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Most Houla Victims Killed In Summary Executions: UN
yahoo.com 13 hours, 37 minutes agoGENEVA (Reuters) - Most of the 108 people killed in the Syrian town of Houla were civilians and entire families were shot in their homes, the U.N. human rights office said on Tuesday. Witnesses and survivors have told U.N. investigators that most victims died in two bouts of summary executions carried out by pro-government "shabbiha" militiamen in the nearby village of Taldaou last Friday, U.N. rights spokesman Rupert Colville said. ...
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New Expenses Row Adds To Cameron's Many Woes
yahoo.com 1 day, 8 hours agoLONDON (Reuters) - Britain's first Muslim woman to hold a cabinet post fought back on Monday against allegations she had made improper expense claims, the latest in a series of public relations disasters to hit her political patron, Prime Minister David Cameron. Sayeeda Warsi, a lawyer of South Asian origin who describes herself as a "Northern, working-class roots, urban, working mum", cuts an unusual figure in Cameron's Conservative Party, whose leadership is dominated by privileged white men from the affl
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