The 31-year-old claims he was handcuffed and hooded,and put on a so-called rendition flight to Egypt that he and others believe refueled for 30 minutes on the British island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.
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The Greek-Cypriots, fed up with the impasse, say they will deploy Russian surface-to-air missiles late this year to offset the 30, 000 or so Turkish troops ontheisland.
The strategists argue that the presence of so many armed Marines ontheisland has kept vital trade routes open while also serving as a deterrent of sorts to China and North Korea.
The researchers wanted to observe the impact on New Zealand gloxinia of these disappearing bird populations and so compared the situation onthe mainland with that of three nearby island bird sanctuaries where the birds remain abundant.