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  "id": 14781355,
  "title": "Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro and wife Cilia Flores deny US torture charges as 'false accusations'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-and-wife-cilia-flores-deny-us-torture",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T18:11:23.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20261015-venezuela-s-nicolas-maduro-and-wife-cilia-flores-deny-us-torture-charges-as-false-accusations"
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  "summary": "Ousted Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty on Thursday to new torture charges brought against them by US authorities, calling them “false allegations\". The couple has been held in a New York jail since their capture in early January and is facing a new indictment accusing them of conspiring to torture political opponents and US citizens.",
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        "outlet": "Jerusalem Post",
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        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New York",
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        "title": "Maduro and wife plead not guilty to new charges",
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        "published": "2026-10-15T18:00:02.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "DW News",
        "title": "Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro pleads not guilty to torture charges",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/venezuelas-nicolas-maduro-pleads-not-guilty-to-torture-charges",
        "published": "2026-10-15T18:55:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "Maduro pleads not guilty to new torture-related charges in New York",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/maduro-pleads-not-guilty-to-new-torture-related-charges-in-new-york-14798556",
        "published": "2026-10-15T21:19:14.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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