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100,000 extra Iraqi deaths since war Posted: Thursday, October 28, 2004
US bombing kills Fallujans
No Change in US Torture Policy – Amnesty The United States has failed to meaningfully change its policies on the treatment of prisoners, opening the door to repeats of abuses like those at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and making an independent probe into torture by the US military essential, says a leading human rights group.
Postal Experts Hunt for Missing Ballots in Florida
At least 15 dead in Thai bombing
Eyewitness News Video May Be Linked to Missing Explosives in Iraq
The Great Delusion
Child Abuse 'Rises with Intifada'
The WMD-lite scandal Whether it was poetic justice or yet one more instance of hubris, in the end there was indeed an "October surprise". Call it the WMD-lite scandal: the disappearance of 380 tons of dual-use explosives in Iraq.
179 countries vote against the blockade at the UN For the 13th consecutive time, the UN General Assembly has passed a resolution calling for an end to the US blockade of Cuba. The voting on the resolution was 179 countries in favor and four against (The United States, Israel, the Marshall Islands and Palau), while Micronesia abstained . Bush voted "Movie Villain of the Year"
100,000 extra Iraqi deaths since war The number of Iraqi deaths has soared to 100,000 more than normal since the Iraq invasion, mainly due to violence, with many of the victims women and children, according to US public health experts.
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