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• Iraqi court rulings stop at U.S. detention sites
Authorized by U.N.? The U.S. military does not comment on individual cases. It insists, however, that the detention system is authorized by a U.N. resolution under which the Iraqi government allows U.S. troops to detain people at will.
• N.Y. subway cars find new life on ocean floor
OCEAN CITY, Md. - After four decades carrying millions of New Yorkers, 44 of the city's subway cars are now home to millions of fish. The worn-out cars were dumped on Friday into the Atlantic Ocean, 21 miles off the Maryland coast, to create an ...
• French aid ship awaits OK from Myanmar junta
France’s U.N. Ambassador Jean-Maurice Ripert warned Friday that the government’s refusal to allow aid to be delivered to people “could lead to a true crime against humanity.
• Death toll from Myanmar cyclone nearly doubles
More than two weeks after the event, we are at a critical point," said U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. "Unless more aid gets into the country — quickly — we face the risk of an outbreak of infectious diseases that could dramatically worsen ...
• UN appeals judges order suspension of war crimes trial of 2 former ...
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - U.N. appeals judges on Friday suspended the war crimes trial of two former Serb security chiefs for at least three months because one of them is too ill to attend court. Jovica Stanisic and Franko Simatovic went on trial last ...

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