Gary Gibbon
Cameron: Scotland, don’t go breaking my heart
The prime minister has ventured to Perth – known as Scotland’s Hampshire – to ask reticent no voters to take heart and campaign openly against independence.
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The unknown knowns of Donald Rumsfeld
Regrets? Former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has a few – but not that many – if the first interview about his new book is anything to go by, writes Felicity Spector.
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Torture memos: questions for Donald Rumsfeld
WASHINGTON DC, USA – There are lots of questions that lots of people would like to ask former defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld. But right now the only “known known” is that he is not answering any. Unlike his old mate, the former vice president Dick Cheney, who is far more visible and far more vocal…
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Gary Gibbon
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What is ABI – and will it make drones even deadlier?
This week Senator John McCain moved to shift control of US drones from the CIA to the defence department. Meanwhile, fears grow about the application of activity-based intelligence to drones.
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Obama: US relations with Egypt ‘cannot continue as usual’
President Obama breaks off from vacation to speak on the Egypt crisis – declaring America’s traditional co-operation “cannot continue while civilians are being killed in the streets”.
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Fifteen faces of the Iraq war. What happened next?
They were familiar figures of the Iraq war. A decade on from the start of the invasion, some have faded into obscurity while the legacy of others endures. Where are they now?
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Hugo Chavez – Latin American demagogue with the common touch
The Venezuelan president was a polarising figure – someone who could bait George W Bush on TV while championing the poor and presiding over a unique social experiment in the country he led.
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My Venezuelan jail hell
Rather like my experience in one of Venezuela’s jails, it has often been hard with Hugo Chavez to tell how much was comedy, how much deadly serious, Foreign Affairs correspondent Jonathan Rugman reflects on the president’s legacy.
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US General Norman Schwarzkopf dies aged 78
Retired US General Norman Schwarzkopf, who led troops in the 1991 Gulf war, has died aged 78 in Tampa, Florida, the American military confirms.
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Bin Laden killing turns into US election row
A year after US special forces shot dead the world’s most wanted terrorist, bin Laden’s death has sparked a furious political row. A risky tactic by President Obama – now could it backfire?
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Faisal Islam
What to watch as America awakes to financial vulnerability
Channel 4 News’ economics editor Faisal Islam explains what it means to the US and to the world, for America to have its credit status downgraded to AA+.
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Bin Laden: did his death justify water-boarding?
As much of America celebrates the death of Osama bin Laden, questions surface over the use of torture in locating his whereabouts, writes Washington correspondent Sarah Smith.
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Jon Snow
Fukushima's unknown unknowns
Jon Snow struggles to extrapolate the truth about the state of Japan’s nuclear situation from the mire of conflicting reports. Does anyone really know what’s going on?
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Jon Snow
Japan: how will Fukushima crisis affect world's nuclear future?
What are the implications for nuclear power from the crisis in Japan? Jon Snow looks at the future.
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Fukushima crisis is ‘serious blow’ to nuclear power
The nuclear crisis at Fukushima plant in Japan could lead to a long overdue re-think on nuclear power, experts tell Channel 4 News, as Germany moves to close all of its pre-1980 nuclear facilities.
