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Last Updated: Friday, 7 May, 2004, 09:19 GMT 10:19 UK

A hooded and wired Iraqi prisoner is seen at the Abu Ghraib prison near Baghdad, Iraq in this undated photo. (AP Photo/Courtesy of The New Yorker)

Rumsfeld to testify on Iraq abuse

The US defence secretary faces a grilling by Congress after President Bush says "sorry" for US troops' actions.

Rumsfeld's job 'on the line'

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Chaos at Abu Ghraib jail

Sudan 'starving Darfur refugees'

Two reports accuse Khartoum of abuses, with the UN saying civilians in Darfur are being systematically starved.

'Five dead' in Karachi explosion

At least five people have been killed and 50 wounded in a suspected bomb attack on a Pakistan mosque, officials say.

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Koreas progress on defence talks

China calls for end to arms ban

EUROPE

Kosovo UN troops 'fuel sex trade'

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Second round of polling in Iran

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