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andie324

Afghanistan accuses US of killing civilians in airstrike | Al Jazeera America - 0 views

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Middle East The Americas Interactions

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  • who has often criticized the conduct of NATO forces
  • id 14 people died
  • and another 13 were wounded.
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  • At least 14 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday, sparking condemnation from President Hamid Karzai, who has often criticized the conduct of NATO forces.
    • andie324
      andie324 on 11 Sep 14
       
      Why did the US deploy an airstrike? What was the purpose? Will Afghanistan retaliate? 
  • Civilian casualties in the U.S.-led military coalition’s war against the Taliban have been one of the most contentious issues in the 13-year combat campaign that will end by December. NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) made no immediate comment on Tuesday's airstrike, but it often stresses avoiding civilian casualties.
    • andie324
      andie324 on 11 Sep 14
       
      The airstrikes by the US in Afghanistan were acts of offense to fight against the Taliban, who are currently in control.
  • "Four of our villagers were on their way back home from work when airplanes bombed them," he told AFP. "When people went to the area to collect their bodies or take the wounded people to hospital, we were bombed again. Dozens of people, including women and children were killed, or wounded."
    • andie324
      andie324 on 11 Sep 14
       
      Innocent civilians and villagers in Afghanistan are being killed by the airstrikes. 
jacob4575

North Korea Sentences 24-Year-Old American To 6 Years Hard Labor - Business Insider - 1 views

www.businessinsider.com/n-to-6-years-hard-labor-2014-9

Asia Political Americas

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  • jacob4575 on 14 Sep 14
     
    North Korea sentences 2nd of 3 Americans detained.
danw55

BBC News - North Korea jails US man Matthew Miller for six years - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-asia-29196644

political korea

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  • danw55 on 15 Sep 14
     
    "North Korea jails US man Matthew Miller for six years"
mwhitney2017

Release of iPhone 6 Delayed in China - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...iphone-6-delayed-in-china.html

Asia Political

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  • fastest-growing markets
  • delayed
  • Sept. 19, when sales start elsewhere
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  • told China’s three big state-owned mobile service providers
  • did not explain the delay
  • phones had not received approval from Chinese regulators to go on sale
  • iPhone could represent a threat to China’s national security. The accusations were promptly rejected by Apple.
  • caught off-guard by the last-minute change of plans
  • there are some details which are not ready,”
  • China Mobile and China Unicom
  • website carried a statement saying only that the date of the iPhone 6’s availability would “be updated soon.”
  • began selling iPhones through China Mobile
  • Apple’s fastest-growing major market
  • $5.9 billion in greater China from April to June, a 28 percent increase from the same period a year earlier
  • 16 percent
  • Apple has never worked with any government agency from any country to create a back door in any of our products or services,
  • We have also never allowed access to our servers. And we never will. It’s something we feel very strongly about.
parkerwsmith

Australia raises terror alert level to 'high' - CNN.com - 0 views

www.cnn.com/...index.html

australia terror alert level Social Interactions political Economic Cultural

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  • Australia has raised its terror alert level to "high" for the first time since the national alert system was introduced in 2003.
anyabananas

Three get death for China train station attack | Reuters - 1 views

www.reuters.com/...xinjiang-idUSKBN0H70A220140912

Asia Social political

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  • China's leaders have vowed to strike hard at religious militants and separatist groups
    • anyabananas
      anyabananas on 12 Sep 14
       
      The Chinese government is generalizing all of a religious group, but in almost all situations, not everyone can actually be blamed or even associated that are in a particular group. 
  • Muslim Uighur ethnic minority.
  • intentional homicide
    • anyabananas
      anyabananas on 12 Sep 14
       
      I thought homicide meant that the person was negligent, and therefore, non intentional. If it is intentional, isn't it murder? Is this just a fancier name? 
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  • Hundreds of people have died in unrest in Xinjiang in the past 18 months or so, the government says.
vburnett

Australian Leader Seeks Deal to Sell Uranium to India - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...-to-sell-uranium-to-india.html

nuclear weapons India defense NATO uranium

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  • Prime Minister Tony Abbott of Australia
  • export uranium to India
  • one-third of the world’s known uranium reserves,
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  • Narendra Modi
  • Australia would ban exports of uranium to Russia until further notice.
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