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By Reuters, Sunday June 11 2006
LONDON, June 11 (Reuters) - A British man held for two and a half years at the U.S.’s Guantanamo prison camp said on Sunday he was shocked that three inmates had hanged themselves but said treatment of prisoners there made suicide attempts “inevitable”.
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Shafiq Rasul, who was held at the [...]
“The referendum is not our goal. The national agreement is the goal and the national agreement is what we want,” he said.
In the Gaza Strip, thousands of Palestinian mourners wept with 7-year-old Huda Ghalya as she kneeled to kiss her dead father before he, her mother and three siblings were buried. |
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By Rachel Morarjee in Kabul
Published: June 9 2006 22:01 | Last updated: June 9 2006 22:01
The Afghan government is considering arming tribal groups across the south of the country, where Nato is set to take command next month, in a move diplomats say would destabilise the country.
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As violence in the country’s four southern provinces [...]