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Pakistan army readies for attack - BBC News border=

Pakistan army readies for attack - BBC News

BBC News
Troops are amassing around Pakistan's tribal district of South Waziristan in readiness for an offensive against the Taliban there, officials say.
Reuters
Daily Times
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US intel chief cites Pakistan army gains in Swat - Reuters border=

US intel chief cites Pakistan army gains in Swat - Reuters

Reuters
WASHINGTON, June 9 (Reuters) - The Pakistani army is gaining in its offensive against Islamic extremists in the Swat valley because public support for the operation is solidifying, US Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair said in a speech.
Bloomberg
Times of India
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Living in the shadow of Kim Jong-Il's army - AFP border=

Living in the shadow of Kim Jong-Il's army - AFP

AFP
TONGILCHON, South Korea (AFP) - Cho Suk-Haan clambers into his tractor and fires up the engine to go to work in rice fields just a short distance away from the most heavily militarised border in the world.
RT
Indiana University
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Pakistan army 'in Taliban city' - BBC News border=

Pakistan army 'in Taliban city' - BBC News

BBC News
Fierce fighting is taking place between Pakistani troops and Taliban militants in Mingora, the main city in the militant-controlled Swat valley.
Aljazeera.net
Telegraph.co.uk
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Nepal PM quits in army chief row - BBC News border=

Nepal PM quits in army chief row - BBC News

BBC News
The Maoist Prime Minister of Nepal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has dramatically announced his resignation in a television address to the nation.
Voice of America
Reuters
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SCENARIOS-What next for Nepal after Maoists sack army chief? - Reuters India border=

SCENARIOS-What next for Nepal after Maoists sack army chief? - Reuters India

Reuters India
MAY 4 (Reuters) - Nepal's president has asked sacked army chief General Rookmangud Katawal to stay in his post, defying the Maoist government and thrusting the Himalayan republic deeper into political crisis.
Reuters UK
Times Online
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Fremont resident leads army of church volunteers - Contra Costa Times

Contra Costa Times, CA - , 
By Ben Aguirre Jr. Centerville Free Dining Room Director Arminta King sorts through some donated items Tuesday April 21, 2009 at the Centerville Presbyterain Church, in Fremont, Calif. King has spent the last twenty years volunteering at the church. …

Nepalese president in dispute over army chief - CNN International border=

Nepalese president in dispute over army chief - CNN International

CNN International - 
KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) — Nepal's Maoist government took the president to task Monday for ordering the country's army chief of staff to stay in office after they had fired him, calling the decision "unconstitutional.
Hindu
Reuters UK
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Sri Lanka - at least 64 dead as 'army shells' hospital - guardian.co.uk border=

Sri Lanka - at least 64 dead as 'army shells' hospital - guardian.co.uk

guardian.co.uk
AP Artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in Sri Lanka's northern war zone yesterday, killing at least 64 civilians, according to a government doctor and a website linked to the Tamil Tiger separatists, amid growing international pressure to …
Al Jazeera
The Associated Press
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At Least 64 People Die After Sri Lankan Army "Attacks Hospital" - AHN border=

At Least 64 People Die After Sri Lankan Army "Attacks Hospital" - AHN

AHN - 
Colombo, Sri Lanka (AHN) - The Sri Lankan military has reportedly killed at least 64 people after their artillery shells hit a makeshift hospital in the northeastern war-torn region of the country.
Al Jazeera
PRESS TV
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