Tag: mental
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Russia frees Crimean dissident from psychiatric clinic
Ilmi Umerov, deputy head of the Crimean Tatars' semi-official Mejlis legislature, which was suspended by Moscow after it annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, was committed to compulsory psychiatric testing by local authorities in August. Western countries, including Britain and the United States, had called for Umerov's release, and rights activists had accused Russia…
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Exclusive: Nigerian army faces new dangers in Boko Haram campaign
By Ulf Laessing BAMA, Nigeria (Reuters) – Nigeria's military has liberated large swathes of land from Boko Haram but a ride with an army convoy, all guns firing for fear of ambush, shows how far the northeast is from normality after a brutal Islamist insurgency that has displaced millions. The moment military convoys leave the…
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‘Projectile’ hits Medecins Sans Frontieres clinic in Yemen, killing four: MSF
A “projectile” struck a clinic supported by international medical group Medecins Sans Frontieres in north Yemen on Sunday, killing four people, MSF said, another in a series of attacks on its facilities in the war-torn country. MSF said it was not clear who was behind the attack that also wounded 10 other people in Shiara…
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Iraq bans poultry imports from 24 countries over avian flu threat
Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including China and South Africa, the government said on Sunday. Baghdad last month restricted poultry imports from France, where an outbreak of avian flu has been reported. The agriculture ministry could not be contacted for immediate comment,…
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Mexican drug boss ‘Chapo’ Guzman loves his mom, feels no remorse
Guzman was recaptured on Friday in northwest Mexico six months after a brazen prison-break. “With respect, and from my point of view, it’s a person who’s not looking for problems in any way,” he told Penn in a video recording, after meeting the actor at an undisclosed location weeks earlier in Mexico to pact an…