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File - A TALON robot attracts attention on a test drive down Disney drive after repairs at the Joint Robotic Repair Detachment shop Oct. 27, 2011, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
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 Al Jazeera 
Reining in fully autonomous 'killer robots'
Mon 8 Apr 2013
A science fiction-like arms race is quietly underway around the globe with the development of robots, with the autonomy to decide who shall live and die in wars of the future. | Fully autonomous machi... (photo: US Army / Spc. Ken Scar)
In this photo taken March 21, 2013, Malian soldiers stand around the debris left after a jihadist suicide bomber blew himself up at a Malian army checkpoint near the airport in Timbuktu, Mali.
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 BBC News 
Timbuktu fears French troops withdrawal from Mali
Mon 8 Apr 2013
Malian soldiers advance anxiously in the streets of Timbuktu, a historic Muslim city freed from nine months of Islamist militant rule by French forces in January. | They are on board six pick-up truck... (photo: AP)
File - In this Sept. 15, 2011, file photo Capt. Michael Kolton, 28, of Fairfax Station, Va., commanding officer of the U.S. Army's Bravo Company of the 25th Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment based in Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, turns from the rotor wash of a Blackhawk helicopter, following a key leader engagement at the Shigal district center in Kunar province, Afghanistan.  BBC News  Sun 7 Apr 2013
Afghan children 'killed by Nato air strike in Shigal'
Up to 12 civilians - 10 children and two women - are reported to have been killed in a Nato air strike in eastern Afghanistan. | A further six women are believed to have been injured in the incident i... (photo: AP / David Goldman)
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Why defence girls shine bright  The Times Of India  Sun 7 Apr 2013
Why defence girls shine bright
With NavneetKaurDhillon recently crowned Ponds Femina Miss India 2013, the list of women from defence background winning this pageant, gets longer. What gives them the edge over others, asks Times Lif... (photo: US Army / Jessi Ann McCormick)
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Secretary of Defense, Chuck Hagel, speaks to the press, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, March 9, 2013. Hagel is traveling to Afghanistan on his first trip as the 24th Secretary of Defense to visit U.S. Troops, NATO leaders, and Afghan counterparts. The Guardian Sun 7 Apr 2013
US delays missile test to avoid exacerbating North Korea tensions
Chuck Hagel reportedly decides to delay Minuteman 3 test because of concerns the launch could be misinterpreted | The tail of an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ball... (photo: US DoD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
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In this Sunday, March 31, 2013 photo released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and distributed in Tokyo Monday, April 1, 2013 by the Korea News Service, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gives a speech during a plenary meeting of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea. BBC News Sat 6 Apr 2013
US plays down North Korea threat
US officials have played down the threat of war on the Korean peninsula, after weeks of bellicose statements from Pyongyang. | A White House spokesman said the US "w... (photo: AP / KCNA via KNS)
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File - A crowd of demonstrators protest the ongoing use of weapons by rebel militias inside of Tripoli and the accompanying atmosphere of lawlessness. Some wave banners demanding disarmament of the militias and the creation of a national army, 7 Dec, 2011. The Star Sat 6 Apr 2013
Rebels say take army post near Syria's southern border
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian rebels said they overran an army garrison that defends the main southern border crossing with Jordan on Friday and vowed to press on to take cont... (photo: UN / Iason Foounten)
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US officials rush headlong into politics of self-sacrifice Canberra Times Fri 5 Apr 2013
US officials rush headlong into politics of self-sacrifice
The rush started on Tuesday when the flush new Defence Secretary, Chuck Hagel, announced that he would give back a share of his salary for each day that Pentagon employee... (photo: US DoD / Glenn Fawcett)
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File - The guard tower at a recreation yard under construction in Camp 6 at Joint Task Force Guantanamo in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 17, 2012. Al Jazeera Fri 5 Apr 2013
The false promises of the United States
It seems a long time since US President Barack Obama's first day in office, when he declared that he would close the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. | Some four years on, how... (photo: US Navy / PO2 Kilho Park)
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Guatemala's President Otto Perez Molina speaks to Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, unseen, during a meeting at the Moncloa Palace, in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2013. The Guardian Fri 5 Apr 2013
Guatemalan president accused of involvement in civil war atrocities
Former soldier tells trial that Otto Pérez Molina ordered soldiers to burn and pillage during 1980s war | Guatemala's president, Otto Pérez Molina. Photograph: Johan Or... (photo: AP / Andres Kudacki)
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North Korea moves missile to coast Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Fri 5 Apr 2013
North Korea moves missile to coast
SEOUL, South Korea -- After a series of escalating threats, North Korea has moved a missile with "considerable range" to its east coast, South Korea's defense minist... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
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File - U.S. and Republic of Korea Navy ships sail in formation during exercise Foal Eagle 2013. WorldNews.com Thu 4 Apr 2013
Lessons from Korea's and U.S.' Long Ago War
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling | Just a few years after U.S. warships forced Japan to open its borders, another conflict arose in the Pacific region betwe... (photo: US Navy / MCS3 Declan Barnes)
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PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (Sept. 19, 2012) An F-35B JSF flies tests flying with missiles. The Daily Telegraph Thu 4 Apr 2013
North Korea missile threat: latest
North Korea moves missiles to east coast, the US bolsters missile defences on Guam and David Cameron warns threat from Kim Jong-un's regime would make it "foolish" to aba... (photo: Public Domain / Official Navy Page)
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