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The RCMP have charged three Ontario men for allegedly taking part in a domestic plot, and possessing schematics, electronics and explosives related to creating improvised explosive devices. RCMP Chief Supt. Serge Therriault said Misbahuddin Ahmed, 26, and Hiva Alizadeh, 30, both of Ottawa, and 28-year-old Khurram Sher of London were involved in a conspiracy to commit "a violent terrorism attack."

A Saudi couple tortured their Sri Lankan maid by hammering 24 hot nails into her after she complained of her heavy workload. X-rays showed the brutal result after the nails were hammered into the hands, legs and feet of LT Ariyawathi, a 49-year-old mother-of-three. Mrs Ariyawathi had returned to Sri Lanka on Friday after five months in Saudi Arabia. Doctors discovered the 1in to 2in nails inside her body. One had been hammered in over her eyes, officials said. Mrs Ariyawathi told a local newspaper that her employers tortured her with the nails as punishment. 'They (employer and his family)...