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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: isolation

isolation stories: 6 news summaries

(Newser) - Rhesus monkeys raised in isolation are anti-social, catatonic, and profoundly disturbed even after they are introduced to their peers. The same is true of humans kept in solitary confinement for prolonged periods of time, whether as hostages or prisoners, writes Atul Gawande in the New Yorker. As months roll on,... More »

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torture • prison • POW • prisoners • isolation • social behavior • solitary confinement • Terry Anderson

 Tibet's Long 
 History of Isolation 

Since 1800s, governments have secluded region from world

Mar 15, 09 4:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Isolation has long defined Tibet and fueled the region's exotic history, Edward Wong writes in the New York Times. While China's recent clampdown is purely political—this is the 50th anniversary of an attempted uprising—natural remoteness and anti-imperialist struggles have also sealed its borders. “A large element of... More »

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China • tourism • colonialism • Tibet • isolation • Tibetan protesters • mountain

 Cardinals Slam 
 Isolated Pope's 
 'Errors' 

Recent decisions fuel rare discord

Feb 22, 09 9:35 AM CST
(Newser) - In an unusual public display of church disharmony, cardinals are pushing back against the pope for being out of touch as controversies swirl over recent decisions, the Times of London reports. The pope spends too much of his day in solitude with his books, critics charge. “People feel that... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Vatican • cardinals • isolation

American Detainees Faced Gitmo Treatment Inside US

Isolation, sensory deprivation nearly drove one insane

Oct 8, 08 5:15 PM CDT
(AP) - An American detainee held in a US military brig was driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation, documents obtained by the AP show. The Bush administration labeled two citizens and a US resident “enemy combatants” and held them for years without criminal charges at military... More »

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prison • US military • Guantanamo Bay • detainee • isolation

OPINION

US Should
Have Hugged Castro to Death

Dictator relied on
angry giant to the north to keep people afraid

Feb 19, 08 12:23 PM CST
(Newser) - Fidel Castro has left power, but his legacy endures because the US never did what it took to eliminate his regime: embrace it. Fidel survived for decades because his people were afraid of the angry superpower to the north, writes Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey. Had America embraced him, the Cuban... More »

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Iran • Syria • Fidel Castro • Cuba • Soviet Union • Cuban embargo • isolation

US Makes Canadian Torture List

'Torture awareness' manual for diplomats includes US, Syria, Israel, Iran

Jan 18, 08 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The US, along with China, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and Israel, is listed in an official Canadian foreign ministry document of countries where prisoners are at risk of torture, the BBC reports. The "torture awareness" training manual classifies as torture some US interrogation techniques, including forced nudity, isolation, and sleep... More »

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Afghanistan • China • Iran • Israel • torture • Syria • Canada • United States • Amnesty International • Guantanamo Bay • sleep deprivation • interrogation techniques • Canadian foreign ministry • isolation • torture list

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