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What a War Crime Looks Like From Space

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By Josh Lyons

The tell-tale signs of a devastating attack are obvious – even via satellite.

Satellite images of the remote, gold mining village of Camp Bangui in the Central African Republic show dozens of black “burn scars” – all that is left of more than 200 homes reduced to ashes following a November 10 attack by former Seleka fighters who have been wreaking havoc in the region. 

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ASIAAfghanistan Should Reject Proposal to Restore Stoning 

It is absolutely shocking that 12 years after the fall of the Taliban government, the President Hamid Karzai’s administration might bring back stoning as a punishment. Karzai needs to demonstrate at least a basic commitment to human rights and reject this proposal out of hand. 
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