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China's army newspaper warns troops to ignore rumors as controversy swirls before power transfer

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China will undergo its once-in-a-decade leadership transition this year -- and the stakes are always high. This year, though, rumors of military coups and political intrigue among top leaders is complicating matters and has political leaders doing their best to retain control.
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New details emerge about bin Laden's time in Pakistan after 9/11

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Osama bin Laden was found and killed last May in a raid that also ensnared several of his wives. Now, one of those wives has agreed to talk to authorities and so new details are beginning to emerge about how bin Laden and his family lives from the time of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan until bin Laden's killing last year.
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Israeli couple at center of 'We Love You' Iran campaign

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An Israeli graphic designer has become the unwitting organizer of an online protest against a military attack on Iran. The online movement comes the same time others are organizing in-person rallies against military action.
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VIDEO: U.S. Army sergeant expected to face 17 murder charges for Afghan massacre

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The U.S. Army is moving forward with its case against Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the U.S. soldier accused of launching a killing rampage in Afghanistan earlier this month, taking the lives of at least 16 civilians.
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VIDEO: Suspect in Afghan massacre settling into pre-trial life at Fort Leavenworth

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The U.S. military is moving forward, if slowly, to beging judicial proceedings against Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales, the Washington-based soldier who is accused of shooting and killing 16 Afghan civilians earlier this month. He's at an Army prison in Kansas as the process moves ahead.
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Returning women veterans face challenges in a system designed for men

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Almost eight percent of U.S. veterans are women, but the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is geared primarily toward men. That's meant a lot of women veterans are homeless and living on the street — or on waiting lists for the services they need.
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Translator who worked for the U.S. in Iraq leaves war behind for America

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As veterans return from Iraq and try to remake their lives, there are Iraqis coming along as well. Many Iraqis who worked for the United States in Iraq are choosing to move to the U.S. to start new lives.
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Details emerge about circumstances leading up to Afghan civilian massacre

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Though the U.S. Army continues to withhold the name of the staff sergeant accused of massacring 16 Afghan civilians, some of the details of his life and his actions before the killing are beginning to come out.
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Taliban call off talks with U.S. as tensions mount in Afghanistan

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U.S. officials in Afghanistan are on the defensive on a number of fronts. They have a U.S. soldier accused of massacring 16 civillians, a controversy over the burning of Korans and now the Taliban has suspended peace talks with the U.S. — an effort that's been years in the making.
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Panetta visits Afghanistan, security breach reported as plane lands

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During his visit to Afghanistan Wednesday, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was confronted with a potentially volatile situation. An Afghan civilian employee on a military base breached the security barriers in what some are describing as an attack on Panetta.
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