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UK spies accused over arrest of Sikh blogger in India
UK spies accused over arrest of Sikh blogger in India
by  AFP

Human rights groups on Tuesday said UK intelligence agencies may have shared information with India that led to the arrest and torture of a Sikh blogger from Scotland. They claimed this tip-off "led to his unlawful arrest and torture in India".

Sadr supporters launch sit-in outside top Iraq judicial body
Sadr supporters launch sit-in outside top Iraq judicial body
by  AFP

Several hundred supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched a sit-in outside Iraq's top judicial body on Tuesday, ratcheting up tensions in a showdown with a rival Shiite alliance. "We want to stamp out corruption," said Abu Karar al-Alyawi, a Sadr supporter among those demonstrating on Tuesday.

Hundreds mourn Russian nationalist's daughter killed in car bomb
Hundreds mourn Russian nationalist's daughter killed in car bomb
by  AFP

Hundreds gathered Tuesday for the Moscow funeral of Daria Dugina, the daughter of a prominent ultranationalist intellectual, who was killed in a car bombing that Russia blames on Ukraine. Dugina was killed Saturday when a bomb placed in her car went off as she drove on a highway outside Moscow.

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