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    Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Medal of Honor goes to Korean War chaplain

    WASHINGTON — When men who served in the Korean War with Emil Kapaun describe him, they do not talk about the acts most commonly associated with the Medal of Honor: He fell on no grenades, captured no enemy machine guns, killed no enemy soldiers.
    WASHINGTON — When men who served in the Korean War with Emil Kapaun describe him, they do not talk about the acts most commonly associated with the Medal of Honor: He fell on no grenades, captured no enemy machine guns, killed no enemy soldiers....

    Tags: Politics, Christianity, Armed Forces, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Military

    2. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Syrian opposition says at least 80 killed in Damascus suburb

    BEIRUT — Syrian government security forces and paramilitaries killed dozens of people, many of them civilians, in a five-day battle for a Damascus suburb, rebel activists and a pro-opposition nongovernmental organization said Sunday.
    BEIRUT — Syrian government security forces and paramilitaries killed dozens of people, many of them civilians, in a five-day battle for a Damascus suburb, rebel activists and a pro-opposition nongovernmental organization said Sunday. The Syrian...

    Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Justice and Rights, Wars and Interventions

    3. Apr 23, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Iraq violence sparks fears of a Sunni revolt

    BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead.
    BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead. The unrest led two Sunni officials to resign from the...

    Tags: Politics, Armed Forces, Nouri Maliki, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Activism

    4. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. 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 should not face criminal charges or other disciplinary action.
    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: Politics, Human Rights Watch, Hamas, Palestinian National Authority, Israel

    5. Apr 11, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. Civilian deaths in Syria documented by rights group

    Syrian government forces have bombed bakeries and hospitals and indiscriminately carried out air attacks against civilians, Human Rights Watch said in <a href="http://www.hrw.org/node/114622" target="_blank">a newly released report</a>. Such strikes violate the laws of war and should be prosecuted as war crimes, it stated.
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    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, Politics, Human Rights Watch, War Crimes, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    6. Apr 14, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Armed men attack Mogadishu courthouse, triggering gun battles

    JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- Militants attacked Mogadishu&rsquo;s main courthouse Sunday in one of two attacks in Somalia that were linked to an Al Qaeda-affiliated group.
    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: Somalia, Al-Qaeda, Mogadishu (Somalia)

    7. Apr 18, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. In Guatemala, a twist as genocide trial nears end

    MEXICO CITY &mdash; On the first day of trial, a witness named Bernardo Bernal recounted how, as a 9-year-old in the spring of 1983, he hid in a stream and watched Guatemalan soldiers kill his parents and two younger brothers.
    MEXICO CITY — On the first day of trial, a witness named Bernardo Bernal recounted how, as a 9-year-old in the spring of 1983, he hid in a stream and watched Guatemalan soldiers kill his parents and two younger brothers. On the second day of...

    Tags: Politics, Prosecution, United Nations, Culture, Lawyers

    8. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  8. Nigeria officials disagree on death toll in recent fighting

    KANO, Nigeria &mdash; Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants had battled in recent days in the country's far northeast. But they offered widely varying accounts Monday of how many people, including civilians, had been killed.
    KANO, Nigeria — Local government officials and a military spokesman in Nigeria agreed that security forces and Islamist militants had battled in recent days in the country's far northeast. But they offered widely varying accounts Monday of how...

    Tags: United Nations, Politics, Cameroon, Human Rights Watch, Unrest, Conflicts and War

    9. Apr 21, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  9. Arrest capped an extraordinary day for Watertown police

    By 6 p.m. Friday, Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau was discouraged.
    By 6 p.m. Friday, Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau was discouraged. Six of his officers had battled heavily armed Boston Marathon bombing suspects early that morning. None of the six were hurt, but one suspect got away. Authorities had spent all day...

    Tags: Sports, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Tamerlan Tsarnaev, FBI

    10. Apr 22, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  10. 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: United Nations, Human Rights Watch, Nigeria, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Goodluck Jonathan

    11. Apr 5, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  11. The Week in Pictures | April 1-7, 2013

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    Each 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....
    12. Apr 4, 2013 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Pictures in the News | April 4, 2013

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    Thursday'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....
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