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Turkish Military Enters Iraq, Vows 'Great Revenge' for Kurdish Rebel Attack

The Turkish military has launched a series of brutal counter-attacks in northern Iraq, killing some 20 Kurdish rebels, after members of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) killed 29 soldiers and five civilians along the Kurdish-Turkish border. President Obama has condemned the PKK's attacks, calling on the US and UN to support Turkey's assault, but PKK leader Duzdan Hammo insists reports of the attacks have been exaggerated and misconstrued.
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Afghanistan

'Systematic Torture' Rampant in Afghanistan Jails: U.N.

The U.N. Mission in Afghanistan interviewed prisoners held by both the Afghan National Police and the National Directorate of Security, many of whom reported that they were tortured, beaten and subject to devices like electric shocks during interrogation sessions.
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at a school in Washington

Obama Vows No Safe Haven for al Qaeda

President Barack Obama on Friday hailed the killing of American-born militant Anwar al-Awlaki as a tribute to years of counterterrorism cooperation with Yemen and proof that al Qaeda and its allies will find no safe haven anywhere in the world.
An Israeli naval vessel (front) patrols near the port of Ashdod

U.N. experts say Israel's blockade of Gaza illegal

Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip violates international law, a panel of human rights experts reporting to a U.N. body said on Tuesday, disputing a conclusion reached by a separate U.N. probe into Israel's raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney: 'Corporations Are People' - Is He Right? The Legal Background

Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his pledge to not raise taxes by telling an audience at an Iowa state fair that, "corporations are people, my friend." An ongoing legal debate asks what rights we should give to people who aren't human -- from corporations to fetuses to, perhaps someday soon, machines.
Hassan al-Bashir

EU says Chad should have arrested Sudan's Bashir

The European Union expressed concern on Monday about a second visit to Chad by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, saying he should have been arrested there under an International Criminal Court warrant.
Yong Vui Kong

Singapore: Drug Laws and The Death Penalty

Singapore, like much of Southeast Asia, has very draconian laws, particularly with respect to drug trafficking – for which, a conviction often leads to the death penalty.
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) researchers use advanced modeling and simulation equipment as they work on the DHS Control Systems Security Program (CSSP) at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho

Cyber War: Feds strike back with National Cyber Range project

The US government, which has faced a slew of cyber attacks in recent months, has gone on the offensive by working on National Cyber Range project, a platform that will function as a test-bed for cutting-edge cyber defense technologies and help train cyber warriors.

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