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The United States has agreed to suspend legal proceedings against British terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay until U.S. and British officials have discussed their cases, Prime Minister Tony Blair s official spokesman said Friday.The spokesman, briefing reporters accompanying Blair on a flight from Washington to Tokyo, said that
stanley cup the White House was due to make a formal statement on the issu
stanley us e later Friday. There will be no further legal proceedings against the individuals concerned, pending discussions next week involving high-level legal teams in the U.S. led on the U.K. side by the attorney general when all aspects of the cases of the nine individuals concerned will be discussed, the spokesman said on condition of anonymity.Nine Britons are being held at Guantanamo Bay mdash; two of whom are on an initial list of six detainees who could be tried by the military tribunal.U.S. officials say the six were, like other prisoners at the U.S. Naval base in Cuba, suspected of involvement with al Qaeda, Afghanistan s Taliban or some other group. The next step is for a prosecutor to draft charges against the men. President Bush said Thursday at a joint news conference with Blair in Washington that the two leaders would discuss the fate of the two British citizens on the in
stanley cup itial list.Blair, who is under pressure from British lawmakers to win concessions from Mr. Bush on the military tribunal issue, arrived in Tokyo Friday for the first leg of a tour of Far East Asia.The Britis Guuf Ex-POW: Medal of Honor recipient was a selfless man
Though tornadoes have touched down in almost every country in the world, the greatest number of tornadoes shows up in the United States. An
stanley cup d this isn ;t just coincidence, 鈥?there a scientific explanation for why it happens. Atmospheric scientist Harold Brooks joined us today to take our questions about tornadoes 鈥?just as twister season is getting underway in the central U.S. 鈥?and explained what was behind the phenomenon of tornadoes seeming preference for American soil: Talulla Why does it seem like the United States gets more tornadoes than the rest of the world Is it because tornadoes abroad don ;t mak
stanley cup e our news or conditions here are better Harold Brooks Although strong tornadoes have been observed in all continents except Antarctica, the central US is the place where strong tornadoes
stanley termosar are more likely than anyplace else. This is because of the Rocky Mountains and the Gulf of Mexico. Surface winds out of the south bring in warm, moist air at low levels and winds aloft out of the west bring in relatively cold, dry air above that from coming over the wide high range of mountains and High Desert that forms a long north-south barrier. The temperature and moisture profile brings in the right conditions for thunderstorms and the change of the wind with height means storms will rotate. No place else on the planet combines something like the Gulf/Caribbean area with the Rocky Mountains to make it relatively easy to make tornadoes. Of course,
