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US soldier in custody after Afghan detainee dies (AP)

October 19th, 2010

Chief of Defense of the Swedish Armed Forces, General Sverker Göranson, place the Medal of Honor on the coffin of  Kenneth Wallin, killed in action on an ISAF mission in Mazar-i Sharif in Afghanistan on Saturday, is carried from the C-130 Hercules plane during a ceremony at Arna military airport north of Stockholm, Tuesday Oct. 19, 2010. Wallin was the 6th Swedish soldier killed in action in Afghanistan.  (AP Photo / Fredrik Sandberg / SCANPIX)   ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - A U.S. soldier was taken into custody after an Afghan detainee was found dead in his cell, apparently from a gunshot wound, NATO said in a statement Tuesday…

4 Iraqis escape from US custody in Baghdad prison (AP)

September 9th, 2010

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pictured in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil on August 8. Plans by a Florida church to burn Korans on the anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks could be used by extremists as a AP - Four prisoners with links to al-Qaida have escaped from the U.S.-controlled part of a maximum-security prison in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Thursday.


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Pakistan: another Afghan Taliban in custody (AP)

March 4th, 2010

Soldiers of Pakistan's paramilitary force carry ammunition confiscated from Taliban militants in Dara Adam Khel near Peshawar, Pakistan Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Forces took over the area after a massive crackdown operation against Taliban militants. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - Pakistan’s intelligent agents have arrested a senior Afghan Taliban commander, officials said Thursday, the latest move in a crackdown against the insurgent network in Pakistan.


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Serbia, Bosnia want custody of ex-Bosnian leader (AP)

March 2nd, 2010

AP - Serbia and Bosnia on Tuesday both demanded custody of a former Bosniak leader arrested in London on war crimes allegations, further straining relations between the two Balkan nations.

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