UK court rules against evicted Chagos islanders
Indian Ocean islanders who were forced into exile to make way for a key U.S. military base lost a legal ruling Tuesday in their long-running campaign ...
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UK: Afghan interpreters can relocate to Britain
Britain's Defense Ministry has confirmed plans to give some 600 Afghan interpreters who worked alongside its troops the right to settle in the ...
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Russia faces security challenges at Sochi Olympics
Drones hovering overhead, robotic vehicles roaming Olympic venues to search for explosives, high-speed patrol boats sweeping the Black Sea coast - ...
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House GOP defense bill blocks Guantanamo closing
Rebuffing President Barack Obama's latest plea, House Republicans on Monday proposed keeping open the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by ...
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Russia arrests suspect in foiled terror attacks
Russia's counter-terrorism agency says special forces arrested a man Thursday who is accused of planning a terrorist attack on Moscow that the agency ...
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Filmmaker Jeremy Scahill focuses on ‘Dirty Wars’
An interview with filmmaker Jeremy Scahill, whose documentary “Dirty Wars” opens in Seattle June 28.
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Alex Gibney: WikiLeaks film tells a ‘spectacular’ story
An interview with filmmaker Alex Gibney, whose latest documentary, “We Steal Secrets,” tells the intriguing story of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange ...
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Soldier pleads guilty in massacre of 16 Afghans
The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan civilians, many of them women and children who were asleep in their villages, pleaded guilty to ...
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Afghans claim 6 arrested in Kabul attack plot
Afghan intelligence agents captured six militants with suicide vests and heavy weaponry who were planning a major attack in Kabul, an official said ...
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Bales can’t explain ‘horrible things I did’
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering 16 Afghan villagers, most of them women and children, as part of an agreement that will ...
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