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GENEVA聽 A month out from a nuclear deal deadline, the top U.S. and Iranian diplomats gathered in Geneva Saturday in an effort to bridge differences over how quickly to ease economic sanctions on Tehran and how significantly the Iranians must open up military facilities to international inspections.The talks between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and I
stanley cup ranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif were likely to extend into Sunday, a negotiating round that officials described as the most substantive since world powers and Iran c
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KOBLENZ, Germany AP 鈥?A former Syrian secret police officer was convicted by a German court Thursday of crimes against humanity for overseeing the abuse of detainees at a jail near Damascus a decade ago, a ruling the top United Nations human rights official described as historic.Anwar Raslan is the highest-ranking Syr
adidas campus ian official so far convicted of the charge. The verdict was keenly anticipated by those who suffered abuse or lost relatives at the hands of President Bashar Assad government in Syria long-running conflict.WATCH: Syrian official faces war crime charges for overseeing brutal prison tortureThis trial cast a much-needed, renewed spotlight on the kinds of sickening torture, cruel and truly inhuman treatment 鈥?including abject sexual violence 鈥?that countless Syrians were subjected to in detention facilities, the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, said.It is a landmark leap forward in the pursuit of truth, justice an
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