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Saturday, January 07, 2012

Turkey's custody laws draw flak after general held | Reuters

Turkey's custody laws draw flak after general held

By Simon Cameron-Moore

ISTANBUL | Sat Jan 7, 2012 1:15pm EST

(Reuters) - A day after the jailing of Turkey's former military chief, pending possible trial on accusations he tried to overthrow the government, newspaper columnists criticized the authorities for failing to reform sweeping pre-trial custody laws.

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