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Heavy Fighting Continues As Pakistan Army Battles Taliban - Voice of America border=

Heavy Fighting Continues As Pakistan Army Battles Taliban - Voice of America

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By Barry Newhouse Pakistan's military said its forces have killed 55 to 60 Taliban militants in the last 24 hours in heavy fighting in Taliban-held areas of the northwest.
The Associated Press
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Heavy Fighting Continues As Pakistan Army Battles Taliban - Voice of America

Voice of America
By Barry Newhouse Pakistan's military said its forces have killed 55 to 60 Taliban militants in the last 24 hours in heavy fighting in Taliban-held areas of the northwest.
The Associated Press
guardian.co.uk
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Pakistan Army Pounds Taliban Militants in Northwest - Voice of America border=

Pakistan Army Pounds Taliban Militants in Northwest - Voice of America

Voice of America
By VOA News The Pakistani military says up to 60 militants have been killed in the last 24 hours of a major offensive against Taliban fighters in the northwest.
Aljazeera.net
United Press International
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Thai Army Battles to Keep Order as Crowds Defy Emergency Rule - Bloomberg

Bloomberg
By Rattaphol Onsanit and Shamim Adam April 13 (Bloomberg) — Thai soldiers battled to restore order to Bangkok’s streets as anti-government protesters defied an emergency degree and repeated calls for Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to step down.
The Associated Press
Aljazeera.net
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Sri Lanka army 'repulses Tigers' - BBC News border=

Sri Lanka army 'repulses Tigers' - BBC News

BBC News
The Sri Lankan military says it has repulsed an attack by Tamil Tiger rebels in the north and killed at least a dozen rebels. Troops engaged rebels in small arm fire, forcing them to flee, the defence ministry said in a statement.
Aljazeera.net
Xinhua
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Pinning hopes on the Iraqi army - Aljazeera.net border=

Pinning hopes on the Iraqi army - Aljazeera.net

Aljazeera.net
By Ahmed Habib Amal Hassan remembers the day US tanks first rolled passed her house in the al-Kadhimiya district of Baghdad. She was glad that Saddam Hussein's government had been toppled but felt uneasy that foreign troops were occupying Iraq.
The Associated Press
Reuters
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Deadly army jet crash in Ecuador - BBC News border=

Deadly army jet crash in Ecuador - BBC News

BBC News
A small military plane has crashed into a building in the Ecuadorean capital Quito, killing at least five people. The victims include three soldiers aboard the aircraft and at least two people on the ground, officials say.
Aljazeera.net
The Associated Press
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Obama 'mulls Afghan army boost' - BBC News

BBC News
The US is planning to more than double Afghanistan's national security forces to try to bring stability to the country, the New York Times reports.
Al Jazeera
Voice of America
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Army to end forced extended tours - Los Angeles Times border=

Army to end forced extended tours - Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times
The 'stop-loss' program will be cut back and ultimately eliminated by 2011, the Defense secretary says. By Julian E. Barnes Reporting from Washington — The number of soldiers forced to remain in the military past their enlistment period under the …
Christian Science Monitor
The Oregonian - OregonLive.com
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