Britain examines success of drug 'shooting galleries.'

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The UK government is investigating the possibility of establishing official shelters where drug addicts can test the quality of a drug and inject under medical supervision. Such a facility is already operating in Las Barranquillas, Spain, where there are 10 cubicles where addicts can inject themselves with new syringes and obtain medical advice.

Drug Addicts, Services, Drug abusers

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'They took me to a park, laid me across a bench and broke my arms.'

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The Law Lords have incorrectly interpreted the European Convention on Human Rights by ruling that only crimes attributed to former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet after Sep 1988, when the UK signed the International Convention on Torture, will be considered as part of Spain's request to extradite Pinochet, according to Marcela Pradenas, who was tortured and sexually abused in Chile in 1985. She feels that her torturers, who targeted her because of her work with Catholic human rights groups, wanted to use her as a warning to others.

Chile, International economic relations, International Affairs, Human Rights, Cases, Interview, Pinochet, Augusto, Human rights workers, Human rights activists, Pradenas, Marcela

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Churchill bribed Franco's men to stay out of war

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A newly published book by historian David Stafford, an expert on the UK's wartime intelligence operations, indicates that the UK government under Winston Churchill made payments totalling $13 million to a group of Spanish generals in return for Spain not becoming involved in the second world war. The money was laundered in New York, NY, and distributed to Spanish generals by Francoist millionaire banker Juan March.

History, World War II, 1939-1945

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