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US, Afghans repel attack against major base (AP)

June 30th, 2010

Smoke rises outside an airfield used by Afghan and binternational/b forces in Jalalabad, east of Kabul,  Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 30, 2010.  Militants set off a car bomb and stormed the entrance to the airport  and eight insurgents died in the ensuing gunbattle, authorities said. (AP Photo)AP - U.S. and Afghan troops repelled an attack Wednesday on one of the biggest NATO bases in eastern Afghanistan by militants who used a suicide car bomb, rocket-propelled grenades…

Japan’s prime minister steps down over US base row (AP)

June 2nd, 2010

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama speaks during the Joint Plenary Meeting of Party Members of Both Houses of the Diet in Tokyo Wednesday, June 2, 2010. Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT MANDATORY FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning after just eight months in office, largely because of his broken campaign promise to move a U.S.…

Japan’s prime minister steps down over base row (AP)

June 1st, 2010

Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, left, meets Democratic Party of Japan party secretary general Ichiro Ozawa, right,  at the parliament in Tokyo, Wednesday, May 2, 2010. Hatoyama has said he intends to resign. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) ** JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA **AP - Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was resigning over his broken campaign promise to move a U.S. Marine base off the southern island of Okinawa.


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US, Japan to keep US military base in Okinawa (AP)

May 27th, 2010

AP - Washington and Tokyo agreed Friday to keep a contentious U.S. Marine base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, reaffirming the importance of their security alliance and the need…

Car bomb hits outside NATO base in Kandahar city (AP)

May 26th, 2010

A private security guard stands near a site of a car bomb explosion in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a small NATO military base in southern Afghanistan's largest city, wounding two Afghans and destroying several cars, police said. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - A car bomb exploded Wednesday outside a small NATO military base in southern Afghanistan’s largest city, wounding two Afghans and destroying several cars, police said.


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