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CNN
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Three British soldiers were killed in a suspected "friendly fire" incident involving a bomb dropped from a U.S. fighter plane during a clash with Taliban militants in Afghanistan, military officials said Friday. The three British troops were died during a..
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CNN
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The 15 British military personnel captured by Iranian forces in the Persian Gulf were subjected to psychological pressure and kept in isolation during their detention, the group's officers said on Friday.
Lt. Felix Carman of the British Royal Navy, rea..
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SF Gate
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Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected planner of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, admitted during a military tribunal last weekend that he killed Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, according to a revised transcript of the hearing that confirmed lon..
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Washington Post
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Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, confessed to that attack and a string of others during a military hearing at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to a transcript released Wednesday by the Pentagon.
"I was responsibl..
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Yahoo News
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Taliban fighters used children as human shields to flee heavy fighting this week during an operation by foreign and Afghan forces to clear rebels from around a key hydro-electric dam, NATO said on Wednesday. The Taliban have used human shields before,..
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BBC News
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Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters by posing as police officers during the presidential run-off, a policeman has told the BBC.
He said they would be based inside polling stations during the vote, whose date has not yet been fix..
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BBC News
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At least seven Palestinians, including a mother and her four young children, have been killed during an Israeli raid in northern Gaza, medics say.
The family members were killed when a missile hit their home in Beit Hanoun. In separate incidents, a mil..
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SF Gate
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Afghan security officials hunted Monday for suspects in the attempted assassination of President Hamid Karzai during an attack that killed three people and underscored the fragility of his U.S.-backed government.
Militants also wounded eight people whe..
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BBC News
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Nearly 80 French police officers have been injured, six seriously, during a second night of riots by youths in the suburbs of Paris, police unions say.
The police say some officers suffered bullet wounds, while others were hurt by stones, fireworks and..
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CNN
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A suicide car bomb attack on a military convoy killed a French soldier serving under NATO's International Security Forces during a routine patrol in Kabul early Friday, the French Defense Ministry told CNN. Earlier, an ISAF spokesman confirmed a NATO sold..
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BBC News
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Sierra Leone's UN-backed war crimes court has found two ex-leaders of a pro-government militia guilty of crimes committed during the 10-year civil war.
Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa were convicted for murder, cruel treatment, pillage and collective..
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FOX News
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The Navy is investigating claims that Camp Pendleton Marines killed between five and 10 unarmed suspected Iraqi insurgents who had been captured during a fierce battle in Fallujah in November 2004.
The criminal probe centers on the actions of several m..
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CNN
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Israeli forces killed six militants during clashes in central Gaza on Thursday, Palestinian medical sources said.
A cameraman for Hamas' Al Aqsa TV was shot and injured in the clashes, according to Palestinian medical and Hamas sources.
During the o..
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Al Jazeera
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The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, said Raid Faanuna, a local leader, was killed in an air strike "during a mission" east of Gaza City.
A 12-year-old boy and two men were killed in Gaza City by a shell fired by an Israeli tank,..
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CNN
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A gunman opened fire on a downtown street during the morning rush hour Monday in Australia's second largest city, killing one man and critically wounding two other people, police said.
The suspect fled and police launched a manhunt in the southern city..
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BBC News
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Police in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, have fired gunshots to disperse crowds during a major crackdown on followers of the banned Mungiki sect.
The paramilitary unit has sealed off Mathare slum and are searching for guns and sect members.
The massive h..
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Washington Post
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai declared Wednesday that his government can "no longer accept" civilian casualties caused by U.S.-led operations, shortly before news spread that as many as 51 civilians may have died during clashes this week in far western Af..
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Guardian Unlimited
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A British soldier has been killed during a routine patrol in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence said today.
The soldier, from the 1st Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment, was seriously injured by small arms fire during fighting with Taliban fo..
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BBC News
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Manchester United's Champions League match against Roma was marred by violence involving supporters before and during the game.
Local media reported clashes between fans as they made their way to the Olympic Stadium in Rome.
During the game United f..
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SF Gate
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A bomb exploded during prayers at a Shiite mosque in the capital Monday, killing at least eight worshippers and wounding nearly three dozen on the eve of the war's fourth anniversary, police said.
The attack occurred about 12:30 p.m., shattering window..
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