| Cheney: CIA did nothing illegal in interrogations (AP) [5 mins][Kansas] AP - Vice President Dick Cheney said Thursday that he sees no reason for President George W. Bush to pre-emptively pardon anyone at the CIA involved in harsh interrogations of suspected terrorists. "I don't have any reason to believe that anybody in the agency did anything illegal, " he said. | Diplomats push for Gaza ceasefire as UN agency halts work (AFP) [39 mins][Dimra] AFP - Diplomatic efforts to end the Gaza conflict intensified Friday with Western and Arab diplomats agreeing to call for an immediate ceasefire as the death toll from the two-week-old war rose past 760. |