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Ten Afghan police officers killed in suicide bombing

Posted on January 27, 2013 by admin

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Ten police officers, including the local counter-terrorism chief, were killed in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan on Saturday. Shortly after 5 p.m. (1230 GMT) a man driving a motorbike detonated a large bomb at a busy roundabout in the north city of Kunduz near a group of police officers, provincial police chief spokesman Sayed Sarwar Hussaini said Continue reading →

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Victims of Egypt’s old regime still await justice

Posted on June 4, 2012 by admin

Tied to a bed, Nasr al-Sayed Hassan Nasr was tortured for days with electric shocks during his 2010 detention for membership in the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood — one of tens of thousands of political prisoners under Hosni Mubarak's 29-year rule. Continue reading →

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11-year-old played dead to survive Syria massacre

Posted on May 31, 2012 by admin

When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home, soaking his clothes with his brother's blood to fool the killers into thinking he was already dead. Continue reading →

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