1.   An investigation by immigration officials concluded that Esmor, trying to cut costs, had failed to train guards, some of whom beat detainees.

2.   Alos, the Pentagon rejects allegations that US troops had beaten Afghan detainees taken into custody and later released in a botched raid last month.

3.   Investigators said they found ample evidence that underpaid and poorly trained guards had beaten detainees, singling out the midnight shift as particularly abusive.

4.   Students who were later freed said that some detainees had been beaten.

5.   The investigation found ample evidence that guards had beaten detainees, stolen their belongings, and routinely participated in acts meant to degrade and punish immigrants.

6.   He was arrested, and witnesses said the detainee was beaten by border policemen.

7.   He was then arrested, and witnesses said the detainee was beaten by border policemen.

8.   It said the detainees were beaten with clubs and rifle butts.

9.   Luzhkov said the arrests were made only at a restaurant near the mosque and denied that any detainees were beaten.

10.   The New York-based group said interrogators beat detainees and tore out their toenails.