2012年12月1日星期六

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Hearing for U.S. soldier in WikiLeaks centers on prison treatment

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 03:49 PM PST

Army Private First Class Manning is escorted in handcuffs as he leaves the courthouse in Fort MeadeFORT MEADE, Maryland (Reuters) - A pre-trial hearing for U.S. Army Private Bradley Manning, who is accused of masterminding a massive leak of classified material to the WikiLeaks website, focused on Saturday on a 2011 incident when he broke down and cried in a military brig. The hearing is to determine whether Manning should face a court-martial on suspicion of leaking thousands of classified documents, including military reports and diplomatic cables. ...


Trained Navy dolphins losing out to robots

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 03:30 PM PST

Some dolphins used by the Navy to track down mines will soon lose their jobs to robots — but they'll be reassigned, not retired.

Guard says Manning protest annoyed brig staff

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 01:44 PM PST

Some workers at a Marine Corps brig housing a soldier charged with sending U.S. secrets to WikiLeaks became annoyed at a demonstration on his behalf the day before a confrontation that led to tighter restrictions on him, a former guard testified Saturday.

Marine pioneering effort to move women into combat

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 10:13 AM PST

This Nov. 29, 2012 image provided by the United states Marine Corps shows Lt. Brandy Soublet on the Marine base, 29 Palms in Southern California. Soublet is about as far from the war front as possible at her desk in the California desert, but she's on the front lines of an experiment that could one day put women as close to combat as their male peers. The Penfield, N.Y. woman is one of 45 female Marines assigned this summer to 19 all-male combat battalions. (AP Photo/USMC, Cpl. William J. Jackson)Marine 1st Lt. Brandy Soublet is about as far from the war front as possible at her desk in the California desert, but she's on the front lines of an experiment that could one day put women as close to combat as their male peers.


Iraq says it can't search all Syria-bound planes

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 06:33 AM PST

Iraq's prime minister says his country is unable to search all Syria-bound Iranian planes that fly through Iraqi airspace.

Maui Wowi and Roasting Partner Coda Coffee Donate Hawaiian Coffee to U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistan

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 05:18 AM PST

Maui Wowi Hawaiian and Coda Coffee Company have donated bags of fresh coffee to Sister Souls, Inc. for holiday care packages being sent to service members overseas.Greenwood Village, Colo. (PRWEB) December 01, 2012 Maui Wowi is honored to share some comforts of home with U.S. soldiers serving in Afghanistan this holiday season. The International franchise company has teamed up with roasting partner Coda Coffee Company to donate bags of Hawaiian coffee to the Sister Souls, Inc. organization. They will be used in care packages being sent overseas for members of the military. ...

Syrian opposition edges toward appointing transition PM

Posted: 01 Dec 2012 03:36 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria's new opposition coalition edged closer on Friday toward choosing a prime minister to lead a transitional government after three days of talks in Cairo that furthered the dominance of the Muslim Brotherhood. Former Prime Minister Riad Hijab, a longtime apparatchik in President Bashar al-Assad's Baath Party before he defected in August, is the strongest candidate for the job, delegates said. Hijab, who is backed by Jordan and Gulf states, is likely to be chosen before or during a gathering in mid-December of the Friends of Syria, according to coalition insiders. ...

DEFINING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY

Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:02 PM PST

We learned almost nothing about Barack Obama's second term during his re-election campaign. We will learn almost everything about that second term in the next four weeks.We already know that the president intends to be more deeply involved in foreign affairs beyond Iraq and Afghanistan; Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's mercy mission to the Middle East as Hamas rockets were being launched from Gaza and as Israeli troops were massing on the frontier signaled a more aggressive approach. ...
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