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Torture fear in Afghan schoolgirl 'poisoning' cases
Jul 10th, 2012
A UN agency has expressed concern that torture may have been used to extract confessions over the alleged serial poisoning of Afghan schoolgirls, which experts say is more likely to be mass hysteria. (Source: AFP) -
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