May 21

Three dead as US Navy helicopter crashes off California<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Three people were killed and two were missing after a US Navy helicopter crashed into the Pacific Ocean south of San Diego, the US Coast Guard said Wednesday.

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May 14

Suicide bomb at US base, 7 Afghans dead: military<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - A suicide car bomb exploded near a US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven Afghans and wounding 21, the US military said.

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May 13

Bomb attack at US base, 7 Afghans dead: military<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - A suicide car bomb exploded outside a US military base in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven labourers in the second deadly attack in the town of Khost in as many days, officials said.

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May 13

Suicide bomb at US base, 7 Afghans dead: military<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - A suicide car bomb exploded near a US military base in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing seven Afghans and wounding 21, the US military said.

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Apr 9

Media resumes photos of Iraq, Afghanistan war dead<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The flag-draped coffin of a 28-year old soldier killed in Iraq was among the first photographed by media late Tuesday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted a longstanding ban on press coverage of the return of fallen soldiers.

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Apr 8

Media resumes photos of Iraq, Afghanistan war dead<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - The flag-draped coffin of a 28-year old soldier killed in Iraq was among the first photographed by media late Tuesday, after Defense Secretary Robert Gates lifted a longstanding ban on press coverage of the return of fallen soldiers.

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Feb 27

US ends ban on media photos of war dead<br />
    (AFP)<br />

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday lifted a ban on media coverage of the return of flag-draped coffins of fallen soldiers from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, reversing a controversial policy dating back to 1991.

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Jan 7

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