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U.S. military investing heavily in Africa
The Pentagon has begun a burst of spending in Africa, expanding its main base on the continent and investing in air facilities, flight services, telecommunications and electrical upgrades as the U.S....
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US may be guilty of war crimes over drone use Amnesty Intl. report says
Image: AFP Photo/Arif Ali US officials responsible for carrying out drone strikes may have to stand trial for war crimes, says a report by Amnesty International, which lists civilian casualties in the...
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Kenyan soldiers jailed for Westgate looting
Image: BBC News Two Kenyan soldiers have been sacked and jailed for looting during last month’s attack on the Westgate shopping centre, the army chief has said. Julius Karangi told reporters that a...
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CIA forced doctors to violate ethics code to torture suspected terrorists...
Doctors were asked to torture detainees for intelligence gathering, and unethical practices continue, review concludes Doctors and psychologists working for the US military violated the ethical codes...
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“60 Minutes” issues apology about Benghazi report
Image: CBS News “60 Minutes” has learned of new information that undercuts its Oct. 27 account of an ex-security officer who called himself Morgan Jones. His real name is Dylan Davies, and he recounted...
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Exposed: American Doctors and Psychologists Engaged in Frightening Torture...
If you thought the U.S.’s involvement in the torture of prisoners detained in the “war on terror” was limited only to U.S. military personnel, intelligence officers, wrongheaded prison guards, or,...
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CIA deceived government on torture program according to Senate report
A classified US Senate probe into the CIA’s post-9/11 interrogation program found that the agency purposely deceived the US Justice Department to attain legal justification for use of torture...
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US joins search for abducted Nigerian girls
Image: Aljazeera The United States has sent a team of experts to Nigeria to help find nearly 300 girls and women abducted from a school last month by the armed group Boko Haram. US President Barack...
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Afghan hero behind ‘Lone Survivor’ film being hunted down by Taliban
Image: Getty Despite saving wounded Navy SEAL Marcus Luttrell in Afghanistan and helping ‘Lone Survivor’ make tens of millions in profits at the box office, Mohammad Gulab is struggling to protect his...
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KKK recruitment drive reaches the Sandhills of NC
Image: WRAL.com Rachel Ritter received an invitation she did not ask for – and was disgusted by it. “A lot of disgust really, because there are so many different families out here – nationalities and...
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Mourners Gather On Long Island Beach To Remember 9/11
The Confirmation Files: Image: CBS New York Posted by Libergirl Originally posted on CBS New York: POINT LOOKOUT, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mourners from Long Island gathered at Point Lookout for a...
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TX Sheriff Warns Fox of ISIS Threat: ‘Quran Books’ Found Along Mexican Border
Image: http://www.co.midland.tx.us Gary Painter, Sheriff from Midland County, Texas, warned Fox & Friends’ Elisabeth Hasselbeck that not only was ISIS poised to sneak into the U.S through the...
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Questioning God in Afghanistan like putting match to powder keg
Hundreds of angry faces, fluttering signs, fist-pumping cries of “Allahu akbar!” punctuated with shouts of “Death to America!” — last week’s demonstrations in Kabul showed just how fragile the...
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Nine days later, bodies still litter bushes from Boko Haram’s ‘deadliest’...
The attackers sped into a Nigerian town with grenade launchers — their gunfire and explosions shattering the early morning calm. Image: AFP As terrified residents scattered into bushes in Baga town...
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President Hollande asked Netanyahu NOT to attend Paris memorial march
Image: AP Photo / Philippe Wojazer Why would Hollande want Netanyahu not to attend? It’s a request that’s easy to demagogue. But it is neither surprising nor unreasonable. The French government is...
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Nigeria: Satellite images show horrific scale of Boko Haram attack on Baga
Images: Amnesty International Satellite images released by Amnesty International today provide indisputable and shocking evidence of the scale of last week’s attack on the towns of Baga and Doron Baga...
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Official: Boko Haram Kidnaps Hundreds Of Nigerian Civilians, Uses Them As...
Image: Jerome Delay, AP A top Nigerian official says that hundreds of civilians, including many children, have been kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists who are using them as human shields. Mike Omeri,...
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Boko Haram Blamed For Suicide Bombing That Killed 8, Wounded At Least 14
A suicide bomber attacked a rural market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, killing eight people and wounding at least 14, witnesses said. They blamed Boko Haram extremists. “Most of the bodies are...
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After Charlotte arson, Briar Creek church benefits from online fundraising
Online campaigns have raised nearly $275,000 for church fires in the south. Image: Davie Hinshaw, Charlotte Observer Two online fundraisers have collectively raised more than a quarter of a million...
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I fought for nothing: Staggering incompetence, egregious corruption &...
Image: Salon.com I’ve been waiting for the fall of Kunduz. Not Kunduz, specifically, but the fall of a town in Afghanistan of some size and importance. It was my prediction back in 2005, when I left...
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