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50 years ago, My Lai massacre shamed US military
Associated Press, Published on 15/03/2018
» MY LAI, Vietnam: The shudder of artillery fire woke the boy at 5.30am. Three American soldiers appeared at his family's home a couple of hours later and forced the mother and five children into their bomb shelter, a structure most every Vietnamese home had during the war, to keep them safe.
Militants to apologise to victims of Indonesia attacks
Associated Press, Published on 26/02/2018
» JAKARTA: The Indonesian government is bringing together dozens of convicted Islamic militants and survivors of attacks in what it hopes will be an important step in combating radicalism and fostering reconciliation.
Year after Kim’s killing, suspected masterminds evade trial
Associated Press, Published on 13/02/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Lost in the glare of North Korea’s missile launches, rhetorical battles with Washington and charm offensive at the Winter Olympics, two women stand accused of a crime that could send them to the gallows -- the stunning assassination of Kim Jong Un’s estranged half-brother.
Appeals by 45 Russians against Olympic bans rejected
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: Russia’s desperate attempt to get 45 banned athletes -- including several medal favourites -- into the Pyeongchang Olympics failed just hours before Friday’s opening ceremony.
Food used as weapon in Rohingya ethnic cleansing
Associated Press, Published on 09/02/2018
» NAYAPARA REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: - Abdul Goni says the Myanmar government was starving his family one stage at a time.
US prepares 'toughest' sanctions for North Korea
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» TOKYO: US Vice President Mike Pence said Washington is preparing to announce the "toughest and most aggressive" economic sanctions against North Korea in the coming days, boosting pressure on the bellicose government during the Winter Olympics.
Contagious norovirus hits Olympics security staff
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» PYEONGCHANG, South Korea: South Korean authorities deployed 900 military personnel at the Pyeongchang Olympics on Tuesday after the security force was depleted by an outbreak of norovirus.
'Systematic slaughter': Rohingya mass graves confirmed
Associated Press, Published on 02/02/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir finally recognised his friends only by the colours of their shorts.
28 Russians have Olympic doping bans lifted
Associated Press, Published on 01/02/2018
» MOSCOW: Twenty-eight Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned Thursday, throwing the International Olympic Committee's policy on the country into turmoil.
Five previously unreported Myanmar mass graves confirmed
Associated Press, Published on 01/02/2018
» BALUKHALI REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh: The faces of the men half-buried in the mass graves had been burned away by acid or blasted by bullets. Noor Kadir could only recognise his friends by the colours of their shorts.