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Amnesty: Iran Steps Up Public Executions
LONDON (Reuters) – Iran has sharply stepped up its use of public executions, hanging 13 men this year, nearly as many as in all of 2010, in an attempt to intimidate its citizens, Amnesty International said on Wednesday.
Saudi Arabia Detains Bloggers over Protest: Activists
JEDDAH (Reuters) – Authorities in Saudi Arabia have detained two Shi’ite bloggers this week for taking part in demonstrations in the country’s oil-producing Eastern Province, a Shi’ite website and activists said on Wednesday.
Guantánamo Leaks Lift Lid on Most Controversial Prison
Innocent people interrogated for years on slimmest pretexts
Heavy Fighting in Misrata and Libyan Mountains
TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s rebel-held city of Misrata won no respite from two months of bitter siege as Muammar Gaddafi’s forces bombarded the city and battled rebel fighters, despite pulling out of the city center.
Kerim Kerimov
Kerim Kerimov was born in the year 1917 in a Muslim family of an engineering background in Baku, Azerbaijan then part of the Russia.
Factbox: Ships Held by Somali Pirates
Here are details of ships still held by Somali pirates after pirates said on Sunday they had released the Greek-owned MV Eagle.
Microorganisms
microorganisms explained, for kids
