Bush administration says it will 'flip flop' on detainee policy

KIEV (Reuters) - The United States, seeking to defuse criticism of reports of abuse of prisoners, has changed its policy on interrogating detainees, officials said on Wednesday, but human rights groups were skeptical there was a real shift.

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza on a trip to Ukraine, said U.S. personnel would be banned worldwide from subjecting prisoners to cruelty.

But London-based Amnesty International said Rice's remarks were "not a major concession." It still wanted serious action by Washington over what it called cases of torture in U.S. bases.