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UK loses appeal to conceal Binyam Mohamed torture
UK loses appeal to conceal Binyam Mohamed torture

UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, today lost an appeal to conceal details of the "cruel, inhumane and degrading" treatment of UK resident Binyam Mohamed after being stopped in Pakistan, then detained and subjected to extraordinary rendition at the behest of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency. [ML] [ ± ] - Image credit

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"Successor to mp3"; MusicDNA founder interviewed
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"Successor to mp3"; MusicDNA founder interviewed

At the end of January, Bach Technology announced their new music file format, MusicDNA, which was developed as an intended replacement for the mp3 format, which has been the dominant format in music since its inception. [ ± ] - Image credit
At least seventeen dead after clashes in Somalia
At least seventeen dead after clashes in Somalia

According to reports, at least seventeen people have been killed in Somalia after clashes between opposition rebels and government troops, although some reports put the number as high as 24. [ ± ] - Image credit
Final report blames London passenger jet crash on ice
Final report blames London passenger jet crash on ice

The UK's Air Accidents Investigation Board yesterday blamed a release of ice in the fuel system of a British Airways passenger jet as the cause of a crash two years ago at London's Heathrow Airport. [ ± ] - Image credit
Nigerian parliament votes to make vice president acting president
Nigerian parliament votes to make vice president acting president

Goodluck Jonathan, vice-president of Nigeria, has become the country's acting president after president Umaru Yar'Adua travelled to Saudi Arabia last November to receive medical treatment for a heart condition. [ ± ] - Image credit
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