EU foreign affairs chief Javier Solana has welcomed statements by the US president on a transfer of prisoners away from secret CIA camps, saying it "goes in direction of what has been defended by the Europeans."
The comment follows US president George W. Bush admittance for the first time that his country's intelligence service, the CIA, runs secret prisons for terrorist suspects.
The US president on Wednesday (6 September) gave a televised speech in which he announced that 14 top...
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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.