Afghan Taliban reconciliation: Afghans fearful of push to negotiate with Taliban - latimes.com

By Laura King, Los Angeles Times
June 13, 2011, 9:02 p.m.
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan— It was a peaceful afternoon in a rose-fragrant Kabul park set aside for women. But when girls and women strolling its pathways were asked about the Afghan government's overtures to the Taliban movement, faces that had been alight with pleasure grew tight with apprehension.

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Bahrain doctors go on trial, alleging torture to extract confessions - CNN.com

A shot from February shows doctors and nurses holding a banner while marching from the Salmaniya Medical Complex, now at the center of court proceedings in Bahrain.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: The doctors appear stressed and anxious in court
NEW: The judge denies a request to free the defendants during the trial
Dozens of doctors and nurses are accused of taking control of a hospital and holding prisoners
The judge agrees to have civilian doctors examine the defendants
Manama, Bahrain (CNN) -- Dozens of doctors and nurses went on trial Monday in Bahrain, accused of taking control of a hospital during anti-government protests, storing weapons and keeping people prisoner.
The doctors, their lawyers and international human rights activists say the defendants were tortured to extract confessions against a background of demonstrations in the kingdom.

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