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Iraq Passes Bill Criminalising Same-Sex Relations, Jail Upto 15 Years
Iraq's parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an "attack on human rights".
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Family's Despair For Pakistan's Aafia Siddiqui
From Algeria to Iraq to Yemen, one name crops up again and again in the demands of Islamist hostage-takers: Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani scientist jailed in the United States for attacking American soldiers in Afghanistan.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences 18 to Jail For Militant Offence
A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced 18 men to prison terms of 10 months to 25 years for their part in a series of militant attacks against government and foreign targets between 2003-06, state media reported late on Wednesday.
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Taliban free nearly 250 in Pakistan jail break
Dozens of heavily armed Taliban fighters freed nearly 250 prisoners, including hardcore militants, during a sophisticated overnight attack on a Pakistani jail that killed 13 people, officials said today.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
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Three Saudis jailed for plot to kill Americans
A special anti-terror court has sentenced three Saudis to six years in jail each for a plot to kill US nationals at the height of a campaign of Al-Qaeda attacks in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006, a witness said.
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Al Qaeda convicts flee in Iraq jailbreak
Dozens of prisoners, including convicted Al Qaeda members, escaped an Iraqi jail after militants dressed in police uniform attacked the prison and released them, security sources said on Friday.
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13 policemen killed, 83 inmates freed after gunmen attack prison in Iraq
Clashes killed at least 13 policemen at a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit that was seized by militants but has since been retaken by security forces, officials said on Friday. At least 83 prisoners were able to escape during the unrest, the officials said.
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Iraq Passes Bill Criminalising Same-Sex Relations, Jail Upto 15 Years
Iraq's parliament passed a bill on Saturday criminalising same-sex relations, which will receive a sentence of up to 15 years in prison, in a move rights groups condemned as an "attack on human rights".
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Family's Despair For Pakistan's Aafia Siddiqui
From Algeria to Iraq to Yemen, one name crops up again and again in the demands of Islamist hostage-takers: Aafia Siddiqui, the Pakistani scientist jailed in the United States for attacking American soldiers in Afghanistan.
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Saudi Arabia Sentences 18 to Jail For Militant Offence
A Saudi Arabian court has sentenced 18 men to prison terms of 10 months to 25 years for their part in a series of militant attacks against government and foreign targets between 2003-06, state media reported late on Wednesday.
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Taliban free nearly 250 in Pakistan jail break
Dozens of heavily armed Taliban fighters freed nearly 250 prisoners, including hardcore militants, during a sophisticated overnight attack on a Pakistani jail that killed 13 people, officials said today.
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Barack Obama renews vow to close Guantanamo detention camp
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the military jail at Guantanamo Bay is damaging US interests and vowed a renewed push to close it, as around 100 prisoners take part in a hunger strike there.
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Three Saudis jailed for plot to kill Americans
A special anti-terror court has sentenced three Saudis to six years in jail each for a plot to kill US nationals at the height of a campaign of Al-Qaeda attacks in the kingdom between 2003 and 2006, a witness said.
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Al Qaeda convicts flee in Iraq jailbreak
Dozens of prisoners, including convicted Al Qaeda members, escaped an Iraqi jail after militants dressed in police uniform attacked the prison and released them, security sources said on Friday.
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13 policemen killed, 83 inmates freed after gunmen attack prison in Iraq
Clashes killed at least 13 policemen at a prison in the Iraqi city of Tikrit that was seized by militants but has since been retaken by security forces, officials said on Friday. At least 83 prisoners were able to escape during the unrest, the officials said.
