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Three days after the discovery of the remains of a toddler in France who had been missing since July, police experts are resuming their search around the hamlet of Haut-Vernet in southern France to recover the child's other remains and shed light on the circumstances of his death. IMAGES
A demonstration is held in Stockholm ahead of the first testimony of a former Iranian prison official accused of handing out death sentences during a 1988 purge of dissidents in a landmark trial in Sweden. Hamid Noury, 60, has been on trial in Stockholm's district court since August on charges including murder, crimes against humanity and war crimes. They stem from the period between July 30 to August 16, 1988, when he was allegedly assistant to the deputy prosecutor of Gohardasht prison in Karaj, near Tehran. IMAGES
Several hundred protesters gather outside a Stockholm court carrying photos of the dead as the trial of a former Iranian prison official accused of involvement in the 1988 execution of thousands of political dissidents starts in Stockholm. Protesters are calling for justice for the estimated 5,000 prisoners killed across Iran, allegedly under the orders of supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini in reprisal for attacks carried out by the MEK at the end of the Iran-Iraq war of 1980-88. IMAGES
Georgia election official Gabriel Sterling is the state's voting systems manager. And according to Business Insider, the Republican has had more than enough of President Donald Trump and GOP senators. In a fiery press conference Tuesday, Sterling a Republican, urged them to 'stop inspiring potential acts of violence' against election workers. He said a young contractor with an election vendor, Dominion Voting Systems, has faced threats and harassment for completing basic tech tasks. Sterling tore into the president and local lawmakers for not showing any leadership and of being 'complicit' in the harassment of election workers. Someone's going to get hurt, someone's going to get shot, someone's going to get killed, and it's not right. Gabriel Sterling, Voting Systems Manager Georgia Secretary of State's Office
La Paz / Buenos Aires (EFE).- Bolivia was awaiting the official results of Sunday’s general elections, as exit polls give tipped Luis Arce, of the Movement to Socialism, as the first round’s winner.After voting took place without incidents and a high voter turnout, uncertainty gripped Bolivians who saw hours go by without the electoral body making the results of the voting known.After midnight and under pressure from politicians and citizens, it was known that the Ciesmori poll for the television channels Unitel and Bolivision gave 52.4 percent of the votes to former Minister Arce, with which he would be the winner by having more 50 percent of the vote. (Camera: CESAR GONZALES / ALBERTO CARATOZZOLO).SHOT LIST: POLLING STATION AT BOLIVIA SUPREME COURT IN LA PAZ, BOLIVIA AND A PRESS CONFERENCE HELD BY FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA EVO MORALES IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.SOUND BITE: FORMER PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA EVO MORALES (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: All the data we have as of now show that the victory belongs to the Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples (MAS-IPSP). Brother Luis Arce, to be president, and brother David Choquehuanca to be vice president. In addition, the Movement for Socialism–Political Instrument for the Sovereignty of the Peoples will have the majority of the two chambers of the Plurinational Legislative Assembly. And that is a great responsibility. 'Lucho' (Luis) will be our president.
Seoul, Sep 24 (EFE).- North Korea shot and burned the body of a South Korean official who disappeared this week from a boat near the maritime border between the two countries, Seoul’s defense ministry said Thursday.The 47-year-old official affiliated with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, identified only as “A,” went missing on Monday from a 500-ton boat patrolling about 10 kilometers south of the tense and disputed Northern Limit Line (NLL) de-facto border.(Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: PEOPLE WATCH NEWS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIAL SHOT AND BURNED BY NORTH KOREA IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.