Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Guardian's summary of Leaks.


WikiLeaks cables, day 24: summary of today's key points

There are no fewer than 251,287 cables from more than 250 US embassies around the world, obtained by WikiLeaks. We present a day-by-day guide to the revelations from the US embassy cables both from the Guardian and its international media partners in the story

US embassy cables: every day's revelations at a glance
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion
Members of the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) have received training in 'investigative interviewing techniques', say the cables. Photograph: Abir Abdullah/EPA

Day 24, Wednesday 22 December

The Guardian
• The British government has been training the Bangladeshi Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), condemned by human rights organisations as a "government death squad".
• The Vatican withdrew from a written agreement to join an international Holocaust memorial organisation over concerns about Pope Pius XII's activities during the second world war.
• McDonald's urged the US government to delay implementation of a free-trade pact in order to place pressure on El Salvador to appoint neutral judges in a lawsuit it was fighting in the country.
• Britain looked for ways to limit the operations of the Iranian state broadcaster in the UK after Iran jammed the signals of the BBC's Persian TV service.
The New York Times
• Apple removes WikiLeaks App from its online store claiming that it didn't comply with all local laws and may put an individual or group in harm's way.
• A Russian official claimed that Moscow had been following Alexander Litvinenko's killers before he was poisoned, but had been waved off by Britain's security services.
Der Spiegel
El PaĆ­s
• Julian Assange gives an exclusive interview to the Spanish newspaper, he says: "I get death threats constantly. So do my lawyer and my children."
• Several cables show how corrupt the Dominican Republic is and that the only way to do business is to pay large bribes. One general even threatened a company official with a gun.
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