Italian court OKs expansion of US military base

A top Italian administrative court on Tuesday approved the expansion of a U.S. military base in northeast Italy, local media reported. The expansion has caused angry protests by residents and leftist politicians.

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The suicide bomber who killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan had been courted by the US as a possible informant, US intelligence sources have said.

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DARKER STILL... Is anyone listening. Things don't just happen!

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A mass shooting at Ft. Hood military base in Texas has left at least 7 dead and 12 wounded, officials confirmed to MyFoxDFW.com.

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Darfur's rebel Justice and Equality Movement said on Sunday it had seized a Sudanese government military base close to the border with Chad, stoking tensions after a series of clashes in the area.

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An American Army sergeant shot and killed five fellow soldiers following an altercation at a counseling center on a military base in Iraq Monday, officials said.

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Bring Them Here

With the closing of the prison at Guantanamo there seems to be a lot of controversy about what to do with the prisoners. I say bring them here. A predominately red state that supported the policies that took us to war and the war itself from inception.

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A spokesman for the United States embassy said US forces deployed in Mindanao will not leave unless the Philippine government says so.

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" Orange County's troubles with old bombs are much worse than imagined. Channel 9 obtained a map from the Army Corps of Engineers late Friday afternoon showing a 3.5 square-mile part of east Orange County that could have been built on an old WWII bombing area."

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U.S. forces are building a forward-operations base in Iraq just a few kilometers from the border with Iran. The $5 million project is aimed at improving border security and is part of a broader U.S. effort to stop alleged Iranian support for Iraqi insurgents.

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Kuwaiti-born math teacher wielding butcher knives and vodka bottles he intended to ignite as explosives was trying to commit suicide, not an act of terrorism, when he attacked military policemen at Homestead Air Reserve Base

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In another sign of potential friction in the warming Arctic, Canada has warned that it will step up patrols of the Northwest Passage.

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BAGHDAD -- Here they were, hardened combat soldiers, grounded on a military base far from the palm groves, canals and marshes where they once prowled.

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More than a thousand unarmed protesters demanded the removal of a US military base in Baghdad's Sadr City on Friday in the first sign of Shia opposition to a new security plan. A large crowd of Shia-led worshippers unfurled banners demanding the base be abandoned while chanti …

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World-renowned personalities have confirmed participation in the "World Conference for the Abolition of Foreign Bases," scheduled for March 5-9 in Ecuador, spokespersons for the forum announced on Sunday.

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In a dispatch posted at 9:30pm Makkah time Tuesday night, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US occupation forces left one of their bases in al-Khalidiyah, 90km west of Baghdad, just two days after "securing it," due to persistent Iraqi Resistance attacks.

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In a bulletin posted at 6:35pm Makkah time Wednesday evening, Mafkarat al-Islam reported that US occupation troops withdrew from one of their bases west of ar-Ramadi, about 110km west of Baghdad after weeks of Resistance rocket barrages.

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The Danish government has hung a 'for sale' sign on the Danish military base, Camp Viking, in Afghanistan. Troops have been relocated to the southern regions of the country, but the price and potential buyers of the base are being kept secret.

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If you want an image of what America's long-term plans for Iraq look like, it's right here at Balad.

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