President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks during a judicial ceremony in Tehran. Photograph: Str/AP
Battle for Iran shifts from the streets to the heart of power
Peter Beaumont and a special correspondent in Tehran
The Observer, Sunday 28 June 2009
Ayatollah Khamenei's support for President Ahmadinejad has led both moderates and hard-liners to start plotting against him. More
At Guantanamo Bay's Camp 5 detention center, a guard stands near the shadow of a detainee. The Obama administration plans to bypass Congress with an executive order allowing indefinite detention, according to government officials. (Photo: Getty Images)
White House Drafts Indefinite Detention Order
Dafna Linzer and Peter Finn, ProPublica and The Washington Post: "The Obama administration, fearing a battle with Congress that could stall plans to close Guantanamo, is drafting an executive order that would reassert presidential authority to incarcerate suspected terrorists indefinitely, according to three senior government officials with knowledge of White House deliberations." More
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