WASHINGTON, (APP/AFP) – Two women will soon be the first female soldiers to undergo training to become members of the Green Berets, the US Army’s special forces, the military said Monday. “They are the first two women who have been selected for special forces assessment” following the elimination of the ban on women in combat […]
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US Army special forces accepts first female candidates
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Sanders says Clinton ‘must become’ next US president
PHILADELPHIA, (APP/AFP) – Vanquished White House hopeful Bernie Sanders on Monday told a riven and lively Democratic convention that his rival Hillary Clinton must become the next US president. To cheers and some boos, Sanders said that “based on her ideas and her leadership,” Clinton was a better choice than Donald Trump and “must become […]
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Laos drafts bookish students to protect summit ministers
VIENTIANE, (APP/AFP) – It is a secretive communist state with a sprawling security apparatus, but Laos has turned to a less menacing demographic to protect visiting dignitaries this week: bookish students. The authoritarian nation, which rarely allows in foreign media, has been thrust into the international spotlight as a regional security summit brings a coterie […]
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Casualties as blast rips through huge Kabul protest
KABUL, (APP/AFP) – An explosion ripped through an area of Kabul Saturday where hundreds people Hazaras were protesting over a power line, police said, with eyewitnesses reporting a number of casualties. Ambulances were struggling to reach the scene as authorities had overnight blocked key intersections with stacked shipping containers to prevent protesters from marching on […]
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Munich shooting had ‘obvious link’ to Breivik: police
MUNICH, (APP/AFP): German investigators have established an “obvious link” between Friday’s shooting at a Munich mall and far-right Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik, the city’s police chief said at a press conference Saturday. “The link is obvious,” said Munich police chief Hubertus Andrae, describing the gunman as obsessed with mass killings. He added that he […]
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India steps up search for missing military plane
CHENNAI, India, (APP/AFP): India on Saturday stepped up a major search operation for an air force plane that disappeared over the Bay of Bengal the day before with 29 people on board, as the defence minister headed to the region. The AN-32 military transport plane was on a routine flight from the southern city of […]