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A US marine has been sentenced to four years in prison, and dishonourably discharged from the US military, for sexually abusing a 14-year-old Japanese girl.
16/05/2008
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The US House of Representatives has approved a measure that would begin a pullout of troops from Iraq within 30 days of enactment and complete the withdrawal by December 2009.
16/05/2008
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John Holmes, the UN's undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, is waiting to have his visa approved by Myanmar to talk to the government there.
15/05/2008
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Britain has bowed to pressure and said it will open an independent inquiry into the death of an Iraqi hotel worker who was beaten and died in British custody in southern Iraq in 2003.
14/05/2008
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The leading US official on North Korea has said documents Pyongyang handed over last week on its nuclear programme are an "important first step".
14/05/2008
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Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian president, has criticised his parliamentary coalition allies after they blocked him from taking the podium for his annual address to the legislature.
14/05/2008
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Manjula Sood will make history this week when she slips the gilded robes and the chain of office over her sari to become lord mayor of the British city of Leicester.
14/05/2008
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The United Nations has criticised Myanmar's military rulers for their "unacceptably slow response" to helping those affected by Cyclone Nargis.
13/05/2008
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The Pentagon has dropped charges against a man alleged to have been the "20th hijacker" in the September 11 attacks, his US military defence lawyer has said.
13/05/2008
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US-led troops and military aircraft have killed around a dozen Taliban in fighting in southern Afghanistan, the US military has said.
13/05/2008
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The United States has delivered its first airlift carrying emergency relief supplies to Myanmar for victims of this month's cyclone.
12/05/2008
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US intelligence officials have said computer files seized from a Colombian rebel leader's laptop computer are authentic and show strong ties between Farc and Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's president.
10/05/2008
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The Philadelphia mayor says the actions of a throng of police officers, shown on videotape punching three shooting suspects during a traffic stop, were "inappropriate".
08/05/2008
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The UN agency that provides food for Palestinian refugees says it can continue to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip for another 20 days having announced that it was once again on the verge of having to suspend deliveries.
06/05/2008
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The UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees is to suspend its food aid distribution in Gaza because of a lack of fuel caused by the Israeli blockade.
05/05/2008
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