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| Pentagon denies directing troops to ignore sex abuse of minors in Afghanistan | |  The Pentagon denied on Monday that the U.S. military has a policy directing forces to ignore the sexual abuse of minors by Afghan officials, after a newspaper reported that troops were told to look the other way in order to maintain good ties with Afghan allies. The New York Times reported on Sunday that U.S. service members stationed in Afghanistan had been instructed by superiors not to intervene when they witnessed Afghan police officers and military commanders abusing minors, even when the abuse occurred on military bases. Afghanistan's government has tried to crack down on the practice of "bacha bazi" - literally, "boy play" - which has a long history in northern Afghanistan.
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| Bergdahl lawyers seeks public release of military report on disappearance | |  By Jon Herskovitz AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The lawyers for U.S. Army Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl filed papers on Monday seeking the public release of the military report on the soldier who left his post in a remote part of Afghanistan and spent nearly five years imprisoned by the Taliban. The report on Bergdahl's disappearance and capture was put together by Major General Kenneth Dahl, who told a military hearing last week at a base in San Antonio that he did not believe the soldier should face jail time for his actions.. Bergdahl's defence counsel said in its filing: "These documents are unclassified.
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| Saudi-led coalition strikes kill at least 50 in Yemen | | | Air strikes by a Saudi-led coalition killed 50 people in Yemen when they hit a Houthi-held security compound in the north and a house in Sanaa, medical sources and officials said, in an escalating campaign that has claimed increasing civilian lives. The coalition intervened in Yemen in March to restore Hadi after he fled to Saudi Arabia when the Houthis, backed by supporters of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, overran his southern stronghold of Aden. A coalition jet fired a missile on Monday into police headquarters in the al-Shaghadreh district of the northern province of Hajjah, northwest of Sanaa, that is in the hands of the Iranian-allied Houthis, regional officials said. |
| Exclusive - 'Putin's banker' Pugachev files $10 billion claim against Russia | |  By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON (Reuters) - Sergei Pugachev, a tycoon once dubbed "Putin's banker" because of his influence in the Kremlin, has filed a claim against Russia for more than $10 billion after his business empire was carved up when he fell out of favour with President Vladimir Putin. The claim was filed in the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague on Monday, a source close to Pugachev told Reuters on condition of anonymity. Lawyers for Pugachev will outline his claim against Russia on Tuesday in Paris, the source said.
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| FIFA's Warner extradition papers signed, case adjourned to Friday | |  By Linda Hutchinson-Jafar PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Trinidad and Tobago's Attorney General has signed Authority to Proceed (ATP) documents, clearing the way for extradition proceedings against ex-FIFA Vice-President Jack Warner, who is wanted in the United States on corruption charges, a court heard on Monday. Warner is among nine officials of world football's governing body, along with five sports marketing executives indicted by U.S. prosecutors. Warner was arrested on a provisional warrant in May. Warner, the former president of CONCACAF, the confederation for North and Central America and the Caribbean and an ex-FIFA vice-president, has denied all wrongdoing.
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| Pakistan military court sentences nine to death for terrorism | | | A secret military court in Pakistan has sentenced nine men to death and one to life in prison after convicting them of involvement in different cases of terrorism, the military said on Monday. Military courts were empowered in January to try suspected militants after Taliban gunmen massacred 134 children at an army-run school in December. Last month, a secret military court sentenced six men to death after convicting them of involvement in the massacre at the school in Peshawar. |
| Hungary beefs up border with army, warns migrants to stay away | |  By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Hungary's parliament authorised the government on Monday to deploy the army to help handle a wave of migrants, granting the military the right to use non-lethal force. Hungary, a landlocked nation of 10 million, lies in the path of the largest migration wave Europe has seen since World War Two and has registered more than 220,000 asylum-seekers this year. Prime Minister Viktor Orban told parliament police were unable to secure all Hungary's frontiers - which include outer borders of the EU's passport-free Schengen zone - without help from the army.
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