Speaking quietly, twisting the rings on her hand, she says that she bitterly regrets leaving her family for a life of violent conflict.

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For others, her Oscar de la Renta fringe dress twisting dance was yet another example of what endears her to legions of fans.

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The 26 year-old was found to have abused her son, then aged two, by violently twisting him and causing him multiple fractures, but she says her family history of brittle bone disease was wrongly ruled out.

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