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'Hung by my wrists and beaten': Israeli-Russian woman says Iraqi militants tortured her in captivity

An Israeli-Russian woman held captive for two and a half years by militants in Iraq has told the BBC how she invented "confessions" to try to get her captors to stop torturing her. Elizabeth Tsurkov, ...
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From Lord's Resistance Army captive to tailor, teen gets a second chance

DUNGU, Democratic Republic of the Congo, September 19 (UNHCR) - It's a peaceful morning in the dusty town of Dungu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Orientale province. Rose*, aged 18 years, ...