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North Korea missile launches follow months of threats [Timeline]
BEIJING -- North Korea's latest missile launch comes after months of fiery rhetoric directed against South Korea, Japan and the United States, including threats of an imminent nuclear war. The provocations eased with the conclusion of annual joint...
Tags: Missile Systems, Wars and Interventions, Petroleum Industry, United Nations, U.S. Department of Defense
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Saturday's TV Highlights and Weekend Talk: 'Doctor Who'
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 19 - 25, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies   -------------------- SERIES Doctor Who The Doctor's (Matt Smith)...
Tags: Mitch McConnell, Ari Graynor, Alex Kingston, Thomas E Price, Afghanistan
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Soldier in sexual assault prevention program accused of abuse
WASHINGTON — A soldier assigned to coordinate a sexual assault prevention program in Texas is under investigation for "abusive sexual contact" and other alleged misconduct and has been suspended from his duties, the Army announced Tuesday. The...Tags: Armed Forces, Carl Levin, U.S. Congress, Sex Crimes, Chuck Hagel
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Defense to furlough most of its 800,000 civilians
WASHINGTON — The Defense Department will furlough most of its 800,000 civilian employees for 11 days, a decision that Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel called “difficult” but necessary to meet mandatory federal spending cuts this year...
Tags: Career and Workplace, U.S. Congress, Layoffs and Downsizing, Chuck Hagel, U.S. Department of Defense
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Betrayed? Citizen soldiers lose jobs; U.S. government biggest offender
The jobs of the nation's citizen soldiers are supposed to be safe while they are serving their country: Federal law does not allow employers to penalize service members because of their military duties. Yet every year, thousands of National Guard and...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Employment, Labor Legislation, The Home Depot, Armed Forces
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Taliban announces spring offensive
KABUL, Afghanistan — At a pivotal moment when U.S. forces are winding down combat operations in Afghanistan and handing over the lead security role to the Afghan government, Taliban insurgents announced Saturday the launch of their annual spring...
Tags: Bombings, Wars and Interventions, NATO, Armed Conflicts, Afghanistan
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U.S. doubts on Syria lie in how sarin exposure occurred
WASHINGTON — U.S. intelligence agencies unanimously agree that Syrians have been exposed to deadly sarin gas in recent weeks, but they are divided over how certain they can be that the Syrian regime is to blame, U.S. and congressional officials said...
Tags: George W. Bush, United Nations, Biological and Chemical Weapons, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Ban Ki-moon
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Syria blames Israel for predawn blasts near Damascus
BEIRUT — Huge explosions were reported in Damascus early Sunday, just two days after a reported Israeli airstrike in Syria targeting surface-to-air missiles possibly destined for neighboring Lebanon and the militant group Hezbollah. Syrian state...
Tags: Benjamin Netanyahu, Wars and Interventions, Armed Conflicts, U.S. Military, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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Step toward possible military intervention in Syria
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is sending about 200 troops to Jordan, the vanguard of a potential U.S. military force of 20,000 or more that could be deployed if the Obama administration decides to intervene in Syria to secure chemical weapons arsenals...
Tags: Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Turkey, U.S. Military, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present )
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U.S. agency sees boost in North Korea nuclear ability
WASHINGTON — A U.S. intelligence agency has concluded that North Korea has the capability to develop nuclear warheads small enough to fit on a ballistic missile, a congressman disclosed Thursday. Although U.S. experts believe North Korea cannot...
Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Missile Systems, Japan, Central Intelligence Agency, Nuclear Weapons
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Six Americans killed in Afghan attacks as top U.S. commander visits
KABUL, Afghanistan — On the same day that Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey arrived in Afghanistan for an assessment visit, six Americans were killed Saturday in attacks by Afghanistan insurgents. Hours after Dempsey arrived in...Tags: Rebellions, NATO, Wars and Interventions, Armed Forces, Armed Conflicts
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Military spending rose in Russia and China in 2012, fell in U.S.
Military spending fell last year in the United States and across western and central Europe, but surged in Russia, China, the Middle East and North Africa, according to new figures released by a research group based in Sweden. The changes “may...
Tags: Russia, U.S. Military, China, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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