Reboot or repeat? US-Pakistan relations after the Daniel Pearl ruling
A portrait of the Wall Street Journal s reporter Daniel Pearl stands with a candle at the altar at Fleet Street s journalists chapel St Brides Church prior to a memorial service in London March 5, 2002. REUTERS/Ian Waldie, IW/NMB
Like many countries, Pakistan was likely hoping for a reset with the new Biden administration, one that could refocus relations on the country’s most pressing issues. In Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s congratulatory message to US President Joe Biden after his inauguration, Khan said he looked forward to working together to build “a stronger [Pakistan]-US partnership through trade and economic engagement, countering climate change, improving public health, combating corruption, and promoting peace in [the] region and beyond.”
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While the United States continues to deal with the Covid-19 pandemic, there seems like there is some little hope in sight with new vaccines being made available. In light of this, shocking news has been revealed that The Pentagon will begin distributing Covid-19 vaccines to Guantanamo Bay detainees. The detention center is essentially a US Military prison that houses 40 detainees, held there for a range of horrific crimes-among them are Al Qaeda terrorists and 911 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.
The Guardian recently reported that vaccines would hopefully be made available to children in late spring or early summer. The current vaccines available are not approved to be used on children. Even concerning the vaccination of adults, manufacturers, the administration and state government seem to be facing multiple issues. With only 1.3% of the population having received the vaccine, it looks like it will be a while before
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A Turkish police officer puts his hand over the mouth of televangelist Adnan Oktar, who was jailed Monday for 1,075 years for sexual assault. AFP
Buh-bye: world’s longest prison sentences
Thu, 14 January 2021
As a Turkish Muslim televangelist who surrounded himself with scantily-clad women he called “kittens” starts a 1,075-year jail term for sex crimes, we look at some of the world’s longest prison sentences.
Several countries, including the US and Spain, allow for consecutive sentences, with prisoners condemned in theory to spend many lifetimes behind bars.
US: 30,000-year sentence
Far-right terrorist Terry Nichols was convicted of helping fellow former soldier Timothy McVeigh carry out the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in which 168 people died – including 19 children.
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