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GENEVA AP 鈥?U.N.-backed investigators pointed Tuesday to signs that Syria government continues to perpetrate rape, torture and murder as the country nine-year conflict grinds on, while citing possible war crimes by a Turkey-backed coalition of rebel groups and calling on Ankara to do more to help prevent them.The report from the Commission of Inquiry on
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KYIV, Ukraine AP 鈥?The Biden administration said Wednesday that it will give Ukraine antipersonnel mines to help it slow Russias battlefield advances, marking the second major shift on U.S. milita
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