Mar 26

Tunisian migrant kids in former US base in Italy<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Tunisian immigrant children were put up on Saturday in a former US military base on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of boat people have arrived in recent weeks.

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Feb 20

Japan says no deadline to resolve US base row<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Japan said Thursday it has no plans to set a deadline to resolve a dispute over a US base on Okinawa island, a day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped for a solution by spring.

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Feb 17

Japan says no deadline to resolve US base row<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Japan said Thursday it has no plans to set a deadline to resolve a dispute over a US base on Okinawa island, a day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped for a solution by spring.

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Feb 16

Gates hopes for Japan-US base progress in months<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday praised Japan’s efforts to find a solution to a dispute over a US base on Okinawa and said he hoped for progress “later this spring.”

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Feb 2

Japan ex-PM blames bureaucrats for US base woes<br />
    (AP)<br />

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Jan 29

US base locked down over missing nerve agent<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - A US Army base which carries out tests to protect troops against biological weapons was temporarily locked down after a tiny amount of a nerve agent was reported missing, officials said Thursday.

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Jan 27

US base locked down over missing nerve agent<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - A US Army base which carries out tests to protect troops against biological weapons was temporarily locked down after a tiny amount of a nerve agent was reported missing, officials said Thursday.

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Dec 26

Obamas visit US military base in Hawaii<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited a US military base here to celebrate Christmas with men and women in uniform.

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Dec 18

Japan PM ends Okinawa tour with no solution to base row<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan ended a two-day tour of Okinawa on Saturday having failed to persuade the islanders to accept his government’s plan to keep a US military base there.

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Dec 17

Japan PM faces protests in Okinawa base row<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the southern island of Okinawa to a hail of protests Friday, on a tough mission to persuade the islanders to accept the relocation of a US military base there.

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