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Nice benefits: Feds say government worker from Calif. took plane, yachts, trucks as perks
Associated Press WriterSEATTLE (AP) _ A Federal Aviation Administration employee from Southern California took illegal perks from his job — including a plane, yachts and heavy-duty trucks — and an investigation continues into how widespread the practice was, federal...Tags: Defense, Court Administration, Local Authority, Transportation, Air Transportation
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Army has date for military's first execution since 1961, for NC soldier who murdered women
Associated Press WriterTOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is set to die next month in what would be the U.S. military's first execution in nearly 50 years. The military said Thursday that former North Carolina soldier Ronald A....Tags: Defense, Punishment, Court Administration, John F. Kennedy, George Bush
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Coast Guard seizes nearly 10,000 pounds of marijuana off Baja California
In one of the largest marijuana seizures in U.S. Coast Guard history, a cutter scooped up nearly 10,000 pounds of marijuana thrown overboard by a speedboat off the coast of Baja California earlier this week. The marijuana, which was wrapped up in 137...Tags: Defense
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Gitmo judge tosses out detainee's confession to US officials in Afghanistan
Associated Press WriterSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ A U.S. military judge has blocked Pentagon prosecutors from using a Guantanamo prisoner's statements to U.S. authorities as trial evidence, saying they were tainted by an earlier confession tortured out of the suspect by...Tags: Defense, War Crimes, Heads of State, Judges, International Court or Tribunal
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UN extends European Union peacekeeping force in Bosnia for a year
UNITED NATIONS (AP) _ The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Thursday to extend the European Union's peacekeeping force in Bosnia for a year, emphasizing the importance of the country's progress towards Euro-Atlantic integration. Thirteen years...Tags: Defense, United Nations, NATO, European Union, Foreign Aid
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UN, African Union and Arab nations struggling to respond to a surge of piracy off Somali coast
Associated Press WriterNAIROBI, Kenya (AP) _ The U.N., African Union and Arab nations struggled to respond Thursday to a surge of pirate attacks, authorizing sanctions and calling for international peacekeepers to address the chaos in Somalia that has spawned an upsurge in...Tags: Weaponry, Defense, Maritime Accidents, Trips and Vacations, United Nations
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In chaotic Congo's remote hills, people face tenuous struggle to survive
Associated Press WriterKANYABAYONGA, Congo (AP) _ His home was looted by wild government soldiers still pillaging this empty hilltop town. His fields are at the mercy of armed militias. And somewhere in the countryside, a rebel army is digging in. In a tense vacuum between war...Tags: Defense, Assault, Prosecution, Family, Wars and Interventions
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US raid kills Iraqi insurgent blamed in 2004 abduction and killing of Army reservist
Associated Press WriterCINCINNATI (AP) _ A father whose Army reservist son was captured, held hostage and killed in Iraq said Thursday that he's glad to learn one of the men responsible for his son's death has been "held accountable." Hajji Hammadi, the al-Qaida in Iraq leader...Tags: Civil Unrest, Defense, Veterans Day, George Bush, Guerrilla Activity
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Ben Affleck tours refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo, says more aid money needed
Associated Press WriterGOMA, Congo (AP) _ Ben Affleck is talking to children and aid officials in refugee camps in war-torn eastern Congo in an effort to raise awareness of the conflict that has displaced at least 250,000 people. The actor has visited the Central African...Tags: Ben Affleck, Defense, Refugee, Demographics, Illegal Immigrants
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UN agrees to send 3,100 more peacekeepers to Congo; rebels report clash with army
Associated Press WritersGOMA, Congo (AP) _ The U.N. Security Council unanimously agreed Thursday to send 3,100 more peacekeeping troops to Congo, while rebels said they remained committed to a pullback from the front lines despite an army attack. British Ambassador John... -
NY jury convicts arms dealer of conspiracy; he thought undercover agents were Columbian rebels
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) _ A wealthy arms dealer long suspected of aiding militants in some of the world's bloodiest conflicts was convicted Thursday of conspiring to sell weapons to informants who posed as arms suppliers for terrorists willing to kill Americans....Tags: Weaponry, Defense, Prisons, Drug Trafficking, Terrorism
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Lockerbie families say Libya compensation complete, Rice meets Gadhafi's son
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) _ Nearly two decades after the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, the families of the 180 Americans aboard the plane said Thursday they had received full compensation from Libya for the loss of their loved ones. At the...Tags: Defense, Dining and Drinking, Human Rights, George Bush, Guerrilla Activity
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