From: "Phil Payne" 

> http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061030/ts_nm/korea_north_rights_dc
>
> WASHINGTON (Reuters) -
> North Korea has committed "crimes against humanity" against
its own people
> according to an independent report published on Monday that made a
> long-shot appeal for the U.N. Security Council to deal with the issue.

> Released after North Korea's October 9 nuclear test, the report describes
> Pyongyang's brutal treatment of its citizens, from the beatings of
> pregnant women to force miscarriages to the abduction, torture and
> execution of political prisoners.

But I remember such tales about Hussein's Iraq that turned out not to be true.

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