Chinese grenades, cache recovered from hideout in Reasi

Source: Webindia123

Security forces today busted a militant hideout and recovered cache of arms and ammunition including Chinese grenades in hilly Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, official spokesman here said. 'Based on a tip-off, the Rashtr ...
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Reporting from a perilous landscape in Afghanistan

Source: The Washington Post

BAGRAM, Afghanistan — Ten-year-old Khaili Jan lurched toward me from his family’s tent in the desert. He had two crutches that sank into the sand with each step, and two plastic prosthetic legs stuffed into oversized sandals. As the boy inched closer, hi ...
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The Real War 1939-1945, by Paul Fussell (1989)

Source: Hacker News

As originally published in The Atlantic Monthly On its fiftieth anniversary, how should we think of the Second World War? What is its contemporary meaning? One possible meaning, reflected in every line of what follows, is ...
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Bahraini police attack Saar protesters

Source: Press TV

The protesters took to the streets in Saar, about 16 kilometers (10 miles) west of the capital, Manama, on Saturday. They chanted slogans against the ruling Al Khalifa regime. Meanwhile, similar demonstrations were also held in several towns and vil ...
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Afghanistan’s fabulous ruby mines plundered by thieves

Source: RAWA.org

Only a few hours' drive from the Afghan capital Kabul is an area renowned for some of the world's brightest and most valuable rubies. But this wealth is being plundered by thieves, corrupt officials and the Taliban, as the BBC's Bilal Sarwary ...
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US accomplice to Bahrain regime crimes

Source: Press TV

Security forces on Friday fired teargas and sound grenades at the demonstrating crowds in several towns and villages around the Bahraini capital, Manama. Clashes then erupted between government forces and the pro-democracy protesters deman ...
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How I survived the real zombie apocalypse (gallery)

Source: VentureBeat

It wasn’t supposed to end like this. Three of us have been separated from the main group and we’re low on ammo. Trapped in an abandoned store, they’re coming at us from all sides. The undead, if indeed that’s what they are can’t be stopped. Even when we ...
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Memorial Day: Remembering fallen of two wars

Source: Military Times

Most people run marathons to challenge themselves. Maj. George Kraehe runs them to challenge others. As a member of the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors’ “run ...
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MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE: Sacrifice in the South Pacific

Source: Lahontan Valley News & Fallen Eagle Standard

Argus “Gus” Harold Forbus died earlier this year in Fallon. I first met Mr. Forbus when I served on a battalion staff in Hawthorne in the early 1990s. He loaned his expertise and volunteered his time to help the battalion with mil ...
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