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File - Detainees at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Cuba, sit on prayer rugs as they observe morning prayers before sunrise inside Camp Delta Oct. 28, 2009.
Guantanamo   Photos   Terrorism   Torture   UK   US		  The Guardian 
UK complained to US about terror suspect torture, says ex-MI5 boss
Wed 10 Mar 2010
• Waterboarding of 9/11 suspect was 'concealed' • Manningham-Buller criticises Bush staff... (photo: US Navy / MCS2 Marcos T. Hernandez)
This is a picture released by a British Court Martial, Tuesday, Jan, 18, 2005 in Osnabrueck, Germany allegedly showing Corporal Daniel Kenyon, top right, in the brown t-shirt, leaning over an Iraqi detainee that is to be used in a Court Martial where three British soldiers from the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers are facing allegations that they mistreated Iraqis. Corporal Daniel Kenyon, 33, and Lance Corporals Mark Cooley, 25, and Lance Corporal Darren Larkin, 30, are accused of abusing the men at a humanitarian aid camp known as the Bread Basket, near Basra, Iraq, in May, 2003.
Iraq   Military   Photos   Torture   UK		  The Times 
Some Iraqi claims of torture by British soldiers are probably true
Sun 7 Mar 2010
Most people in southern Iraq gave British soldiers a warm welcome when they arrived in March 2003 as part of the US-led effort to topple Saddam Hussein. A Shia Arab majority, the Iraqis in Basra and... (photo: AP / British Court Martial/ho)
British long jumper Jade Johnson reacts after finishing second in the women's long jump final at the European Athletics Championships in the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2002.  The Independent  Sun 7 Mar 2010
A century of distinction: 100 women who changed the world
Tomorrow is designated International Women's Day, and it is a particularly significant milestone this year: the campaign to improve the rights of women was founded a century ago. To celebrate the... (photo: AP / Jan Pitman)
Campaign   Century   Photos   Women   World
Unidentified Saudi women walk along a suburban street in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in this Nov. 15, 2006  The Siasat Daily  Sat 6 Mar 2010
Women's rights improving in Middle East
Washington, March 06: Women's rights have improved in 15 of 18 countries in the Middle East and North Africa over the past five years, although violence against women remains widespread throughout the... (photo: AP Photo)
Discrimination   Human Rights   Photos   Saudi   Women
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Roman Polanski directs a scene while shooting his latest film "The Pianist" on one of Warsaw 's main streets Wednesday May 2,2001. Denver Post Fri 5 Mar 2010
Polanski's back in top form with "Ghost Writer"
**** STAR REVIEW (out of 4 stars) | Suspense/Thriller Kim Cattrell and Ewan McGregor in "The Ghost Writer." (Summit Entertainment ) Roman Polanski's been in the news a... (photo: AP / Alik Keplicz)
Form   Ghost   Photos   Polanski   Review
Susanne Wedlich, of Newton, Mass., looks at an exhibit about the Armenian genocide, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2005, at the Armenian Library and Museum of America in Watertown, Mass. Al Jazeera Fri 5 Mar 2010
Turkey condemns US 'genocide' vote
Turkey has recalled its ambassador from the US and condemned a Washington panel's move to declare the killing of Armenians by Ottoman forces in the first world war a... (photo: AP / Lisa Poole)
Armenia   Genocide   Photos   Politics   Turkey
Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown, delivers his speech at the Confederation of British Industries annual conference, in London, Tuesday Nov. 28, 2006. The Guardian Thu 4 Mar 2010
UK to restrict prosecution for war crimes abroad
RAPHAEL G. SATTER Associated Press Writer= LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Thursday he would move to block private groups from launching war crimes... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
London   News   Photos   Political   UK
SUDAN DARFUR UN. (mb1) Middle East Online Thu 4 Mar 2010
UN: No Darfur disaster one year after NGOs expelled
KHARTOUM - One year after 13 international aid agencies were expelled from Sudan's war-torn Darfur region, thousands of people survive on assistance distributed by... (photo: AP / Alfred de Montesquiou)
Darfur   Disaster   Photos   Politics   UN
Commission on Human Rights ( CHR ) defender personnel walking towards the location of a mass rally in commemoration of Labor Day in the country ,Manila City , Philippines , May 1 , 2009. Inquirer Thu 4 Mar 2010
CHR summons AFP, PNP over 'Morong 43' torture
MANILA, Philippines--The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) has summoned officials from the military, the police and the judiciary in connection with its investigation into... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Manila   Philippines   Photos   Rights   Torture
In this image made from video, Radovan Karadzic appears for first time at UN war crimes court at the Hague Thursday, July 31, 2008, to face genocide charges. The Miami Herald Wed 3 Mar 2010
Karadzic: Siege and slaughter are `myths'
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Major events in Bosnia's war -- the 44-month Serb siege of Sarajevo and the massacre of 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica -- are ``myths'' that were... (photo: AP / APTN)
Bosnia   Netherlands   Photos   Serb   UN


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Uruguayan United Nations soldiers deploy to an observation post near the village of Kibati some 12 kilometers north of Goma in eastern Congo, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008. The U.N. peacekeeping force in Congo is stretched to the limit with an upsurge in fighting in the volatile east and needs more troops quickly, the top U.N. envoy to Congo, Alan Doss said Tues UN plans to end DR Congo peacekeeping mission BBC News
Chad gives UN peacekeeping force extra two months Chad gives UN peacekeeping force extra two months BBC News
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (hands raised) acknowledges the warm welcome by the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP´s), on arrival at Al-Salam refugee camp near Al-Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. (mb1) Ban condemns attack on UN-African peacekeepers in Darfur m&c
UN: Keep Peacekeepers in Chad UN: Keep Peacekeepers in Chad Human Rights
UN aims to limits costs, span of UN peacekeeping UN aims to limits costs, span of UN peacekeeping The Press Democrat
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Music teacher charged of murdering British boyfriend New Straits/Business Times
Jury gets case in murder of former Bronco Darrent Williams USA Today
Music teacher charged with murder of British man The Star
Discovery of body sparks murder investigation The Daily Telegraph Australia
Pink balloons at funeral of Bundaberg murder victim Trinity Bates The Daily Telegraph Australia
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