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TPM
November 10, 2017
GENEVA (AP) — Sri Lanka's government faced increasing pressure Friday to answer for alleged human rights violations following a recent war crimes lawsuit and allegations from over 50 men who said they were raped, branded or tortured as recently as this year. The men's anguished descriptions of theirÃâà...
India West
November 9, 2017
Sri Lankan people hold candles during a candle light vigil for minority Tamils missing since the end of the island's drawn-out Tamil separatist war in May 2009, in Sri Lanka's capital Colombo Aug. 30, 2017. Over 50 men from Sri Lanka's Tamil ethnic minority seeking asylum say that Sri Lankan forces haveÃâà...
News1130
November 7, 2017
In this July 20, 2017, photo, a Sri Lankan man known as Witness #205 shows scars on his arms during an interview in London. The 22-year old, like the majority of the other victims, said one of his captors identified himself as a member of Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department. (AP Photo/FrankÃâà...
CTV News
November 7, 2017
LONDON -- One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down. Another man described being abducted from home by five men, driven to a prison, and taken to a "tortureÃâà...
Seattle Times
November 7, 2017
... to tell their stories. “I want the world to know what is happening in Sri Lanka,” a 22-year-old known as Witness #205 told the AP during an interview in July. “The war against Tamils hasn't stopped.” ___. Associated Press writer Katy Daigle contributed to this report from Colombo, Sri Lanka. Paisley DoddsÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
October 7, 2017
The Natural History Museum closed after the crash but its neighbor, the famed Victoria and Albert Museum, remained open. British Prime Minister Theresa May thanked the first responders and the public for their help and said her thoughts were with the injured. Associated Press writer Paisley DoddsÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
June 19, 2017
By PAISLEY DODDS and DANICA KIRKA, Associated Press. LONDON (AP) — The attack on Muslim worshippers outside a London mosque on Monday ... Associated Press writer Lori Hinnant in Paris contributed to this report. __. This story has been corrected to show that Cressida Dick is the MetropolitanÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
June 19, 2017
A vehicle struck pedestrians outside a mosque in London on June 19, 2017, resulting in several casualties. Paisley Dodds and Danica KirkaAssociated Press. The attack on Muslim worshippers outside a London mosque on Monday follows a rising wave of violence and harassment directed against Muslims across BritainÃâà...
Christian Science Monitor
June 8, 2017
British voters head to the polls Thursday to decide between the Conservative and Labour parties. But in light of recent terrorist attacks, this election has become more about the country's safety, and less about Brexit. Police officers leave on their bikes after monitoring a polling station for Britain's generalÃâà...
NBC 10 Philadelphia
May 26, 2017
When a Haitian teenager alleged that she had been raped and sodomized by a Sri Lankan peacekeeper, the government here dispatched a high-ranking general suspected of war crimes to lead the investigation. He didn't interview the accuser or medical staff who examined her, but he cleared theÃâà...
Chicago Daily Herald
May 26, 2017
Associated Press writer Verena Dobnik in New York contributed to this report. ___. Have a tip you want to share with the AP? Contact the authors securely at http://www.ap.org/tips. ___. Follow Katy Daigle at www.twitter.com/katydaigle and Paisley Dodds at www.twitter.com/paisleydodds .
Christian Science Monitor
May 25, 2017
Jill Lawless, Paisley Dodds, and Gregory Katz. Associated Press. May 25, 2017 Manchester, England—Home searches across Manchester, England, and beyond have uncovered important items in a fast-moving investigation into the concert bombing that left 22 people dead, Manchester's police chief said Thursday as aÃâà...
Fox5NY
May 24, 2017
Customs and Border Protection has access to a broad array of air travel information through the U.S. government's National Targeting Center. ___. Associated Press writer Paisley Dodds reported his story in London and AP writer Maggie Michael reported from Cairo. AP writers Rami Musa in Benghazi,Ãâà...
PBS NewsHour
May 16, 2017
WASHINGTON — Pushing back against allegations of damaging intelligence disclosures, President Donald Trump's national security adviser insisted Tuesday that Trump's revelations to Russian officials about activities by the Islamic State group were “wholly appropriate” and amounted to a routine sharingÃâà...
WANE
May 16, 2017
VIVIAN SALAMA and DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday defended his right to share "facts pertaining to terrorism" and airline safety with Russia, saying in a pair of tweets he has "an absolute right" as president to do so. Trump's tweets did notÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
May 16, 2017
President Donald Trump on Tuesday claimed the authority to share "facts pertaining to terrorism" and airline safety with Russia, saying in a pair of tweets he has "an absolute right" as president to do so. Trump's tweets did not say whether he revealed classified information about the Islamic State group,Ãâà...
WAVY-TV
May 16, 2017
VIVIAN SALAMA and DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pushing back against allegations of damaging intelligence disclosures, President Donald Trump's national security adviser insisted Tuesday that Trump's revelations to Russian officials about activities by the Islamic StateÃâà...
FinalCall.com News
April 26, 2017
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti—In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jetsetters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough to beat back the hunger, until the UNÃâà...
The Independent
April 14, 2017
In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jetsetters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough to beat back the hunger, until the UN peacekeepers moved in a fewÃâà...
Toronto Star
April 12, 2017
By Paisley DoddsThe Associated Press. Wed., April 12, 2017. PORT-AU-PRINCE—In the ruins of a tropical hideaway where jetsetters once sipped rum under the Caribbean sun, the abandoned children tried to make a life for themselves. They begged and scavenged for food, but they never could scrape together enough toÃâà...
The Register-Guard
March 22, 2017
Daily Mail journalist Quentin Letts said a man in black attacked the police officer before being shot two or three times as he tried to storm into the building. “As this attacker was running towards the entrance two plain-clothed guys with guns shouted at him what sounded like a warning, he ignored it and theyÃâà...
CTV News
March 22, 2017
LONDON -- A knife-wielding man went on a deadly rampage in the heart of Britain's seat of power Wednesday, plowing a car into pedestrians on London's Westminster Bridge before stabbing a police officer to death inside the gates of Parliament. Five people were killed, including the assailant, and 40Ãâà...
Chicago Tribune
March 22, 2017
Daily Mail journalist Quentin Letts said a man in black attacked the police officer before being shot two or three times as he tried to storm into the building. "As this attacker was running towards the entrance two plain-clothed guys with guns shouted at him what sounded like a warning, he ignored it and theyÃâà...
Yahoo News
February 16, 2017
Plotkin said in a telephone interview that he wasn't concerned because he used his Yahoo email for messages that were "close to spam." In the message he posted to Twitter , he joked that "hopefully the cookie was forged by a state known for such delicacies." ___. AP Writer Paisley Dodds contributed toÃâà...
The Denver Post
February 15, 2017
Plotkin said in a telephone interview that he wasn't concerned because he used his Yahoo email for messages that were “close to spam.” In the message he posted to Twitter , he joked that “hopefully the cookie was forged by a state known for such delicacies.” Associated Press writer Paisley DoddsÃâà...
