Terror cargo lands in France
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After weeks of cat-and-mouse antics, the Pacific Pintail slipped into the port of Cherbourg with a deadly cargo of Plutonium — but only after a French court ensured Greenpeace would be kept out of the way.

Côte d?Ivoire: Ending Impunity Key to Resolving Crisis
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/06/cotedi9470.htm
U.N. Commission Should Recommend Tribunal to Address Serious Abuses In Côte d?Ivoire, both government and rebel forces have been responsible for massacres, sexual violence and recruiting child soldiers, and those most responsible must be held accountable for their crimes, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. When the U.N. commission investigating these atrocities reports to the Secretary-General later this month, it should recommend the creation of a judicial body with significant international participation to address the country?s deadly cycle of violence and impunity.

Nepal: Government Forces, Maoist Rebels Target Civilians
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/07/nepal9452.htm
Both Sides in Civil War Should Allow Access by Human Rights Monitors In Nepal?s escalating civil war, civilians in contested areas are executed, abducted and tortured both by government forces and Maoist rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.

UK: Promises on Torture Don’t Work
http://hrw.org/english/docs/2004/10/06/uk9459.htm
“Diplomatic Assurances” will not Protect Deportees The British government has said it is seeking ?diplomatic assurances? that terrorism suspects deported to their home countries will not be tortured there. It argues that, on receipt of such assurances, the men?many of whom have been held without trial for more than two years?could safely be deported. But experience shows that these assurances are an ineffective safeguard against torture, Human Rights Watch said today.