In Montreal, a bitter fight between the government and students looks set to continue as Quebec's plan to raise tuition fees is met with fierce opposition. Next, the United States begins to try five men accused of plotting the September 11 terrorist attacks. Finally, Facebook goes to market for a whopping 100 billion dollars, but will investors "like" Mark Zuckerberg’s business plan?
Five men accused of plotting the deadly September 11, 2001 attacks have been formally charged with 2,976 counts of murder and terrorism in a chaotic, marathon court hearing. All defendants refused to enter a plea.
The confessed mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four accused co-conspirators will be formally charged by a Guantanamo Bay military tribunal on May 5, US defence officials said Tuesday.
The US said Wednesday that self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Khaled Sheikh Mohammed and four alleged co-plotters would be tried before a Guantanamo military tribunal. The Pentagon said the charges could carry the death penalty.
French investigative magistrate Sophie Clément has asked US authorities for access to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp to probe claims of torture by three French nationals.
Despite US President Barack Obama’s promise to close the prison at Guantanamo Bay, 171 men are still locked up there. Our reporters went to the two villages closest to the barbed wire surrounding the military base and met the Cubans living beside these awkward neighbours. It is a sensitive zone, just a few metres from the American watchtowers.
The alleged mastermind of the suicide boat attack on the USS Cole in 2000 was arraigned at Guantanamo Wednesday after US President Barack Obama ordered military trials to resume. Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri faces the death penalty if found guilty.
The main suspect accused of planning the 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen is to face a military tribunal in Guantanamo. If convicted, the Saudi national could face the death penalty.
We head to China, where ethnic violence is once again rearing its head in the western Xinjiang province. Also, an Australian who spent five years as a Guantanamo Bay inmate publishes his memoirs, but a court rules he will not make any money from them. Finally, in India there are signs that the Bengal tiger could be making a comeback.
Douglas Herbert meets Reed Brody, legal advisor and spokesperson for Human Rights Watch. The human rights group cites 'overwhelming evidence' that former President George W. Bush ordered the use of torture in a new report. They are pressuring President Barack Obama to prosecute him and members of his former administration.
