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‘No one can dare ask why’

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) — Women are banned from leaving their homes without a male companion and nobody dares ask about schooling for girls living here. Taxation, that’s sometimes fair and often on the rich but compulsory, can be prey to rival taxmen and lead to beatings and imprisonment for non-payment. Justice is dispensed in mobile

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UN rights chief fears Myanmar heading to ‘full blown conflict’ with echoes of Syria

The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, has warned Myanmar is heading toward a “full blown conflict” with “clear echoes” of Syria in 2011, unless the international community steps in to stop the violence. In a statement Tuesday, Bachelet urged states to take “immediate, decisive and impactful measures to push Myanmar’s military

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Two suspects arrested in the disappearance of Kristin Smart, San Luis Obispo County sheriff says

Two men were arrested Tuesday morning in connection with the disappearance of Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, San Luis Obispo (SLO) County Sheriff Ian Parkinson said at a news conference. Authorities have not found Smart’s body, Parkinson said, but they have come across forensic physical evidence that they “believe it

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Man arrested in connection with fatal shooting of 11-month-old baby in Syracuse, New York

A 23-year-old man is facing murder charges in connection with a shooting that left an 11-month-old baby girl dead and two other children injured in Syracuse, New York, according to the Onondaga County District Attorney’s Office (OCDA). Syracuse Police arrested Chavez Ocasio, 23, on Monday, according to OCDA. Ocasio was charged with second degree murder,

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