Tag: military
group name: oneworldus
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December 12, 2007 10:36 AM EST --
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 6 (OneWorld) - Prominent human rights groups are urging the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Burma in response to its military government's continuing recruitment . . . more
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February 26, 2008 01:21 PM EST --
Haider Rizvi
OneWorld US
Mon., Feb. 25, 2008
NEW YORK, Feb 24 (OneWorld) - While in Africa this week, George W. Bush drew fire for his plans to expand the United States' military . . . more
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September 28, 2006 12:26 AM EDT --
The fate of a U.S. Army medic who went AWOL rather than return for a second tour in Iraq is unclear today after he turned himself in to military authorities.
Attorneys for Augustin Aguayo filed new . . . more
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October 31, 2007 11:44 AM EDT --
NEW YORK, Oct 29 (OneWorld) - Donald Rumsfeld, the former U.S. secretary of defense, is facing criminal charges in France for ordering the torture of prisoners in Iraq and at the military prison at Guantanamo . . . more
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September 14, 2007 06:12 PM EDT --
PROVIDENCE, Sep 13 (OneWorld) - Observers of the situation in Iraq lashed out at the Bush administration Thursday ahead of the president's prime time address to the nation.
Petraeus and Bush . . . more
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December 22, 2006 01:36 PM EST --
Human rights groups reacted with skepticism Thursday after military prosecutors charged eight Marines in the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the western Iraqi town of Haditha.
The squad . . . more
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November 14, 2007 11:23 AM EST --
LOS ANGELES, Nov 9 (OneWorld) - As Americans prepare to honor their military veterans with parades and patriotism this weekend, a new study shows that 494,500 U.S. war vets lived homeless on the street . . . more
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February 09, 2007 02:27 PM EST --
The U.S. Congress is coming under mounting pressure to reject President George W. Bush's request for a budget that would boost spending on the military and its operations in Iraq and Afghanistan while . . . more
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October 05, 2006 10:53 AM EDT --
The emotional ravages of war are at issue following the surrender to military officials of Specialist Darrell Anderson, a decorated U.S. soldier who fled to Canada rather than return to Iraq.
Anderson, . . . more
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September 12, 2007 11:47 AM EDT --
BOGOTA, Sep 10 (OneWorld) - Colombia's nineteenth annual Peace Week was launched Sunday by a coalition of local non-profit groups, with a call for a greater focus on truth to help alleviate the country's . . . more
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November 28, 2006 03:55 PM EST --
Rural communities are experiencing a disproportionate amount of U.S. military deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new study by the Carsey Institute, a think tank at the University of New Hampshire. . . . more
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October 17, 2007 11:10 AM EDT --
UNITED NATIONS, Oct 11 (OneWorld) - Activists campaigning for tough international actions against illicit gunrunners made further gains this week when they found an unexpected ally in their lobbying efforts . . . more
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May 21, 2008 06:58 PM EDT --
WASHINGTON, May 16 (OneWorld) - Antiwar veterans of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan took their case to Capitol Hill Thursday, baring their souls with stories of killings of innocent civilians, torture, . . . more
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December 04, 2006 03:28 PM EST --
Independent humanitarian groups that work closely with the United Nations welcomed the world body's decision to call a high-level meeting next week to address the issue of sexual abuse against children . . . more
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January 26, 2007 03:03 PM EST --
At least 186 antiwar protests in the United States have been monitored by the Pentagon's domestic surveillance program, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), . . . more
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December 18, 2006 04:21 PM EST --
Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress are likely to drive U.S. military budgets even higher in 2007, experts say.
This year's Pentagon budget is $436 billion. That amount does not include . . . more
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January 30, 2007 02:43 PM EST --
Hundreds of citizens from across the United States descended on Capitol Hill Monday to follow up on the weekend's mass demonstration calling for the reduction and ultimate end of U.S. military involvement . . . more
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November 02, 2006 02:13 PM EST --
Veterans of the Iraq war are mobilizing for Tuesday's elections nationwide--mostly on the side of Democrats critical of President George W. Bush's handling of the war.
"Normally, the military . . . more
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November 27, 2006 11:09 AM EST --
A U.S. serviceman who went AWOL after refusing to return for a second tour of duty in Iraq is getting a court hearing Tuesday.
Army medic Augustin Aguayo turned himself in this September and is currently . . . more
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November 27, 2006 11:29 AM EST --
A New York-based non-profit stepped up a petition drive Tuesday aimed at pushing the Bush administration to engage the international community to bring peace to Iraq.
The organization, Res Publica--whose . . . more
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