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The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), left, and the guided-missile cruiser USS Cape St. George (CG 71) transit the Strait of Hormuz, 1 May, 2012.
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 ABC News 
US Is Ready for Attack on Iran If Need Be, Says Ambassador to Israel
| The United States is militarily ready to carry out a strike on Iran to stop it from obtaining a nuclear weapon if international pressure fails, American ambassador to Israel Daniel Shapiro said to a... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Alex R. Forster)
Chinese Vice Premier LI Keqiang, right, and LIu Yunshan, left, Director of Chinese Communist Party's Propaganda Department, clap while Zhou Yongkang, center, member of Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Commitee, is introduced during a conference to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Chinese Communist Youth League at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Friday, May 4, 2012.
China   Communism   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Zhou Yongkang  
 Al Jazeera 
Chinese in bold call for official's removal
| A group of Communist Party veterans has written a daring open letter calling for the removal of China's top security official, in the latest sign of disunity ahead of Beijing's leadership transition... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
Germany to give $190 mln to Afghanistan after 2014  The Siasat Daily 
Germany to give $190 mn to Afghanistan after 2014
Berlin, May 16: | Germany will give 150 million euros ($190 million) worth of cash aid to Afghanistan a year after international peacekeeping forces pull out on schedule in 2014 as part of an agreemen... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Berlin   Germany   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill  Herald Tribune 
Afghan shrines last resort for Afghan mentally ill
| JALALABAD, Afghanistan - The young man sits nearly naked in a small concrete room, a thick, heavy chain fastened around his ankle and bolted to the wall. Flies swarm around a wound on his wrist wher... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
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Shot soldier Aaron Deans hopes to return to Afghanistan BBC News
Shot soldier Aaron Deans hopes to return to Afghanistan
A soldier who was shot in the back in a Taliban ambush is hoping to return to the front line in Afghanistan. | L/Cpl Aaron Deans, 21, of Washington, was driving an armour... (photo: DOD / Public Domain)
Afghanistan   Ambush   Photos   Taliban   Washington   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered Huffington Post
Veterans Deserve to Be Economically Empowered
| Sergeant Adam Widner had just finished nine months of personal-security detail in Afghanistan, where he was constantly on alert for those seeking to harm or kill him an... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod)
Afghanistan   Defence   Photos   Security   War   Wikipedia: Afghanistan  
Soldiers stand guard outside the presidential palace after a military coup in Bamako, Mali, Friday, March 23, 2012. Al Jazeera
Amnesty cites rights abuses in northern Mali
| Amnesty International has accused armed Tuaregs and groups fighting to impose Sharia law in northern Mali of carrying out grave rights abuses such as rape, murder and u... (photo: AP / Harouna Traore)
Human Rights   Mali   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: 2012 Malian coup d'état  
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit Al Jazeera
Pakistan president to attend NATO summit
| Pakistan has confirmed its president will attend a summit of NATO leaders this weekend in Chicago as negotiations with US to reopen supply lines into Afghanis... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)
Afghan   Nato   Pakistan   Photos   Wikipedia: NATO logistics in the Afghan War  
A soldier keeps an eye on the movements at Gurez, about 180 kilometers (113 miles) north of Srinagar, India, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011. Indian troops in Kashmir fought a deadly gunbattle with suspected rebels crossing the military Line of Control from Pakistani-controlled territory Saturday, the army said. One soldier and 11 suspected rebels were killed, army spokesman Lt. Col. J.S. Brar said, but only six suspected rebels' bodies were recovered. He said the other five bodies were lost when they fell into a river during the fighting in the disputed Himalayan region. The Siasat Daily
India may move troops to peacetime positions on Pakistan border
May 15: | India is likely to thin-out troops from wartime positions on the border with Pakistan, where they were deployed after the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks, accordi... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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