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White House backs torture ban law
he White House and Senator John McCain have reached agreement on formally banning the torture or the degrading treatment of foreign terror suspects.
Mr McCain, once a prisoner of war in Vietnam, proposed the measure as an amendment to a military spending bill. Both houses of Congress had passed the bill in defiance of President George W Bush's threat to veto any legislation limiting interrogation tactics. The White House had wanted an opt-out for CIA interrogators.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by the Republicans, and the move is seen as an embarrassment for President Bush.
However...
European MPs to probe CIA claims
The European Parliament has voted to launch an inquiry into claims that the CIA has been transporting suspects across Europe to secret prisons.
The move is backed by leaders of all the political groups in the parliament. It follows an inquiry by the Council of Europe that earlier this week said such allegations were credible.
But of course the day's real big story is...
Mona Lisa 'happy', computer finds
A computer has been used to decipher the enigmatic smile of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, concluding that she was mainly happy. The painting was analysed by a University of Amsterdam computer using "emotion recognition" software. It concluded that the subject was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, journal New Scientist was told.
Hmmm.
he White House and Senator John McCain have reached agreement on formally banning the torture or the degrading treatment of foreign terror suspects.
Mr McCain, once a prisoner of war in Vietnam, proposed the measure as an amendment to a military spending bill. Both houses of Congress had passed the bill in defiance of President George W Bush's threat to veto any legislation limiting interrogation tactics. The White House had wanted an opt-out for CIA interrogators.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are controlled by the Republicans, and the move is seen as an embarrassment for President Bush.
However...
European MPs to probe CIA claims
The European Parliament has voted to launch an inquiry into claims that the CIA has been transporting suspects across Europe to secret prisons.
The move is backed by leaders of all the political groups in the parliament. It follows an inquiry by the Council of Europe that earlier this week said such allegations were credible.
But of course the day's real big story is...
Mona Lisa 'happy', computer finds
A computer has been used to decipher the enigmatic smile of Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, concluding that she was mainly happy. The painting was analysed by a University of Amsterdam computer using "emotion recognition" software. It concluded that the subject was 83% happy, 9% disgusted, 6% fearful and 2% angry, journal New Scientist was told.
Hmmm.
posted by phylos @ 21:19
1 Comments:
The mythic image of Mona Lisa continues to perpetuate itself...
It's unbelievable that time and money was spent to decipher such a thing! If you're interested in learning more about Mona Lisa's captivating commercial hold on today's society, you should read Becoming Mona Lisa: The Making of a Global Icon by Donald Sassoon. I checked it out of the library a couple of months ago, and it was actually very interesting.
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