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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional aides and outside experts say a hotly disputed Senate report has concluded that waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods provided no key evidence in the hunt for Osama bin Laden. Former officials with the Bush administration and some senior CIA officials had considered the capture of bin Laden as a vindication of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques they authorized after the 9/11 attacks.
DETROIT (AP) — Members of Congress will press General Motors for answers this week in the recall of some 2.6 million vehicles for a faulty ignition switch that's been linked to 13 deaths. A House subcommittee on Tuesday and a Senate subcommittee Wednesday will ask GM officials if they knew the vehicles had a problem, and was something done to fix it. At least a dozen family members of victims plan to attend.
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A special Pakistani court has indicted former military ruler Pervez Musharraf in a high treason case. Musharraf appeared in court today and pleaded not guilty to five counts of treason for suspending the country's constitution by imposing emergency rule in 2007. The development is a huge blow to Pakistan's powerful military and the first time in the country that any acting or former army chief has been charged with treason.
JERUSALEM (AP) — Legal experts say former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (EH'-hood OHL'-murt) most certainly will be given prison time after being convicted today of bribery along with 12 other people. The crimes involving a wide-ranging Jerusalem real estate scandal happened before Olmert became prime minister, but he was forced to resign in 2009 amid the allegations.
PERTH, Australia (AP) — More than 100 personnel in the air and 1,000 sailors at sea are involved in today's search for the Malaysia Airlines jetliner that's been missing since March 8. It takes planes about 2 1/2 hours to get to the area that's more than 1,100 miles west of Australia. And they can search for about five hours before having to return to Perth. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says the search will continue to operate on guestimates until some wreckage is spotted.
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