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Newington Honors 26 Residents Killed In War During Memorial Day Parade Saturday
The Hartford CourantSaturday's Memorial Day Parade will have a symbolic "grand marshal" representing the the 26 service members from town who died in conflicts from World War I to the Vietnam War. A riderless horse with a reversed boot in the stirrup, an ancient symbol of a...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Social Organizations, Arts and Culture
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British Prime Minister seeks answers after soldier hacked to death
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron convened an emergency meeting of his intelligence chiefs on Thursday after two Islamists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers on a south London street. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just...Tags: Boris Johnson, Bombings, David Cameron, Riots, Religion and Belief
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Soldier who lost 4 limbs addresses Mich. Senate during ceremony for 9 fallen service members
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The state Senate is honoring nine Michigan residents who died while serving in the armed forces over the last year. The Senate held the 19th annual Memorial Service in Lansing on Thursday. Army Staff Sgt. Travis Mills was the... -
London attacker was British-born of Nigerian descent: source
ReutersLONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - British authorities believe that two men accused of hacking a soldier to death on a London street in revenge for wars in Muslim countries are British of Nigerian descent, a source close to the investigation said Thursday....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Bombings, David Cameron, Religion and Belief, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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UK attack spurs Muslim community soul-searching, backlash fear
ReutersBy Mohammed Abbas LONDON, May 23 (Reuters) - Strapping his baby into a car seat, Abu Khaled said it was unfortunate that a British soldier was hacked to death in an apparent Islamist attack a day earlier in London, but it was not the only misfortune on...Tags: United Kingdom, Religious Conflicts, National Government, Religion and Belief, Politics
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British soldiers descend on Imperial
Staff WriterIMPERIAL — Scorching heat, desert sand and locals’ scrutiny are just some of the things that members of the British Army Air Corps 672 Squadron 9 can expect when they deploy to Afghanistan. But when they landed a helicopter at T.L. Waggoner...Tags: United Kingdom, Education, Armed Forces, Teaching and Learning, Students
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REFILE-British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
Reuters(Refiles overnight item to correct typographical error in crosshead) * Soldier hacked to death in attack in London * Police shoot two suspects who now in hospital * PM Cameron says likely terrorist incident * Attackers scream Islamic slogans By Maria...Tags: Boris Johnson, David Cameron, Bombings, Riots, Religion and Belief
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Britain offers visas to its Afghan interpreters
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Around 600 interpreters who serve alongside British soldiers in Afghanistan are to be offered visas to live in the UK, in a softening of the government's previous policy of encouraging them to stay in the country after British troops...Tags: Wars and Interventions, BBC, United Kingdom, David Cameron, Civil Rights
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RPT-Olympics-Discovery of alleged plot points to growing jitters
Reuters(Repeats to additional clients, no changes to text) * Russia says it foiled plot for attack on Moscow * Faces signs that security threat is widening * Putin wants to rally support, boost security cooperation By Timothy Heritage OREKHOVO-ZUYEVO,...Tags: Rebellions, Wars and Interventions, Bombings, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, Religious Conflicts
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Afghanistan's Karzai gives India military equipment "wish list"
ReutersBy Ross Colvin NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday he had given a "wish list" of military equipment to India during a visit this week, presenting a conundrum for New Delhi as it weighs whether arming the Afghan...Tags: Wars and Interventions, Politics, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Kabul (Afghanistan), Pakistan
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Afghan security concerns to ease after 2014, Karzai says
NEW DELHI -- Afghan security after the departure of foreign combat troops in 2014 will become easier because of the ill-advised, misdirected and often corrupt ways NATO and its contractors have pursued the "war on terror," Afghan President Hamid Karzai...
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British soldier hacked to death in suspected Islamist attack
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - A British soldier was hacked to death by two men shouting Islamic slogans in a south London street on Wednesday, in what the government said appeared to be a terrorist attack. A dramatic clip filmed by an onlooker just minutes after...Tags: Boris Johnson, Bombings, David Cameron, Riots, Religion and Belief
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