UNITED STATES: NEW YORK TIMES REVEALS ARMY TORTURE CHAMBER - New Iraq abuse horrors revealed
NEW YORK (AP): MEMBERS Of a shadowy United States military unit turned one of Saddam Hussein's torture chambers into their own interrogation cell, where they beat prisoners with rifle butts and used detainees for target practice in games of jailer...
FRANCE: More unrest threatened, but gov't not budging
PARIS (Reuters): THE FRENCH Government looked set yesterday to resist demands, backed by hundreds of thousands of protesters in marches across the country, to withdraw a law that cuts job security for young workers.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: Panday on trial for undeclared bank account
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC): OPPOSITION LEADER Basdeo Panday goes on trial today for allegedly making false declarations to the Integrity Commission for 1997, 1998 and 1999 by not disclosing a London bank account, jointly held by himself and his wife,.
AFGHANISTAN: Afghan faces death for becoming a Christian
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP): AN AFGHAN man is being prosecuted in a Kabul court and could be sentenced to death after being charged with converting from Islam to Christianity, a crime under this country's Islamic Shari'a laws, a judge said yesterday.
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