U.N. starts inquiry into torture, labor camps in North Korea

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U.N. starts inquiry into torture, labor camps in North Korea

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-launches-inquiry-crimes-labor-camps-north-160356741.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/bU1Gj1lJfoO_d_uS0gOrFA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-03-21T160356Z_1_CBRE92K18MO00_RTROPTP_2_KOREA-NORTH.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A North Korean flag on a tower flutters in the wind at a North Korean village near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in this picture taken just south of the border, in Paju" align="left" title="A North Korean flag on a tower flutters in the wind at a North Korean village near the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in this picture taken just south of the border, in Paju" border="0" /></a>By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations launched an investigation on Thursday into what it said were widespread and systematic human rights violations in North Korea, some of which &quot;may amount to crimes against humanity&quot;. The U.N. Human Rights Council unanimously passed a resolution brought by the European Union and Japan, and backed by the United States, condemning alleged North Korean torture, food deprivation and labor camps for political prisoners. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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