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US says PM’s exit shows Assad’s rule is ending. The PM who defected has accused Assad of committing a genocide against his own people. [Al Jazeera]
Secret CSIS committee weighs torture’s role in terror tips. A secret high-level committee at Canada’s spy agency is tasked with deciding whether information received from abroad is tainted by torture, declassified records show. [CBC]
In police pat-downs in the US, many women experience deeper humiliation. [New York Times]