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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lkdood" data-source="post: 6891062" data-attributes="member: 92282">U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay has singled out Iran for its  crackdown on protestors after last year's election in an address at the  U.N. Human Rights Council.Pillay said human rights are  "deteriorating" in Iran and that she is deeply concerned.She also  criticized Sri Lanka for failing to examine abuses committed during the  government's war last year with Tamil Tiger rebels.Pillay  presented her 2009 report to the U.N. body Thursday.She noted  that the U.S. made some progress toward closing its prison at Guantanamo  Bay. She urged Washington to thoroughly investigate torture allegations  there and at the U.S.-run prison at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan.<a href="http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jJWzMrxg0J-Q3Hj0aVWkpzMad6LgD9E7OT580" target="_blank">AP</a></blockquote>

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