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El Chapo's Sons Fed Enemies To Tigers, Tortured Them With Chillies And Corkscrews: Report
The indictment released by the US Justice Department details the brutal methods of torture and executions used by the cartel to extend its power and intimidate enemies.
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US-Saudi Doctor Was Tortured With Electric Shock During Crackdown: Report
US diplomats have visited a dual US-Saudi national who was reported to have been tortured while imprisoned in the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, a top White House official said Sunday.
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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea Denies Torturing US Student Otto Warmbier: Report
North Korea Friday denied torturing Otto Warmbier, the US student who died after being released from the North in a coma, in the first official reaction to his death.
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US Supreme Court Opts To Leave CIA 'Torture Report' Secret
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a damning report on the CIA's post-September 11 torture program, ensuring it will remain secret.
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Retired US Generals To Donald Trump: 'Torture Is Unnecessary'
Dozens of retired top military brass have written to President-elect Donald Trump urging him not to follow through on campaign pledges to reinstate waterboarding, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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Republican Candidate Donald Trump Reverses Stance On Torture: Reports
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump softened his stance on torture on Friday, saying he would not order the US military to break international laws on how to treat terrorism suspects, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Delhi Gang-Rape: 'Government Has Failed Us', Says Mother Of Student
The mother of a medical student who was raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 has said the women's panel's late night plea in the Supreme Court against the release of the youngest convict in the case is "just for show" and added that the government "has failed us."
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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After Hacking Controversy, CIA Watchdog Resigns
The CIA's Inspector General will resign this month but US officials said on Monday his departure is not related to his finding last year that the spy agency hacked into computers used by Senate aides.
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US Senator Proposes Ban on CIA Holding Detainees
The lawmaker behind the explosive US Senate report on enhanced interrogation techniques presented several torture prevention proposals on Monday to US President Barack Obama including a ban on the CIA holding detainees.
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Half of America Believe CIA Interrogation Methods Justified: Poll
About half of Americans believe that the CIA was justified in its harsh interrogation methods of "war on terror" detainees, a poll found Monday, days after a damning US report revealed harrowing details of torture.
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CIA Revelations Put UK Spies Under Scrutiny
British spy agencies are under growing pressure to reveal how closely they worked with their US counterparts following 9/11 after a damning US Senate report exposed how the CIA tortured terror suspects.
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Publisher to Release CIA Torture Report in Book Form
An independent publisher in New York is releasing the US Senate report on the CIA and torture as a 480-page book, saying it needs to be seen by as many readers as possible.
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George Bush Misled Nation in Run-Up to Iraq War, Says Senator Carl Levin
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee released new information on Thursday that he claims is evidence that the Bush Administration misled the nation in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
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El Chapo's Sons Fed Enemies To Tigers, Tortured Them With Chillies And Corkscrews: Report
The indictment released by the US Justice Department details the brutal methods of torture and executions used by the cartel to extend its power and intimidate enemies.
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US-Saudi Doctor Was Tortured With Electric Shock During Crackdown: Report
US diplomats have visited a dual US-Saudi national who was reported to have been tortured while imprisoned in the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Riyadh, a top White House official said Sunday.
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CIA Says Mistakenly 'Shredded' US Senate Torture Report Then Did Not
The Central Intelligence Agency thought for months that it had mistakenly shredded a massive U.S. Senate report on its use of waterboarding and other "enhanced interrogation techniques" before suddenly discovering that its copy had not been lost after all, an agency official said on Tuesday.
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North Korea Denies Torturing US Student Otto Warmbier: Report
North Korea Friday denied torturing Otto Warmbier, the US student who died after being released from the North in a coma, in the first official reaction to his death.
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US Supreme Court Opts To Leave CIA 'Torture Report' Secret
The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a damning report on the CIA's post-September 11 torture program, ensuring it will remain secret.
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Retired US Generals To Donald Trump: 'Torture Is Unnecessary'
Dozens of retired top military brass have written to President-elect Donald Trump urging him not to follow through on campaign pledges to reinstate waterboarding, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
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Republican Candidate Donald Trump Reverses Stance On Torture: Reports
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump softened his stance on torture on Friday, saying he would not order the US military to break international laws on how to treat terrorism suspects, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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Delhi Gang-Rape: 'Government Has Failed Us', Says Mother Of Student
The mother of a medical student who was raped and tortured on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012 has said the women's panel's late night plea in the Supreme Court against the release of the youngest convict in the case is "just for show" and added that the government "has failed us."
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Islamic State Committing Genocide Against Yazidis in Iraq: Report
The Islamic State group is committing genocide against Iraq's Yazidi community, the US Holocaust Memorial Museum said in a report Thursday based on harrowing interviews detailing rape, torture and murder.
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After Hacking Controversy, CIA Watchdog Resigns
The CIA's Inspector General will resign this month but US officials said on Monday his departure is not related to his finding last year that the spy agency hacked into computers used by Senate aides.
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US Senator Proposes Ban on CIA Holding Detainees
The lawmaker behind the explosive US Senate report on enhanced interrogation techniques presented several torture prevention proposals on Monday to US President Barack Obama including a ban on the CIA holding detainees.
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Half of America Believe CIA Interrogation Methods Justified: Poll
About half of Americans believe that the CIA was justified in its harsh interrogation methods of "war on terror" detainees, a poll found Monday, days after a damning US report revealed harrowing details of torture.
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CIA Revelations Put UK Spies Under Scrutiny
British spy agencies are under growing pressure to reveal how closely they worked with their US counterparts following 9/11 after a damning US Senate report exposed how the CIA tortured terror suspects.
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Publisher to Release CIA Torture Report in Book Form
An independent publisher in New York is releasing the US Senate report on the CIA and torture as a 480-page book, saying it needs to be seen by as many readers as possible.
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George Bush Misled Nation in Run-Up to Iraq War, Says Senator Carl Levin
The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee released new information on Thursday that he claims is evidence that the Bush Administration misled the nation in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
