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Saudi couple "hammer 24 nails" into Sri Lankan maid

A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid after she complained of a too heavy workload by hammering 24 nails into her hands, legs and forehead, officials said on Thursday.

Iran has material for 1-2 atom bombs: ex-IAEA aide

Iran has stockpiled enough low-enriched uranium for 1-2 nuclear arms but it would not make sense for it to cross the bomb-making threshold with only this amount, a former top U.N. nuclear official was quoted as saying.

62 killed in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces

Ahmed Rasheed and Waleed Ibrahim Reuters 08/25/2010
Palestinians torch cars in Jerusalem violence

Palestinians torched half a dozen vehicles in East Jerusalem on Thursday and threw stones and firebombs at Israeli police after Jewish settlers approached a mosque, local residents and police said.

62 killed in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces

Suicide bombers and other attackers killed at least 62 people in coordinated attacks on Iraqi security forces throughout the country Wednesday, less than a week before U.S. troops formally end combat operations.

Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter "aggressors"

Robin Pomeroy Yahoo! News 08/22/2010
Iran unveils drone aircraft to counter "aggressors"

Iran unveiled a prototype long-range unmanned bomber on Sunday, the latest in a stream of announcements of new Iranian-made military hardware as tension mounts over its nuclear program.

First US soldier killed in Iraq since withdrawal of combat troops

An American soldier was killed by a rocket strike near Basra today, in the first US fatality since the last combat troops left Iraq.

'Al-Qaida prepares for Israel-Iran war'

The Jerusalem Post 08/21/2010
Iran starts nuclear reactor, says intent peaceful

Trucks rumbled into Iran's first reactor Saturday to begin loading tons of uranium fuel in a long-delayed startup touted by officials as both a symbol of the country's peaceful intentions to produce nuclear energy as well as a triumph over Western pressure to rein in its nuclear ambitions.

'Al-Qaida prepares for Israel-Iran war'

Al-Qaida is ready to exploit a war "by the Jews against Iran," the Sunni group's second-in-command in Yemen, Saeed al-Shehri, said in an audio message this month, according to the Daily Beast.

U.S. Assures Israel That Iran Threat Is Not Imminent

MARK MAZZETTI and DAVID E. SANGER The New York Times 08/19/2010

Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment

SALAH NASRAWI Yahoo! News 08/19/2010
U.S. Assures Israel That Iran Threat Is Not Imminent

The Obama administration, citing evidence of continued troubles inside Iran’s nuclear program, has persuaded Israel that it would take roughly a year — and perhaps longer — for Iran to complete what one senior official called a “dash” for a nuclear weapon, according to American officials.

Saudi judge considers paralysis punishment

A Saudi judge has asked several hospitals in the country whether they could damage a man's spinal cord as punishment after he was convicted of attacking another man with a cleaver and paralyzing him, the brother of the victim said Thursday.


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