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International
 
Human Rights Watch slams US 'torture' in annual report
US counter-terrorism policies, with their deliberate use of "torture and mistreatment," put the global defense of human rights on the back foot in 2005, Human Rights Watch said in its annual report Wednesday.
 
Iran certain of escaping UNSC referral
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday there was only a "weak" chance of his country being referred to the UN Security Council over its disputed nuclear programme.
 
Empty graves found at Pak airstrike site
Pakistani investigators say they found two empty graves at the site of a controversial US airstrike, a day after officials said up to five foreign militants died in the attack.
 
Gunmen kill 10 security guards in Iraq
Police said gunmen killed at least 10 security guards and seized an African engineer in an ambush Wednesday in Baghdad.
 
"Hundreds" of suicide attackers ready
Say Taliban
A Taliban commander said on Tuesday hundreds of his guerrillas were ready to launch suicide attacks across Afghanistan to drive out foreign forces.
 
UN aid flights resume in quake-hit Pakistan
United Nations helicopters resumed vital relief flights to quake-hit parts of Pakistan Wednesday after being suspended for three days by heavy rain and snow, officials said.
 
World pledges $1.9 billion to fight bird flu
International donors have pledged $1.9 billion to support a global fund to combat bird flu, EU Health Commissioner Markos Kyprianou said on Wednesday after a conference in Beijing, exceeding an initial target.
 

 
   
 
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