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Canada to review US lesbian soldier's asylum claim

AFP American Edition 6 days ago

A Canadian court Friday ordered the country's refugee board to review the rejected asylum application of a lesbian US soldier who claimed her sexual orientation had prompted death threats. Private Bethany Smith, 21, claimed she was the victim of verbal and physical ...

US Senate puts off action on military ban on gays

AFP American Edition 6 days ago

A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. "We do not have a date" for the hearing, said the ...

Lesbian US war deserter wins stay of deportation

AP News 6 days ago

Canadian court orders refugee board to reconsider case of lesbian deserter from US army A lesbian who deserted the U.S. military and fled to Canada must be given another chance to plead her case for refugee status, Canada's Federal Court ruled Friday. ...

Pentagon launches probe of Fort Hood rampage

AFP American Edition 6 days ago

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced a thorough investigation into the Fort Hood shootings to examine if warning signs were missed and to ensure such a rampage never happens again. US Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan has been charged with the murder ...

CORRECTED: U.S., Japan to start base talks on Tuesday

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 9 days ago

Corrects title in paragraph 6 to ...Assistant Secretary of Defense... from Assistant Secretary of State TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan and the United States will hold the first meeting of a working group to tackle a row over a U.S. military base on ...

Apocalypse flick '2012' swamps box office

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

North American film-goers embraced the apocalypse over Christmas this weekend as disaster flick "2012" beat Disney's "A Christmas Carol" to top the box office, final figures showed Monday. The big-budget "2012" reduced its competitors to rubble as it racked up 65.2 million ...

'2012' gets ahead of rivals at US box office

AFP Global Edition 10 days ago

North American film-goers favored the apocalypse over Christmas this weekend as disaster flick "2012" beat Disney's "A Christmas Carol" to top the box office, according to early estimates Sunday. Trend-trackers Exhibitor Relations said the loosely Mayan-inspired tale of the world's end -- ...

US military: American soldier dies in Iraq

AP Features 10 days ago

The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of noncombat-related injuries in Iraq. A military statement says the Multi-National Division — North soldier died on Monday of injuries sustained in a vehicle accident during a patrol. The statement says the soldier ...

Fabled Foreign Legion finds a new war to fight

AP News 11 days ago

French Foreign Legion, steeled in far-flung wars, gets new mission: Befriend the Afghans As soon as the French Foreign Legion moved in this summer, some of the men climbed on the roof of the base headquarters and painted the force's Latin motto ...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 839

AP News 11 days ago

At least 839 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says As of Saturday, Nov. 13, 2009, at least 839 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion ...

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