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Guards stand at the entrance of a renovated Abu Ghraib prison, now renamed Baghdad Central Prison in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009. Iraq has reopened the notorious Abu Ghraib prison west of Baghdad, but it has a new name and officials promise more humane treatment of prisoners. The compound has come to symbolize American abuses after photos released in 2004 showed U.S. soldiers sexually humiliating inmates Iraq forces executed 255 prisoners in revenge for Islamic State killings: HRW
Iraqi security forces and government affiliated militias appear to have unlawfully executed at least 255 prisoners over the past month in apparent revenge for killings by Islamic State fighters, accor... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Sun Sentinel
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Mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of Iraqi soldier Zidane Ahmed, 29, during his funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Iraq crisis: 'Government forces execute 255 Sunni prisoners in revenge for Isis atrocities'
Iraqi forces have illegally executed at least 255 Sunni prisoners in the past month, according to a report by Human Rights Watch (HRW). | The group said it found evidence of summary killings by the Ir... (photo: AP / Jaber al-Helo) The Independent
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In this Wednesday, June 25, 2014, file photo, Lebanese army soldiers take their positions outside the Duroy hotel where a suicide bomber blew himself up in his room, in Beirut, as Lebanese security forces raided the premises. Anxiety grips Lebanon following blasts, arrests
BEIRUT (AP) — The roadblocks and sandbags are back, cafes and hotels are nearly empty and many of the tourists are gone. | Anxiety is gripping Lebanon following a spate of suicide bombings, and an o... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein) San Francisco Chronicle
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Palestinians inspect a house and car which police said was destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on July 8, 2014. Israel vows to keep up Gaza offensive despite growing pressure
JERUSALEM — Asserting it has broad international support for a fierce military offensive in the Gaza Strip, Israel is showing no signs of ending the operation, vowing to press on until there is ... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Denver Post
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, right, is greeted by Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai as he arrives for a dinner at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, July 11, 2014. Kerry visited Afghanistan in hopes of diffusing a crisis over the runoff presidential election to find a successor for outgoing President Karzai. John Kerry tries to settle Afghanistan election crisis
US Secretary of State John Kerry is greeted by Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai as he arrives for a dinner at the presidential palace in Kabul on Friday. Photo: Reuters | The Obama administration ... (photo: AP / Jim Bourg) Canberra Times
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Afghan presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai addresses a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. The Afghan Independent Election Commission released preliminary election results Monday showing former finance minister Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai well in the lead for the presidency but said no winner could be declared because millions of ballots were being audited for fraud. Ghani’s vote-count gesture
The fact is that Ghani with more than 46 per cent of votes feels comfortable for any vote tally, and on the other believes that some more votes could fall in his gambit if an audit is conducted. | The... (photo: AP / Massoud Hossaini) Khaleej Times
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