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   25 June 2012   
      
   Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights'   
      
   A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of   
   sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing   
   drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists.   
      
   Jimmy Carter, America's 39th president, denounced the Obama   
   administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of the   
   Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writing in a New York Times   
   op-ed on Monday that the "United States is abandoning its role as the   
   global champion of human rights."   
      
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   Obama Administration’s Drone Death Figures Don’t Add Up   
      
   June 18, 2012   
      
   Last month, a “senior administration official” said the number of   
   civilians killed in drone strikes in Pakistan under President Obama is   
   in the “single digits.” But last year “U.S. officials” said drones in   
   Pakistan killed about 30 civilians in just a yearlong stretch under   
   Obama.   
      
   Both claims can’t be true.   
      
   The New America Foundation estimates that, based on press reports,   
   between 293 and 471 civilians have been killed in the attacks. The   
   London-based Bureau of Investigative Journalism, which draws on a   
   wider array of sources including researchers and lawyers in Pakistan,   
   puts the number of civilians killed at between 482 and 832.   
      
   http://www.propublica.org/article/obama-drone-death-figures-dont-add-up   
      
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