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ThinkFast: "'Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of the Earth.' Some uninhabited islands have been covered in recent years, but disappearance of Lohachara, an island off the coast of India that was 'once home to 10,000 people, is unprecedented.'

British and Iraqi soldiers raided a police station in Basra on Monday, uncovering 'appalling' detainee conditions. 'More than 100 men were crowded into a single cell, 30 feet by 40 feet, he said, with two open toilets… A significant number showed signs of torture. Some had crushed hands and feet…, while others had cigarette and electrical burns and a significant number had gunshot wounds to their legs and knees.'"

(Via Think Progress.)