Mar 6

US envoy urges Japan to stick to deadline for base row<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - A senior US envoy has warned that ties with Japan could be “affected in many fields” if Tokyo missed a May deadline for solving a dispute over an American military base, Japanese lawmakers said Saturday.

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Mar 4

Japan to decide in March on plan to move US base: PM<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Thursday that his government would decide by the end of March on a basic plan of where to move a contentious US military base on the island of Okinawa.

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Mar 4

US won't be 'dictatorial' in Japan base row<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - A senior US official pledged Wednesday to hear out complaints from Japan in a row over a military base but insisted that the current plan was the best option.

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Feb 21

US open to options in Japan base row: diplomat<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The United States is ready to face “a variety of different possibilities” in talks with Japan on where to relocate a contentious US military base, its top diplomat for Asia was quoted as saying Thursday.

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Feb 18

US open to options in Japan base row: diplomat<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The United States is ready to face “a variety of different possibilities” in talks with Japan on where to relocate a contentious US military base, its top diplomat for Asia was quoted as saying Thursday.

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Feb 18

US open to options in Japan base row: diplomat<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The United States is ready to face “a variety of different possibilities” in talks with Japan on where to relocate a contentious US military base, its top diplomat for Asia was quoted as saying Thursday.

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Feb 15

US senator open to options on Japan base dispute<br />
    (AP)<br />

AP - A member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee said Monday he’s open to hearing options on how to resolve a dispute over the relocation of a contentious U.S. Marine base on the Japanese island of Okinawa.

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Feb 6

Delay in Afghan base closure led to 8 U.S. deaths<br />
    (Reuters)<br />

Reuters - A delay of months in closing a remote combat outpost with “no tactical or strategic value” led to the deaths of eight U.S. soldiers last year in one of the worst battles of the Afghanistan war, a report found on Friday.

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Feb 5

Delay in Afghan base closure led to 8 U.S. deaths<br />
    (Reuters)<br />

Reuters - A delay of months in closing a remote combat outpost with “no tactical or strategic value” led to the deaths of eight U.S. soldiers last year in one of the worst battles of the Afghanistan war, a report found on Friday.

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Feb 1

Kuwait Qaeda-linked cell plotted to attack US base: officer<br />
    (AFP)<br />
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