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The only negative reviews come from two critics who write for big papers--Stephen Holden of the New York Times and Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today --which makes you wonder if they've got so successful they've forgotten the torture a jammed copy machine can inflict on the lowly.
Most apartheid-era officials take de Klerk's position, denying knowledge of assassinations or instances of torture.
"Two policemen seeking asylum in Britain told the Observer they took part in massacres and torture of defenceless civilians, under orders," the newspaper said.
In the 1970s, Karenga himself was imprisoned for ordering and directing the torture of a young woman.
Most British newspapers led Friday with the discovery of a "medieval torture chamber" beneath a Serb police station in Pristina and on an official British estimate that more than 10,000 ethnic Albanians died in Serb atrocities.