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U.S. troops stormed Afghan hospital, aid group says
U.S. soldiers searched a hospital in central Afghanistan for Taliban fighters, tying up hospital guards and entering women’s wards in violation of local customs, an aid worker said Monday.
Five in NATO-led force killed in Afghanistan
Five members of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan died Sunday, the force said.
Germany calls for probe into Afghan airstrike
The German chancellor on Sunday called for a quick and thorough investigation into a NATO airstrike in Afghanistan that killed at least 90 people. The German commander in the area called in the airstrike Friday in the northern Kunduz province.
Samoa to switch driving sides amid outcry
Samoa will switch its driving from the right side to the left side of the road on Monday in a move opponents have called ill-conceived and said will lead to dozens of wrecks and fatalities.
U.S. general sure Afghan civilians killed in airstrike
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Saturday he was convinced that civilians, in addition to militants, were among those killed in a NATO airstrike that killed at least 90 people in northern Afghanistan
NATO begins probe into deadly Afghan airstrike
A NATO team arrived in northern Afghanistan late Friday night to investigate an airstrike that killed at least 90 people, a military spokeswoman said.
Afghan election officials defend vote-counting
Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission sought to reassure voters Saturday that it was impartially tallying the results of the August presidential election.
U.S. military drops contract profiling reporters
A U.S. military contract that drew fire for creating profiles to rate the output of journalists as well as coverage of the Afghanistan war is being terminated, according to U.S. military officials
British Royal Marine killed in Afghan blast
A British Royal Marine was killed Saturday by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement. League Managers Association chief executive Richard Bevan has spoken to Hackett about the Old Trafford incident which saw Wenger sent to the stands by referee Mike Dean on the advice of fourth official Lee Probert. And he has been told that Wenger will receive an apology from the Premier Game Match Officials Board which appoints officials to top-flight games in England