Prisoners in Kabul's Policharki Prison who rioted over the weekend agreed Monday to temporarily end their disturbance and allow injured inmates to be removed for medical care, according to the chief negotiator for the Afghan government. Sibghatullah Mojaddedi also reported an inmate request that the prison authorities help to bury the dead. In exchange for [...]

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Mexico's "scorched-earth" campaign in the 1960s and 1970s resulted in crimes against humanity, including genocide, torture, executions and disappearances, according to a draft report made public by the National Security Archive at George Washington University. The report, commissioned by Mexican President Vicente Fox , was presented to special prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo Prieto in December but [...]

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