Three Americans in Zimbabwe detained for spying report torture
An independent physician said bruising appeared on all three men ten days after their arrest in Zimbabwe on spying and weapons charges. The suspects’ lawyer Jeremy Callow released a statement alleging electric shocks to the genitals, leather-whip whippings, attempted suffocation, death or sodomy threats, and prolonged sitting with arms outstretched.
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Death by own action bomber hits police in Turkey
A Kurdish rebel detonated a bomb near a Van police station killing himself and injuring two officers. A second attacker in Simak was stopped before she could explode two grenades. Security was tightened nationwide amid renewed Kurdish conflict following Abdullah Ocalan's arrest in Kenya and a long civil war that has claimed about 37 000 lives.
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Basra Violence Report Sparks Iraqi Opposition Claims
Iraqi opposition says Basra was hit by intense fighting as security forces clashed with Shiite mobs seizing government buildings. The group alleged mortar and tank bombardments left many dead in Iraq's second largest city, a claim not independently verified.
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Bombs deepen crisis in Russia's Caucasus region
A devastating market bombing in Vladikavkaz highlights rising instability in the northern Caucasus. The attack compounds Moscow's difficulties amid sectarian, ethnic, and separatist tensions, with Chechen and Ingush unrest echoing through Ossetia and Dagestan as fears grow of a wider collapse of Russian authority.
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Russia and US to sign nuclear security pacts this week
The United States and Russia plan two agreements this week to boost the Russian economy with more than 300 million dollars from uranium sales and to curb a Russian Iran nuclear program, as Prime Minister Primakov visits Washington amid broader security talks.
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