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'Tortured' maid to have surgery

added on 2010-08-26 15:30:40 (BBC News - News Front Page)

A Sri Lankan housemaid who accused her former employers in Saudi Arabia of implanting nails in her body is to undergo surgery, her doctors say. ...more.

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New START: A similar arms reduction pact but a different Republican reaction

added on 2010-08-10 21:31:04 (Washington Post - Politics)

"This treaty is a masterstroke. . . . It is shorn of the tortured bench marks, sub-limits, arcane definitions and monitoring provisions that weighed down past arms control treaties," said Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.). "It assumes a degree of trust between nations that are no longer on the precipice of ... United States - Republican - Politics - Warfare and Conflict - Google ...more.

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Amiri 'spied for US inside Iran'

added on 2010-07-16 17:00:45 (BBC News - News Front Page)

US officials say the Iranian scientist who claims to have been tortured by the CIA was a willing and paid spy for years. ...more.

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Iranian scientist 'was tortured'

added on 2010-07-15 13:00:55 (BBC News - News Front Page)

An Iranian scientist who claims he was kidnapped and taken to the US by the CIA says he was tortured. ...more.

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Tamils in detention abuse claims

added on 2010-07-15 18:00:42 (BBC News - News Front Page)

Former Tamil Tiger rebels detained in Sri Lanka say they have been tortured and beaten in government camps with no basic facilities. ...more.

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'Torture' man wins appeal right

added on 2010-06-30 18:30:38 (BBC News - News Front Page)

A man who says he was tortured in Pakistan with the complicity of UK security services can appeal against terrorism convictions. ...more.

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Girl watched ex tortured to death

added on 2010-05-27 00:01:09 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

A pregnant teenager from Stockport watched as her ex-boyfriend was tortured to death and thrown in a river. ...more.

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Torture man jailed indefinitely

added on 2010-05-21 14:01:14 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

A man who was part of a gang which raped and tortured a couple in south London is jailed indefinitely. ...more.

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Afghan prisoners in torture claim

added on 2010-04-29 15:01:15 (BBC News | UK | UK Edition)

At least eight Afghan insurgents handed over by British troops have alleged they were tortured, the High Court hears. ...more.

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Security Council under pressure over human rights in Western Sahara

added on 2010-04-28 02:31:40 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)

When will the international community take up the cause of the Saharawi people, oppressed, tortured and imprisoned by a Moroccan regime which invaded the territory, attempted to repopulate it and refuses to abide by international law and hold a free and fair referendum on the status of Western Sahara? As prominent Western Saharan hunger strikers edge closer to death, UN�Director-General Ban Ki-Moon voices strong concern over human rights in the territory ...more.

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