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PART V: Joy over survival, tears at extension

Can the long separation be extended further? Yes, and for some there's major fighting ahead. Fifth of a seven-part series on the longest deployment of the Iraq war. Sgt. John Kriesel, right, watches television with his two sons, Elijah, 6, left, and Broden, 5, at their home in Cottage Grove, Minn., Monday, April 7, 2008. Sgt. John Kriesel comforts his son, Broden, 5, outside a mall in Roseville, Minn., Monday, April 7, 2008. Kriesel lost both of his legs in a roadside bomb attack while patrollin...

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Anthropologist explores heavy metal in Asia, South America and the Middle East

In 2005 his movie Metal - A Headbanger’s journey took the world with storm. Now anthropologist and metal musician Sam Dunn has released “Global Metal” - a film about the global expansion of heavy metal music. Together with his co-director Scot McFayden, Dunn visited metal fans in Brazil, Japan, China, Indonesia, Israel and Iranian metal fans in Dubai. The film seems to be especially relevant for theories on globalisation, cosmopolitanism, and social movements. As we read on the film’s h...

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Bin Laden driver could stay indefinitely at Gitmo (AP)

AP - The commander of the Guantanamo Bay detention center said Saturday he has been researching new potential accommodations for Osama bin Laden's driver, who could be held here indefinitely regardless of the verdict at his war crimes trial.

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Karadzic skirmishes with UN war crimes court (AP)

AP - Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic had his first skirmishes with the U.N. war crimes tribunal Thursday: He was cut short by the judge when he tried to protest his arrest, and put on notice that the prosecution will object to his demand to represent himself.

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The Rise of the Webisode (Or, Why Neil Patrick Harris is Awesome)

I know I’m behind a bit here, but I finally got around to downloading and watching the web musical, Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog yesterday and it got me thinking. First of all, I was impressed. This is a web-only production with recognizable actors, original music and direction by Joss Whedon (the brain behind everything Buffy, Firefly, etc). Second, as if I needed any more evidence, Neil Patrick Harris is awesome as the villainous Dr. Horrible. (“Muahaha…ahahaha, so that’s you know,...

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Military Tribunals Begin At Guantanamo

The first war crimes trials since World War II started this week at Guantanamo Bay. Andrew McBride, a former Justice Department official, discusses the trials, as well as how Guantanamo's war crimes compare with those of 1945.

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Get a war job with Resistance 2's ARG

In the events of E3 and my own muddled brain, I forgot to mention that Resistance 2 has been taking signups, ostensibly for a beta test in the upcoming future. What I didn't realize, however, was that the game has been given the full "I Love Bees" treatment, with several websites dedicated to the events unfolding in the world of Resistance. So, for starters, log on to www.getawarjob.com and fill out the information if you want a shot at the beta. Then be sure to notice all the pamphlets on the ...

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Obama's great-uncle recalls liberating Nazi camp

Charles T. Payne had his first close brush with history at the end of World War II, when his infantry division liberated Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Nazis' Buchenwald concentration camp. Charles T. Payne, 83, a great uncle to Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., is seen during an interview with the Associated Press Tuesday, July 22, 2008, in his apartment in Chicago. Helping to liberate Ohrdruf, a subcamp of the Buchenwald concentration camp, in April 1945 was Payne's first close brush with history. He is e...

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Extradition to UN tribunal looms for Karadzic (AP)

AP - Former Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadzic appeared in court after 13 years as the world's most-wanted war crimes fugitive, a judge said Tuesday, and extradition to The Hague loomed for the accused architect of genocide and other atrocities.

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In Afghanistan, Obama visits troops and officials (AP)

AP - Barack Obama visited Saturday with U.S. troops and Afghan officials in this war-weary nation, which is the focal point of his proposed strategy for dealing with threats to the U.S. if elected president.

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