We also saw that men are becoming increasingly un-necessary and the nuclear family is likewise changing drastically.

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And how will that Shia party react if, as many now suspect, an international tribunal under the UN's aegis fingers its men?

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However the judge said the men would not be detained indefinitely as global courts and the UN could inquire about where and how long prisoners were being held.

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The UN sanctions were imposed in the early 1990s to pressure Libya into handing over two men suspected of involvement in the Lockerbie bombing.

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That suspicion was evident when two diplomats, one British and one Irish working for the UN and EU, were expelled in late 2007 for allegedly talking to Taliban groups, talks the men believed were taking place with the full knowledge of the Karzai government.

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Campaigners handed the UN a letter, also delivered to the Sri Lankan president, speaker and opposition leader, saying these men, along with Mr Ban, had the power to make progress in fighting disappearances.

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