Sudan har bett den fredsbevarande missionen i Darfur att förbereda sig på att lämna området efter ett bråk mellan FN och regimen i Sudan kring misstänkta massvåldtäkter i regionen. Till en början vägrade Sudan låta FN-anställda besöka en by för att utreda de misstänkta våldtäkterna. Senare fick de tillträde till byn och fann inga bevis för att sudanesiska trupper skulle ha våldtagit 200 flickor och kvinnor där, men FN-personalen klagade på att militären fanns med vid intervjuerna.

An anonymous reader sends this report from the Associated Press: "Dissenters within the National Security Agency, led by a senior agency executive, warned in 2009 that the program to secretly collect American phone records wasn't providing enough intelligence to justify the backlash it would cause if revealed, current and former intelligence officials say. The NSA took the concerns seriously, and many senior officials shared them. But after an internal debate that has not been previously reported, NSA leaders, White House officials and key lawmakers opted to continue the collection and storage of American calling records, a domestic surveillance program without parallel in the agency's recent history.

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Two retired colonels sentenced for the torture of incumbent president Michelle Bachelet's father during Pinochet era.

Ett nytt projekt i Östersund ska förbättra integrationen i stan. I ”Inlöparna - spring för innanförskap” tar Östersundsborna med sig frivilliga joggare från flyktingförläggningen ut i spåret.

Ett nytt projekt i Östersund ska förbättra integrationen i stan. I ”Inlöparna - spring för innanförskap” tar Östersundsborna med sig frivilliga joggare från flyktingförläggningen ut i spåret.

Ett Öresundståg på väg mot Kalmar halkade på fredagen förbi småländska Lessebo, utan att kunna stanna. Lokföraren upptäckte för sent att våta höstlöv gjort rälsen hal som av såpa.

Ett Öresundståg på väg mot Kalmar halkade på fredagen förbi småländska Lessebo, utan att kunna stanna. Lokföraren upptäckte för sent att våta höstlöv gjort rälsen hal som av såpa.

Polisen i Västra Götaland behöver inte lämna ut namnen på polismän som deltog i en kontroll av en medlem i ett kriminellt mc-gäng, trots att gängmedlemmen begärt det. Det har kammarrätten beslutat, skriver Göteborgs-Posten.

Polisen i Västra Götaland behöver inte lämna ut namnen på polismän som deltog i en kontroll av en medlem i ett kriminellt mc-gäng, trots att gängmedlemmen begärt det. Det har kammarrätten beslutat, skriver Göteborgs-Posten.

theodp writes: "The high-tech industry," reports the Washington Post's Nancy Scola, "will have at least two things to be happy about in President Obama's speech outlining executive actions he'll take on immigration. The president plans to grant the tech industry some, but not nearly all, of what it has been after in the immigration debate. The first is aimed at increasing the opportunity for foreign students and recent graduates from U.S. schools to work in high-tech jobs in the United States. And the second is aimed at making it easier for foreign-born entrepreneurs to set up shop in the United States. According to the White House, Obama will direct the Department of Homeland Security to help students in the so-called STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — by proposing, per a White House fact sheet released Thursday night, to "expand and extend" the controversial Optional Practical Training program that now allows foreign-born STEM students and recent graduates remain in the United States for up to 29 months. The exact details of that expansion will be worked out by the Department of Homeland Security as it goes through a rulemaking process."

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theodp writes: "The high-tech industry," reports the Washington Post's Nancy Scola, "will have at least two things to be happy about in President Obama's speech outlining executive actions he'll take on immigration. The president plans to grant the tech industry some, but not nearly all, of what it has been after in the immigration debate. The first is aimed at increasing the opportunity for foreign students and recent graduates from U.S. schools to work in high-tech jobs in the United States. And the second is aimed at making it easier for foreign-born entrepreneurs to set up shop in the United States. According to the White House, Obama will direct the Department of Homeland Security to help students in the so-called STEM fields — science, technology, engineering and mathematics — by proposing, per a White House fact sheet released Thursday night, to "expand and extend" the controversial Optional Practical Training program that now allows foreign-born STEM students and recent graduates remain in the United States for up to 29 months. The exact details of that expansion will be worked out by the Department of Homeland Security as it goes through a rulemaking process."

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