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Military sorry for shooting at Koran
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10511207

Discrimination against UK military to become crime
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/discrimination-against-military-to...

Case Sheds Light On Military Law
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/19/eveningnews/main4109454.shtml

Zimbabwe Opposition Says Military Intelligence Plotted Tsvangirai...
http://voanews.com/english/Africa/2008-05-19-voa56.cfm

California man sentenced for stealing military technology
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080519-0947-ca-norcal-militarysecrets...

Military drug tests find one in 20 using
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080519.wmilidrugs0519/BNStory/National/...

Former Australian minister backs military intervention in Burma
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/news/stories/200805/s2249588.htm?tab=latest

Israel's Barak warns of military escalation in Gaza
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gOJKRCgNgmDnjVouddPeLyEZDRIA

Brazil's military should patrol Amazon: new environment minister
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g3EOi06ZTA-OPvfhSbxTCQsxS1Vg

Iraq military museum attacked in Baghdad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uncertain-world/1990382/Iraq-military...

Barak to Mubarak: Gaza terror leading to military face-off
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0, 7340, L-3545289, 00.html

US Congressional leaders say they don't rule out military option...
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/19/africa/ME-GEN-Israel-US-Congress.php

Military wives not in chain of command--AFP chief
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20080519-137527/Military-wives...

Zimbabwe party: Military plotting to kill leader
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i4kT7pJlnuzY_vpKdTACcQYIPcvQD90OLFG00

US-led military detain 10 suspected insurgents in Afghanistan
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/19/content_8208721.htm

Anti-Taliban push underway in Afghanistan: Australian military
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5EVdYtTSNWjYJkiO39VgC-Z2jAA

Michelle Obama Holds Discussion with Military Spouses in Hopkinsville
http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/19082419.html

Dot used by US military to track armaments
http://www.usingrfid.com/news/read.asp?lc=o68775gx1396zf

Odenton woman commended for her military charity work
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2008/05_19-16/CWC

Illinois working to develop program for military families
http://www.register-news.com/local/local_story_140112140.html

Military families say return to civilian life a challenge
http://www.chestertontribune.com/Indiana%%20News/5192%%20military_families_say_return_to...

Book on Pak Army launched
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008%%5C05%%5C20%%5Cstory_20-5-200...

Will Pentagon Blunders Mean the End of Military Trials for Terrorists?
http://www.aina.org/news/20080519121228.htm

Russia to Launch Three Military Satellites - Commander
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1392623/russia_to_launch_three_military_sa.../

Polish military prosecutors gather evidence in war crimes trial...
http://www.polskieradio.pl/zagranica/news/artykul82818_Polish_military_prosecuto...

Compensation, 'but not justice', for Japan rape
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0, 25197, 23726896-2703, 00.html

Marine Sexual Abuse Case Causes Controversy Over Military Bases Abroad
http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/Americas/May-June-08/Marine-Sexual-Abuse-Case...

Military Deploying More Than 7000 Hawaii Troops
http://www.kitv.com/news/16333887/detail.html

How Female Military Pilots Spell Relief
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/05/8273_military-piddle-packs....

Riverside Military Academy names new academic dean
http://www.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=210075

Deficiencies in American military doctrine in War on Terror
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/05/deficiencies_in_american_milit.html

Parade honors military members and veterans
http://www.mininggazette.com/page/content.detail/id/500477.html?nav=5006

Japan: Military use of space
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/20/yehey/opinion/20080520opi1.html

San Diego Museum Exhibits Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
http://www.huliq.com/59780/san-diego-museum-exhibits-military-unmanned-aerial-ve...

ATHENS Greece and Turkey have concluded a rare military exercise.
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/me_military0148_05_17.asp

Aussie Military brought in to Kill Kangaroos
http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/ecology/aussie-military-kill-kangaroos/1192

Local teens earn spots at military academies
http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/article/20080518/NEWS01/894800511/0/ETPZoneL...

Atrocity of Para-military forces in Bangladesh
http://www.weeklyblitz.net/index.php?id=157

Russia Claims Georgian Arms Build Up
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/russia-tallies.html

Civilians Assist Military Police at Camp Lejeune
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/whqr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID...

Hawaii Military Plane to Deliver US Relief Supplies to China
http://www.khnl.com/Global/story.asp?S=8342441

Former military chief is peace adviser
http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/?page=news3_may19_2008

US soldier removed from Iraq for shooting at Quran
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gkx-3oYeFwuWKCusr2jrojs98w8wD90OKS3O0

Ex-chaplain James Yee, Ted Danson debate in Lacey
http://www.theolympian.com/118/story/453889.html

VA chaplain helps soldiers cope
http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS01/805190315...

Equal opportunity programs merge within Air Force
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123099270

Air Force Band rocks Waxahachie
http://www.thedailylight.com/articles/2008/05/19/community/doc4831d257efa91665711923...

US Air Force Prepares for Cyber Warfare
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/62296

Rolls-Royce Completes Major Milestones on US Air Force Technology...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/rolls-royce-completes-major-milestones-on...,
399590.shtml

Store owner surprises Air Force guards
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/162462

A Veteran's Story: Crestline man's Pacific tour began before Pearl...
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS01/8...

Air Guard member receives presidential award for volunteerism
http://www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2008/05/051908-award.aspx

Mission into history
http://www1.pressdemocrat.com/article/20080519/NEWS/805190305/1033/NEWS&template...

Local hero among those who treated wounded on D-Day
http://www.capegazette.com/storiescurrent/200805/ddaynurses051608.html

San Diego Museum Exhibits Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
http://www.huliq.com/59780/san-diego-museum-exhibits-military-unmanned-aerial-ve...

Germany, India discuss terrorism
http://www.business-standard.com/common/click_track.php?act=news_now&var=378...

Military drug tests find one in 20 using
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080519.wmilidrugs0519/BNStory/National/...

DM to name fitness center for World War II hero Benko
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/85658.php

Lieutenant General Michael W. Wooley, USAF (Ret.) Appointed to...
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/lieutenant-general-michael-w-wooley,
399455.shtml

Diggers launch strike on Taliban in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0, 25197, 23726894-31477, 00.html

Pentagon Announces Upcoming Troop Deployments In Iraq, Afghanistan
http://www.rttnews.com/Content/GeneralNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=609778

In Washington, DC, a Vet Refuses Iraq Service
http://www.blog.newsweek.com/blogs/soldiershome/archive/2008/05/19/in-washington...

Key architect of Iraq war defends case for US-led invasion
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8BTPjRVMhL83y3ay7_D802jHK0g

Pentagon announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop deployments
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7dtZWMn7y6O_o1GGXR5n6D4_AgwD90OUQN81

Iraq military museum attacked in Baghdad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/uncertain-world/1990382/Iraq-military...

10:00Future of US Involvement in Iraq
http://wamu.org/programs/dr/08/05/19.php

Zionists seek to damage Iran-Saudi ties
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=56406&sectionid=351020101

Ahmadinejad calls for expansion of Iran-Lithuania ties
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=168989

Musharraf for closer Iran-Pakistan cooperation
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=168991

Pentagon Will Send Nearly 40000 Troops to Iraq, Afghanistan
http://www.efluxmedia.com/news_Pentagon_Will_Send_Nearly_40000_Troops_to_Iraq_Afghanistan_17792...

Pentagon announces Iraq, Afghanistan troop deployments
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7dtZWMn7y6O_o1GGXR5n6D4_AgwD90OUQN81

Miss. Guard whistleblower lawsuit scheduled for trial
http://www.wxvt.com/Global/story.asp?S=8344625

Guard Practices Biological, Nuclear Attack
http://www.ketv.com/news/16326638/detail.html

40 years later, men recall Guard service during Vietnam War
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-ia-exchange-vietnamm, 0, 3949630.story

Zimbabwe army accused of sniper plot to kill Morgan Tsvangirai
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3962239.ece

Iraqi anger at US army Koran sniper
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/D4FB39B2-937C-468F-B2FD-8ECB5F0A9956.htm

Kenya army and militia accused of war crimes
http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080519/FOREIGN/658707391/1017/ART&Profile...

German Special Forces in Afghanistan Let Taliban Commander Escape
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0, 1518, 554033, 00.html

Police to quiz MP over allegations of special forces
http://www.myjoyonline.com/politics/200805/16433.asp

German army officers allow top Taliban commander to escape...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-567322/German-army-officers-allow-Taliban...

CIA death squads killing with impunity in Afghanistan
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/afgh-m19.shtml

Canada beefing up bomb task force
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=525443

Brazil's new environment chief proposes sending armed forces to...
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/19/content_8207483.htm

Questions and Answers on European Maritime Day
http://7thspace.com/headlines/281585/questions_and_answers_on_european_maritime_day...

Submarine accounts go deep into WWII battles
http://www.usatoday.com/life/books/reviews/2008-05-19-submarines_N.htm

Submarine New Mexico passes construction milestone
http://www.dailypress.com/business/dp-biz_newmexico_0520may20, 0, 7463212.story

Submariners survive attack, not toll of time
http://www.cumberlink.com/articles/2008/05/19/news/local/doc4831980fe63da275236546...

San Diego-based USS Boxer Arrives in El
http://www.navycompass.com/modules.php?name=Top_Stories&action=view&id=3...

US Navy aircraft violates Venezuela's airspace
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/05/19/america/OUKWD-UK-VENEZUELA-USA.ph...

Navy College offices to offer all tests again
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2008/05/navy_testing_051908w/

Ex-Navy Pilot and Spy to Head the IMC
http://www.expertclick.com/NewsReleaseWire/default.cfm?Action=ReleaseDetail&ID...

Navy on alert for marine mammals while training
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/COLUMNISTS...

Navy commissions new officers
http://www.gwhatchet.com/news/2008/05/19/News/Navy-Commissions.New.Officers-3373253...

Royal insight into Royal Navy
http://www.scarborougheveningnews.co.uk/news/Royal-insight-into-Royal-Navy.4095762...

Nation's Only Fresh Water Academy Sails Into Harbor
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/19065694.html

World War II veteran kept combat sorrow buried for decades
http://www.marinij.com/marinnews/ci_9314693

Civil War program begins at Malabar
http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/UPDATES0...

War between the state revisited at Brandywine Schools
http://www.nilesstar.com/articles/2008/05/19/news/ndnews2.txt

CivilWar re-enactment
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/photogalleries/living2004424520

Ancestor sleuths helped by local genealogists for half century
http://www.wacotrib.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/05/19/05192008wacTJRgenealogy...

Civilians Assist Military Police at Camp Lejeune
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/whqr/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID...

Military drug tests find one in 20 using
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080519.wmilidrugs0519/BNStory/National/...

Mexican military to take over Jurez police?
http://ww4report.com/node/5521

Stun-gun maker sharpens marketing, increase sales
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/0519biz-bizaz-taser0520-ON.html

Veterans groups pushing for more predictable VA funding
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/veterans-groups-pushing-for-more-predictable-va...

VA hospital escapes big changes
http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/node/2726

VA Busted Again Over Poor Diagnosis and Mistreatment of PTSD Vets
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may192008/va_caught_again-5-19-08.php

http://www.kdbc4.com/Global/story.asp?S=8349369&nav=menu608_2_1 Secretary of
Veterans Affairs and Other Officials Tour El Paso VA...

VA struggling to treat women veterans.
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/05/19/va-struggling-to-treat-women-veterans/

VA helps new civilians get their bearings
http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/lifestyles/957233,
5_1_WA19_VAEVENT_S1.article

VA struggling to assist female vets
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/650858.html

Female veterans pose a challenge for VA
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/414092.html

Veterans Administration touts efforts to modernize
http://www.radioiowa.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=02AFC39A-A2E0-9B64-2892A2369086...

VA chaplain helps soldiers cope
http://dnj.midsouthnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS01/805190315...

Four Rivers for All Veterans host annual memorial program
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS01/80519041/1...

WWII veterans to take flight
http://www.nptelegraph.com/articles/2008/05/19/news/50000062.txt

Veterans' care not just a federal responsibility
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2008/05/19/...

Female veterans pose a challenge for VA
http://www.bellinghamherald.com/102/story/414092.html

Veterans deserve expanded educational opportunities
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/05/19/editorial/doc483060f1daeca830258907.txt

Veterans groups pushing for more predictable VA funding
http://thehill.com/business--lobby/veterans-groups-pushing-for-more-predictable-va...

Run for the Wall motorcycle ride seeks to boost POW, MIA awareness
http://www.marshallnewsmessenger.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/051908_web_wall...

Do you have to go to war to be a hero?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7408441.stm

60s War Protesters Accuse Clinton of Hypocrisy for Criticizing...
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/05/19/60s-war-protesters-accuse-clinton-of-hypocrisy.../

3 events to honor Islanders killed during the Vietnam War
http://www.silive.com/news/advance/index.ssf?/base/news/1211199322304160.xml&...

Vietnam war vets receive NZ General Service Medal
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200805191800/16bd57d2

Vietnam, Laos National Ceremonies to Honor Hmong Veterans
http://media-newswire.com/release_1066798.html

War stories: Local veterans share their combat memories
http://www.standardspeaker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id...

Four Rivers for All Veterans host annual memorial program
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS01/80519041/1...

Time to remember fallen US soldiers
http://circlevilleherald.1upmonitor.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=98&...

Vietnam, Laos National Ceremonies to Honor Hmong Veterans
http://media-newswire.com/release_1066798.html

GI Bill is long overdue for generous expansion
http://www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/story/364283.html

Webb chronicles career in politics in his ninth book
http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2008/may/19/webb-chronicles-career-in-politics.../

Veteran of Korea: 'Each of us has our own private wars'
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/COLUMNISTS20/8051...

Clark dedicates Bradley Memorial
http://www.moberlymonitor.com/news/x165094752/Clark-dedicates-Bradley-Memorial

Winchester's Memorial Day plans set
http://www.wickedlocal.com/winchester/news/x2118741731/Winchesters-Memorial-Day-plans...

Last Pearl Harbor Ship Survivor Is Remembered
http://www.wctv.tv/news/headlines/19080944.html

Helping Hands: Remembering Memorial Day in Barstow
http://www.desertdispatch.com/articles/memorial_3374___article.html/barstow_organizations...

Everson dedicates veterans memorial
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/dailycourier/news/s_568303.html

SOUTH KOREA MASSACRES
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/world/stories/DN-koreaexecutions_19int...

Time diminishing Korean War veterans
http://www.mineralwellsindex.com/statenews/cnhinsall_story_139224903.html

Four Rivers for All Veterans host annual memorial program
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS01/80519041/1...

Willis A. Pillow 1914-2008
http://www.tribunechronicle.com/page/content.detail/id/505521.html?nav=5022

Students interview World War II vets, likely for last time
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19701995&BRD=2754&PAG=461&dept_id...

Theres something about a soldier?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3964867.ece

Spike Lee says drama spotlights blacks' forgotten WWII role
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5geVOFqYFm3DUfOm5QK-d9lGTUdLA

Former World War II internees get honorary degrees
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/05/19/ap5026033.html

New life for Veterans Building
http://www.theunion.com/article/20080519/NEWS/316246847

Members of Paralyzed Veterans of America from nine states take...
http://www.kansas.com/news/local/story/408447.html

Services set to honor dead veterans
http://tracypress.com/content/view/14680/2242/

More readers needed for memorial service
http://cjonline.com/stories/051908/bre_reading.shtml

TRICARE Now Covers VAP(R) Cholesterol Test
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/05-19...=

How Female Military Pilots Spell Relief
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/05/8273_military-piddle-packs....

VA struggling to assist female vets
http://www.star-telegram.com/national_news/story/650858.html

Injured vet benefits from outpouring of support
http://www.poconorecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080519/NEWS/805190325

Summit Church to continue Memorial Day tradition
http://qconline.com/archives/qco/display.php?id=387355

Veterans return tired, inspired from Honor Air trip to Washington, DC
http://www.beacononlinenews.com/news/daily/853

Air Guard member receives presidential award for volunteerism
http://www.ngb.army.mil/news/archives/2008/05/051908-award.aspx

The stories of the Light Brigade survivors
http://www.birminghampost.net/news/west-midlands-news/2008/05/19/the-stories-of-the.../

CHRONOLOGY-Russia-China relations
http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL1912530020080519

Past Problems Threaten Future Russian-Indian Arms Deals
http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/article.aspx?id=2141

Japan: Military use of space
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2008/may/20/yehey/opinion/20080520opi1.html

Russia Has Means to Destroy Satellites - Expert
http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1392625/russia_has_means_to_destroy_satell.../

Why Republicans Might Attack Iran Before General Elections?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/omid-memarian/why-republicans-might-att_b_102461.h...

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