Two US Marines in courts over Taliban urination
US: Two US Marines will face trial by courts
martial for urinating on the bodies of dead Taliban fighters in
Afghanistan and posing for photographs with them, the Pentagon said
on Monday.
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Overhaul UN Security Council immediately - Iranian President
UNITED NATIONS:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for
a total structural overhaul of the United Nations Security Council
in order to facilitate the observance of the rule of law in
international interactions. The discriminatory privilege, the
influential and imposed role of the Security Council as well as the
right of veto and some of its owners are unacceptable,
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Obama to lead Western calls for UN action on Syria
UNITED NATIONS:
US President Barack Obama was expected to lead
Western demands for action on the Syrian civil war in an
election-season address on Tuesday at the start of the UN General
Assembly. Obama was due to be one of the opening speakers at the
annual meeting of world leaders,
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