Shahira Amin said she had not forced the interview on Sgt Shalit, and that it was important to let people see him.

BBC: Gilad Shalit release: Shahira Amin defends interview

Unnamed Israeli officials later protested that the interview was forced on him and "violated all the basic ethical rules of journalism".

BBC: Gilad Shalit release: Shahira Amin defends interview

In his first television interview since being forced from office in a prostitution scandal, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer talked with CNN about his personal failings, the AIG bailout and President Obama's handling of the economy.

CNN: The story

Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations, Gen McChrystal, who commanded coalition forces in 2009-10 before being forced to resign after a magazine interview, said the US and Nato allies were "a little better than" half way to achieving their military goals.

BBC: US and Nato 'far from goals' in Afghanistan

He contends in a Reuters interview that no one should be forced to use their real name, and that Google won't press for one, especially in politically oppressive situations where there could be dire consequences to protesting under a real identity.

ENGADGET: Vint Cerf: Google services need a degree of anonymity, and they deliver it

Yesterday she recounted how lack of childcare one day forced her to bring her daughter Sasha, then a nursing infant, to an important job interview.

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