Israeli military says its probe shows it operated according to international law in GazaJERUSALEM — The Israeli military says its internal investigations shows it did not violate international law during its recent war in Gaza. Senate report says Bush policies led to prisoner abuses at Gitmo and in Iraq and AfghanistanWASHINGTON — The brutal treatment of prisoners by the military at Guantanamo Bay, Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison and Afghanistan was systematic and a direct result of the CIA’s early use of harsh interrogation tactics, according to a Senate report. The 232-page report released Tuesday by the Senate Armed Services Committee came less than a week after President Barack Obama released the Aug. 1, 2002 memo that justified the use of severe methods by the CIA. Official: outlaw Fiji regime needs good lawyers to help restore rule of law, courtsSUVA, Fiji — Fiji’s former solicitor general, fired in a political upheaval two weeks ago, accepted reappointment Tuesday, saying the country needs qualified lawyers to help restore the rule of law. |