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NATO says 5 soldiers killed in Afghanistan (Reuters)

November 14th, 2010

Reuters - Five soldiers serving with the NATO-led force in Afghanistan were killed on Sunday, including three in a clash with insurgents in the east, the coalition said, one of…

3 UK soldiers could face war crimes trial (AP)

November 9th, 2010

AP - Three British soldiers have been referred to a senior military prosecutor over allegations that they abused Iraqis in the aftermath of the U.S.-led invasion, the Ministry of Defense…

US apologizes for attack on Pakistani soldiers (AP)

October 6th, 2010

Drivers of Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicles are parked at Pakistani border town of Torkham wait on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2010. Pakistan blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan in apparent retaliation for an alleged cross-border helicopter strike by the coalition that killed three Pakistani frontier troops. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - The U.S. apologized Wednesday for a recent helicopter attack that killed two Pakistani soldiers at an outpost near the Afghan border, saying American pilots mistook the soldiers for…

Protesting police, soldiers seize Ecuador airport (AP)

September 30th, 2010

AP - Hundreds of police and soldiers protesting a new law that cuts their benefits seized the main airport in Ecuador’s capital on Thursday and shut off highway access to…

French soldiers hunt for abducted workers in Niger (AP)

September 20th, 2010

AP - Dozens of French soldiers operating out of a hotel in Niger’s capital and using reconnaissance flights over the Sahara searched Monday for seven workers for a French firm…

At least 23 soldiers killed in Tajikistan ambush (AP)

September 20th, 2010

AP - At least 23 soldiers were killed in Tajikistan after a convoy was ambushed by heavily armed Islamic militants — a devastating blow that will shake this impoverished nation…

Roadside bomb kills 9 Iraqi soldiers near Mosul (AP)

September 15th, 2010

U.S. Army soldiers secure the scene of a roadside bomb attack in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)AP - Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb has struck a bus carrying Iraqi soldiers, killing nine and injuring five more near the northern city of Mosul.


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Gunman in uniform kills 2 US soldiers in Iraq (AP)

September 7th, 2010

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L-R), U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Admiral Mike Mullen stand during the U.S. national anthem during a change of command ceremony in Baghdad September 1, 2010. The U.S. Military's Outgoing commander Raymond Odierno will hand over to Lieutenant General Lloyd Austin.br /<br /></a> REUTERS/Jim Watson/Pool  (IRAQ - Tags: IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS MILITARY)AP - The U.S. military says a gunman wearing an Iraqi army uniform has killed two American soldiers in northern Iraq.


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Soldiers fire on family’s car in Mexico, killing 2 (AP)

September 6th, 2010

A family member holds a photograph of Alejandro Leon Castellanos, 15, who died when soldiers opened fire on the family vehicle, at the family home on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico, Monday Sept. 6, 2010.  Soldiers apparently shot at the car when the driver failed to stop at the checkpoint Sunday on the highway from the northeastern city of Monterrey to Laredo, Texas, according to state authorities. Castellanos' father Vicente Leon Ramirez also died in the shooting.  (AP Photo/Carlos Jasso)AP - Soldiers opened fire on a family’s car at a military checkpoint in northern Mexico, killing a 15-year-old boy and his father, authorities and relatives said Monday.


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Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)

September 3rd, 2010

In this photo released by Mexico's Secretary of Defense (SEDENA), a soldier walks past a pick-up truck and seized weapons near the town of Ciudad Mier in northern Mexico, Thursday Sept. 2, 2010.  According to the Secretary of Defense, gunmen opened fire on soldiers after an airborne patrol detected armed men guarding a home near this town. At least 25 gunmen were killed, two soldiers were injured and three people held captive were freed.  (AP Photo/SEDENA)AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the…