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Russia berates German defense minister for war games remarks

Russia'sDefenceMinistryonSaturdaycriticizedGermanDefenceMinisterUrsulavonderLeyen,sayingitwasbewilderedbyherassertionthatMoscowplannedtosendmorethan100,000troop

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Sri Lanka’s leader promises to protect soldiers accused of war crimes

ByAPDwriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,September3(APD)–SriLankaonSundayassureditwillprotectaformerArmyCommanderandtroopsfacingwarcrimesallegations.PresidentMaithripalaSiris

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Sri Lanka rejects war crimes allegations against ex-Army chief

ByAPDWriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,Aug.30(APD)--SriLankaonWednesdayrejectedwarcrimesallegationsraisedagainstformerArmyCommanderJagathJayasuriya.ArmyspokesmanBrigadierRo

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U.S. could be in Afghanistan for years amid broader anti-terror fight

TheUnitedStatescouldbeinAfghanistanforyearstocome,after16yearsofpresenceinthewar-torncountry,U.S.expertssaid.ThefightinAfghanistanwillprobablybea"generation-lon

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Bannon's self-declared war is over

ThewarisoverforformerWhiteHousechiefstrategistSteveBannon.Thepoliticalcombatanthaswonmajorbattlesbutlosthisself-declaredwar.Beingforcedtoheartheline"you'refired

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S.Korea urges DPRK not to conduct provocation amid joint war game

SouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-inonMondayurgedtheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK)nottoconductanyprovocationasthejointwargamewiththeUnitedStateskickedoff.Moo

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Sri Lanka says no room for foreign judges in war crimes probe

ByAPDwriterEaswaranCOLOMBO,August18(APD)--SriLankaonFridayassertedthereisnochanceoftheislandhavingforeignjudgesinthepostwaraccountabilityprocess.SriLankanForeig

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Opinion: What will China do if US and DPRK go to war?

WillthewarofwordsbetweenWashingtonandPyongyangleadtoanotherarmedconflictontheKoreanPeninsula?AsDPRKleaderKimJongUndelayedadecisiononfiringmissilestowardsGuam,th

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Abe sparks controversy with Yasukuni Shrine on surrender anniversary

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent a ritual offering to the notorious war-linked Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday on the 72nd anniversary of Japan's surrender, which brought an end to World War II.

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Abe sparks controversy with Yasukuni Shrine on surrender anniversary

JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbesentaritualofferingtothenotoriouswar-linkedYasukuniShrineonTuesdayonthe72ndanniversaryofJapan'ssurrender,whichbroughtanendtoWorldW

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Israel warns Hamas not to foil its anti-tunnel Gaza wall

Israel warned Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday not to try to foil its construction of a border wall designed to stop tunnels between the two sides.

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Trade war would hit developing and poor countries hardest: economist

IftherecentwarningbytheheadoftheWorldTradeOrganization(WTO)onthe"clearrisk"ofatradewarsparkedbyprotectionistpoliciesmaterializes,itwouldthreatenpooranddevelopin

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Mosul victory: Iraq faces challenges of reconstruction, reconciliation

LiberatingMosulfromtheruleofIslamicState(IS)isagreatvictoryforIraq'santi-terrorwar,butthewar-torncountrystillfaceshugechallengesofnationalreconstructionandrecon

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Commentary: World must remain on guard against Japanese militarism

Fridaymarksthe80thanniversaryofthe"July7Incident"thattriggeredJapan'sfull-scaleinvasionofChinain1937,compellingtheChinesepeopleoverthenexteightyearstofightbackw

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Yemen faces world's worst cholera outbreak - UN

Yemenisnowfacingtheworstcholeraoutbreakanywhereintheworld,theUnitedNationshaswarned.AstatementbyUnicefandtheWorldHealthOrganizationsaysthenumberofsuspectedchole

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Sri Lanka to be free from landmines by 2020

COLOMBO, June 22 (APD) - The Sri Lankan government aims to make the island country free from landlines by the year 2020 after hundreds of people have been killed or disabled from it in former war torn areas.

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Sri Lanka to be free from landmines by 2020

ByAPDwriterJamilaHusainCOLOMBO,June22(APD)-TheSriLankangovernmentaimstomaketheislandcountryfreefromlandlinesbytheyear2020afterhundredsofpeoplehavebeenkilledordi