LONDON, May 5: Lawyers for 12 Iraqi families who allege their relatives were unlawfully killed by British troops in post-war Iraq took their case to London's High Court on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Defence refuses to accept responsibility for the deaths, but the lawyers are demanding a judicial review to examine whether the killings were a violation of the victims' right to life under European law.

INDIAN CONCERN: New Delhi has asked the United States to explain disturbing reports about Indians being used as slave labour and held against their will by contractors in US military camps in Iraq, Indian officials said on Wednesday. Indians who have fled Iraq complain of a nightmare of abuse by US troops. -Reuters