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18 July 2008

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11 July 2008

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Urgent Action       AMR 20/003/2008

Mexico: Fear for safety
11 July 2008

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Urgent Action       AMR 41/031/2008

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8 July 2008

The Canadian authorities intend to deport US serviceman James Corey Glass on 10 July 2008. He fled to Canada to avoid being sent back to Iraq because of his ...

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the wire, July 2008. Vol. 38, No. 6
1 July 2008

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