," Malala told the BBC Monday in her first in-depth interview since the Oct. 9, 2012 attack.
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