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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An Iraqi government committee investigating a wave of unrest found that 149 civilians were killed because security forces used excessive force and live fire to quell protests, according to its report, seen by Reuters.

Protests over high unemployment, poor public services and corruption erupted on Oct. 1, prompting a violent security crackdown.

“There were no official orders from the supreme authorities to security forces to open fire toward protesters or use live ammunition at all.”. »

The Astros' response Monday night to a Sports Illustrated report that Brandon Taubman, an assistant GM, repeatedly yelled, "Thank God we got Osuna!

The immediacy with which the organization backed Taubman comes from the same strain of hubris that fueled Osuna's acquisition in the first place.

In it, the Astros confirmed that Taubman made the comments but said they were in support of an Astros player. »

Observations by NASA and NOAA found that the hole reached its peak dimensions for the year at 6.3 million square miles on September 8.

By early October the ozone hole can be seen to have shrunk to around 3.9 million square miles.

The hole in the ozone was at its largest in September 2006, when it covered a massive 10.6million square miles. »

The 43-year-old teacher was escorted by armed men to a camp, where she was held for several months, according to Haaretz.

“It was forbidden to speak with the prisoners, forbidden to laugh, forbidden to cry and forbidden to answer questions from anyone,” she said.

“The democratic governments must do all they can to make China stop doing what it is doing in Xinjiang.”. »