Abu Ghraib Prison

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  US Contractor To Pay $42 Million To 3 Iraqis Tortured At Baghdad Prison

  A federal jury on Tuesday found US defense contractor CACI International liable for its role in torture at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad during the Iraq war.

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  Pentagon Releases Photos Of Alleged Detainee Abuse

  The Pentagon on Friday released nearly 200 photographs of detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan, taken mostly between 2004 and 2006, involving 56 cases of alleged abuse by US forces.

• US Judge Signals He May Order More Abu Ghraib Photos Released

  A federal judge signaled on Wednesday he may order the US government to release as many as 2,000 photographs depicting the alleged harsh treatment of detainees in US custody at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and other sites.

• Russia Bans US Congressman, 12 Other Americans From Entering the Country

  Russia has placed a US lawmaker and 12 other people connected with the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq on its list of those banned from entering the country.

• US Appeals Court Revives Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit

  A lawsuit by four former Iraqi detainees who said they were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq may go forward, a US appeals court said on Monday.

• Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi'ites, killing 60

  Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi'ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year.

• At least 500 escape in deadly assaults on Iraq prisons

  Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons, including notorious Abu Ghraib, with mortars, bombs and gunfire, freeing at least 500 inmates in assaults that cost more than 40 lives, officials said on Monday.

• Attacks on Iraq prisons killed 41 people: officials

  Militants attacked two Iraqi prisons including the notorious Abu Ghraib in a bid to free inmates, sparking all-night clashes in which at least 41 people, officials said on Monday.

• Edward Snowden: US debates whether he is a hero or a traitor

  Whistleblowers like Edward Snowden put everything on the line to unveil the most closely guarded government secrets in an effort to preserve cherished US freedoms.

• Abu Ghraib abuse ringleader released from jail

  The convicted ringleader of US military guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib and took scandalous pictures of their acts was released on parole from military prison on Saturday, the US Army said.