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Clashes continue in Iraq; at least 17 more die
BEIRUT -- Battles between Iraqi government forces and Sunni fighters left at least 17 people dead Wednesday as sectarian tensions showed little sign of abating and threatened an insurrection in Sunni provinces. Dozens of people were reportedly killed...
Tags: Political Dissent, Explosions, Armed Forces, Emergency Incidents, Politics
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Dozens killed in gun battles in northern Nigeria
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Dozens of people, including many civilians, died in gun battles between Nigerian security forces and Islamist militants in recent days, according to Nigerian officials. However, reports of the number of casualties varied,...Tags: Goodluck Jonathan, United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Nigeria, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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The jarring reality and artful beauty of photography
I wonder if the curators of the excellent "War/Photography" show at the Annenberg Space for Photography were tempted to include Jeff Wall's "Dead Troops Talk (A Vision After an Ambush of a Red Army Patrol, Near Moqor, Afghanistan, Winter, 1986)". It...
Tags: Photography, World War II (1939-1945), George Bernard Shaw, Museum of Modern Art, Armed Forces
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Israel sees no criminal liability in Gaza family bombing
JERUSALEM - An Israeli investigation into the worst civilian tragedy of last November’s Gaza Strip offensive – an attack that killed 10 members of a single family and two neighbors – concluded that soldiers bombed the home by mistake and...
Tags: Hamas, Israel, International Law, Military Justice, Human Rights
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Armed men attack Mogadishu courthouse, triggering gun battles
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Militants attacked Mogadishu’s main courthouse Sunday in one of two attacks in Somalia that were linked to an Al Qaeda-affiliated group. About nine gunmen wearing Somali police uniforms and suicide vests stormed the...
Tags: Mogadishu (Somalia), Al-Qaeda, Somalia
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13 Afghan soldiers slain in Taliban attack on outpost
HERAT, Afghanistan -- Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan outpost near the border with Pakistan on Friday, killing 13 soldiers, according to local officials. The fighting began around dawn and lasted four to five hours, said Wasifullah Wasifi,...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, NATO, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Afghanistan
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Civilian deaths in Syria documented by rights group
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.Syrian government forces have bombed bakeries and hospitals and indiscriminately carried out air attacks against civilians, Human Rights Watch said in a newly released report. Such strikes violate the laws of war and should be prosecuted as war crimes, it...Tags: Prosecution, Explosions, Emergency Incidents, International Law, Wars and Interventions
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Two Americans killed in air crash in Afghanistan
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.KABUL, Afghanistan -- Two U.S. troops died in eastern Afghanistan after their aircraft crashed Tuesday, military officials said. The U.S.-led International Security Assistance Force said the cause of the crash, which took place in a field, is under...Tags: Explosions, Emergency Incidents, NATO, International Military Interventions, Amnesty International
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The Week in Pictures | April 1-7, 2013
FrameworkEach week we bring you the very best in visual journalism. Tensions are high on the Korean Penninsula, where North Korea has been railing against U.S.-South Korean military exercises that began in March and are to continue until the end of this month.... -
Pictures in the News | April 4, 2013
FrameworkThursday's Pictures in the News begins in South Korea, where soldiers patrol inside the barbed-wire fence near the border village of Panmunjom in Paju. In recent weeks, North Korea has threatened to attack South Korea and U.S. military bases.... -
Soldier from Northern California killed in Afghanistan
A U.S. Army soldier from Northern California has been killed in Afghanistan in an attack that also killed a young diplomat, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday. Spec. Delfin M. Santos Jr., 24, of San Jose was killed Saturday when the vehicle...Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army, Lotteries, Lifestyle and Leisure, Afghanistan
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NATO airstrike said to kill 10 children in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan killed 11 civilians, 10 of them children, in addition to the Taliban militants it was trying to hit, Afghan officials said. The strike late Saturday in the Shigal district of restive Kunar...
Tags: U.S. Department of Defense, Explosions, Terrorism, NATO, Emergency Incidents
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