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“The president of the Republic expresses his profound emotion in the face of the tragic consequences of the Israeli military operation. He condemns the disproportionate use of force and addresses his condolences to the families of the victi…”
“"The spooks have got some pretty big machines," said Dr Lockley.”
“Six Turkish soldiers have been killed and seven injured in a rocket attack on a navy base in the country's south, state media reports.”
“Three Turkish soldiers were in a critical condition and were taken to a military hospital in the capital, Ankara, according to the Anatolia news agency.”
“At least nine people have been killed after Israeli commandos stormed a convoy of ships carrying aid to the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army says.”
“Armed forces boarded the largest vessel overnight, clashing with some of the 500 people on board.”
“The LRA has been indicted by the international criminal court over massacres and abductions perpetrated over almost two decades.”
“Voting passed off largely peacefully, although four soldiers were killed in clashes with Farc rebels in the southern department of Caqueta.”
“Shaw, who served for 28 years in the British Army and was awarded the MBE, was working as a manager for security firm G4S.”
“Ex-Army officer Bill Shaw, 52, from Leeds, West Yorkshire, was tried last month by an Afghan court.”
“70th anniversary of the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk”
“More than 300,000 Allied troops were rescued from the port in northern France in the mass evacuation”
“Altogether, about 338,000 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk's beaches between 26 May and 4 June 1940”
“On Saturday, one man was arrested by the elite Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) in Dhaka and charged with uploading the images.”
“It later moved out of range as it travelled north into the Thames coastguard area.”
“The army ended the occupation 10 days ago”
“The US military has reprimanded six operators of an unmanned drone, which mistakenly attacked a civilian convoy in Afghanistan killing at least 23.”
“The deadly assault took place in Uruzgan Province in February.”
“The reports said poorly functioning command posts "failed to provide the ground-force commander with the evidence and analysis that the vehicles were not a hostile threat".”
“Between 27 May and 5 June, the Royal Navy worked flat out, while the army fought a valiant rearguard action to delay the German advance and allow as many British and French troops as possible to escape.”
“The navy's efforts were supplemented famously by more than 1,000 civilian vessels, ranging from ocean-going ferries to little more than rowing boats.”
“"On her third run out of Dunkirk, and full of French, British, and Belgian troops, she was attacked by 12 enemy aircraft."”
“She rescued thousands of troops from the make-shift jetty in Dunkirk, surviving unscathed after being struck by German shells and torpedoes.”
“"They were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer half-way across the channel, and Bill wanted to go back to Dunkirk for more!"”
“On her third run out of Dunkirk, and full of French, British, and Belgian troops, she was attacked by 12 enemy aircraft.”
“They were rescued by a Royal Navy destroyer half-way across the channel”
“An infantry battalion which has completed two tours in Afghanistan - losing three soldiers - has exercised its right to march through Newport.”
“This month, the families of two fallen two soldiers of 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh were given the Elizabeth Cross, in recognition of their loss.”
“The regiment's 2nd battlion B Company is deployed to Afghanistan in August.”
“On 1 May, the battalion's A Company marked their official return from Helmand province with a parade through Brecon, Powys.”
“In August last year, Pembrokeshire-born Pte Hunt, who grew up in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, became the 200th British soldier to die in the conflict.”
“A Company was deployed to Afghanistan in July last year, taking over from its sister C Company.”
“Both A and C Company formed part of Operation Herrick, which entailed working with and mentoring the Afghan National Army.”
“Thai authorities have lifted a curfew in Bangkok and 23 provinces, 10 days after city-wide arson attacks that followed an army operation to clear anti-government protesters.”
“on 19 May, following six days of violent clashes, troops moved into the barricaded camp to end the protest.”
“It has announced a package of measures, including a halt to most trade with North Korea, and is also seeking action via the United Nations Security Council.”
“Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama paid his respects at the graves of the 46 sailors who were killed in the explosion.”
“Mr Wen said China "will not protect" whoever sank the warship.”
“More than 300,000 Allied troops were rescued from the port in northern France in the mass evacuation in 1940.”
“Altogether, about 338,000 troops were evacuated from Dunkirk's beaches between 26 May and 4 June, 1940.”
“There are something like 17 intelligence agencies - army intelligence and navy intelligence and so on.”
“The fact they are attacking in ones is a sign of success.”
“This is also the first spectacular attack in Lahore since March, and indicates that military action against their bases in the north-western tribal region has not yet destroyed their ability to strike at will.”
“up to 19,815 military personnel, 760 military observers, 391 police personnel and 1,050 personnel of formed police units”
“defence analysts at the London-based Jane's Group assess that Israel has enough fissile material for between 100 and 300 warheads.”
“He says that not just Iran, but Iraq, Libya and Syria have all pursued a military nuclear capability, despite being signatories to the NPT.”
“When Operation Dynamo was formally wound up, more than 100,000 men were still in France, some fighting with the rearguard against the advancing German army, others looking for other ways to escape.”
“A further 220,000 Allied troops were rescued by British ships from Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Brest, and Saint-Nazaire, bringing the total of Allied troops evacuated to 558,000.”
“The Israeli military banned Palestinian cars in 2002 after shooting attacks on the road killed six Israeli motorists.”
“China "will not protect" whoever sank a South Korean warship in March, Premier Wen Jiabao has said.”
“It also warned of an immediate attack if the South's navy violated the disputed Yellow Sea borderline - the site of deadly naval skirmishes in 1999 and 2002.”
“Pyongyang, which fiercely denies the allegations, has retaliated by scrapping an agreement aimed at preventing accidental naval clashes with South Korea.”
“The House of Representatives voted 234-194 in favour of changing the law that currently allows gay people to serve in the military only if they hide their sexual orientation.”
“many Republicans voted against the amendment, saying Congress should postpone the vote until a Pentagon review of the impact of the measure on the armed forces is completed at the end of the year.”
“The amendment is attached to a spending bill which comes up for a final vote in the House on Friday.”
“If it passes that hurdle, the bill will then face a full Senate vote next month.”
“Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who has stated his support for allowing gays openly to serve, said on Tuesday he would have preferred that Congress had waited until after the Pentagon's review.”
“The amendment stipulates that the repeal will not be implemented until after the Pentagon review is completed.”
“It also says the repeal will not become law until the president, defence secretary and the Joint Chiefs of Staff certify that it will not have a negative impact on the military's effectiveness.”
“It also comes at a time of increased tension surrounding what international investigators say was a deadly North Korean torpedo attack on a South Korean warship in March.”
“Thirteen people died after members of the British Army's Parachute Regiment opened fire on civil rights marchers in the Bogside area.”
“610 soldiers, 729 civilians, 30 journalists and photographers, 20 government officials and 53 police officers gave evidence in some form.”
“A group of 36 soldiers, believed to include those who fired the fatal shots, were also allowed to give their evidence without returning to Derry.”
“The inquiry moved to London in September 2002 to hear their evidence.”
“On average [we discover] at least two bodies each day.”
“Islanders have been angered by incidents involving US troops based there, including the 1995 rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl and a helicopter crash in 2004.”
“sinking - allegedly by North Korea - of a South Korean warship in March.”
“DSTL, which develops and tests the latest technologies for the Ministry of Defence, had members of its staff "act out" insurgent-like behaviour, while developers and engineers took on the role of the "good guys", pursuing and monitoring th…”
“This high resolution imaging with in-built software to detect and follow the fake insurgents as they planned their covert meeting, was one of the technologies tested by DSTL during what it described as a "cops and robbers" style trial. DST…”
“Most of the equipment tested on the range will take several more years to perfect and be used to monitor real insurgency in the field.”
“But Dr Seedhouse said that DSTL was looking for some "quick wins" that had performed well in the trials and could be used within as little as a few weeks.”
“In April, 76 paramilitary troops were killed in an ambush - the single biggest attack on the Indian security forces by the rebels.”
“Most of the dead were young men, some suspected of being armed, while at least three police and soldiers also died, officials said.”
“He was shot on Wednesday during a joint foot patrol with Afghan National Army personnel near Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand. In a statement through the MoD, the 20-year-old's family paid tribute to his courage, compassion and charisma.”
“Earlier, the Ministry of Defence said a marine from 40 Commando Royal Marines had been killed in a separate incident in Helmand, also on Wednesday.”
“The items were taken by two British soldiers in the 1950s”
“On 27 May, 1960, the Turkish armed forces overthrew the elected government”
“It weighs up to three stones (19kg) and makes bomb disposal experts sitting targets for Taliban snipers, a military source said outside the inquest.”
“The news has shown the military collecting up the bodies then dumping them into boxes at the cemetery. People had been lying on the streets for three days and the bodies had begun to swell.”
“That hearing started in February 2008 but took a two-year break before the Ministry of Defence withdrew its objections to the turbines.”
“Amir Makhoul and Omar Sayid confessed that they passed information about Israeli bases to the Lebanese militant and political group, the charges say.”
“According to the trial documents the men agreed to pass information about Shin Bet, the Israeli Defense Forces and other military installations in the north of the country.”
“Three parallel international investigations, by war crimes investigators from Serbia, the European Union, and the Council of Europe, have failed to uncover any evidence that the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) trafficked the organs of captive…”
“The move is in retaliation for Seoul blaming Pyongyang for a torpedo attack that sank the Cheonan in March.”
“Thursday's announcement came hours after 10 South Korean warships took part in an anti-submarine drill.”
“The South Korean news agency, Yonhap, says 10 warships are taking part in the drill.”
“The South Korean navy is conducting a major anti-submarine drill, amid renewed tensions with North Korea over the sinking of a southern navy ship in March.”
“10 warships are taking part in the drill”
“The South Korean news agency, Yonhap, says 10 warships are taking part in the drill. Anti-submarine depth charges and naval guns are being tested.”
“South Korea's one-day submarine exercise, taking place off the west coast town of Taean, follows the sighting of South Korean K1 tanks on Tuesday conducting an exercise...”
“A gunman killed 13 soldiers and wounded dozens more at the Fort Hood army base in Texas in November 2009.”
“the results of an international investigation which determined that it was a North Korean torpedo that sank the warship Cheonan in March.”
“The Royal Navy Sea King from HMS Gannet in Prestwick was called first to rescue the injured man at Grasmoor.”
“The helicopter crew rescued the injured pair, along with an uninjured third person who had been with them, and dropped all four at the Buttermere Hotel to be transported to the West Cumberland Hospital.”
“It is relatively unusual to have four people from two separate incidents in a helicopter. And their conditions, too, were relatively unusual.”
“evacuation of about 300,000 Allied troops from the French coast.”
“Fourteen UN nations - Australia, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Ethiopia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa, Thailand, Turkey and the United Kingdom - agreed to help, committing a force of some 300,000…”
“It had at its disposal 135,000 men, supported by tanks and artillery.”
“In the early hours of 25 June 1950, when half of the South's troops were on leave for the weekend, North Korea launched a surprise, but well co-ordinated, attack across the 38th parallel.”
“around 30,000 US”
