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Enlarge textNot so long ago, I was invited by the United States government to visit the controversial detention facility at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba where hundreds of possible/probable al-Qaeda terrorists were detained.
WikiLeaks has released classified files on Guantanamo detainees. (File AAP)
topA presidential Trump card
Sarah Palin is a strange political figure with many ‘formers’ (newsreader, Governor, Vice Presidential candidate, reality TV star) that can precede her name.
Last Saturday, she addressed a Tea Party rally in Madison, Wisconsin, a recent battleground between state government and public workers over union rights and budget cuts.
Trump is famous for his television program The Apprentice. (AAP)
Nuclear crisis a wake-up call
The literal fallout from last month’s earthquake in northeastern Japan
and the ongoing crisis with the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power station
has seen many countries – and cities – reflect on energy strategies.
The nuclear crisis in Japan has been a wake-up call for the world's energy providers. (AAP)
Presidential race is wide open
'Running for the presidency is a profound decision,' President Obama said four years ago.
Older and wiser..? Obama is going for second term. (AAP)
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