A former secret U.S. Military investigative report on Guantanamo Bay is revealed to conclude there is no evidence of systemic detainee abuse but cited several cases of questionable physical force documented on videotape. Prisoners released have stated abuse is commonplace, and one former U.S. National Guardsman received brain damage after being beaten while posing undercover as a rowdy detainee. All Freedom Of Information Act requests by the ACLU for video and photographs depicting detainee treatment have been denied. (Newsday AP)
The German Federal Labour Agency reports that the GermanUnemployment rate hit 12.1% in January. More than 5 million people are unemployed today in Germany. Ignoring the margin of error inherent in the usage of different statistical methods over different areas, this rate is the highest since the Great Depression and the Weimar Republic . (BBC World) .
The cancellation of '''' is announced, marking the end of 18 consecutive years of '' Star Trek '' on Television . (BBC)
, President of Germany , has a special audience in the Knesset , the highest chamber of Israel . Speaking in German , he says that Germany has to fight more aggressively against Anti-semitism and far-right parties. (BBC World) .
King Gyanendra of Nepal forms a new cabinet and names himself as its head. His decision to dismiss his former cabinet has been widely condemned. (Reuters)(BBC)
