A UN human rights report today credited the US-led coalition with ending years of violations by Saddam Hussein’s regime, but also cited concerns over prisoner abuse.

The top UN human rights official today urged the American and British military to bring to justice soldiers alleged to have abused prisoners in Iraq.

Separatists in southern Thailand urged all Muslims to rise up and warned today that the killing of 108 militants by security forces this week would be paid for “with blood and tears.”