Silver Star Soldier Reprimanded For Battle At Wanat, Afghanistan
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The Insurgency In The Caucasus Is Becoming A Global Jihad
(Reuters) – The Islamist insurgency in Russia’s North Caucasus region appears to be mutating from a grassroots separatist movement toward global jihad or holy war, whose goals, propaganda and patronage point abroad.
In February Russia’s most wanted guerrilla, Chechen-born Doku Umarov, vowed on Islamist websites to spread his attacks from the Muslim-dominated North Caucasus into the nation’s heartland, wreaking havoc through jihad.
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Four militants killed in police operation in Chechnya – Kadyrov — RIA Novosti
Russian ‘Bin Laden’ killed by Moscow’s special forces — The Telegraph
Rebel Ideologist Killed After Filming Last Sermon — Moscow Times
Russia says Islamist rebel leader killed — Washington Post/Reuters
Russia Says Burnt Body May Belong to Militant — New York Times
Russian forces kill militants linked to train attack — CNN
Armenia not taking part in arms racing in South Caucasus — News.Az
U.S. raises rights concerns in Russian North Caucasus — Reuters
From Chechnya, a cautionary tale — Boston.com
Report says half of Somalia food aid never reaches needy
A new report given to the United Nations Security Council says that half of Somalia’s food aid never reaches the needy. The report says that instead of going to the hungry, the food goes to Islamic militants or to corrupt contractors.
Nigeria Is One Step Away From Religious Civil War
China Lays Claim To The Arctic
The wording of a sign erected by scientists near their North Pole camp in 2003 had to be changed because the ice was drifting 400 yards an hour. 
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