Cancer survivors: More than 14.5 million in US

CHICAGO (AP) — It’s National Cancer Survivors Day, and chances are good that you know at least one of them.
Cancer survivors now number more than 14.5 million in the United States and are expected to grow to 19 million over the next decade, a new report finds. More cancers...
Cancer survivors: More than 14.5 million in US

Hagel praises soldier release team

1 June 2014
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Beth McLeod reports on the release of Bowe Bergdahl



US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has...
Hagel praises soldier release team

Huge Thai security force deployment stifles coup protests

BANGKOK (Reuters) – Thailand’s military government sent thousands of troops and police into central Bangkok on Sunday and effectively stifled protests against its seizure of power on May 22, limiting them to small groups of demonstrators in and around shopping malls.
The military...
Huge Thai security force deployment stifles coup protests

Netanyahu urges world not to recognize Palestinian unity government

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday warned against any international rush to recognize a Palestinian government due to be announced under a unity pact between the Fatah and Hamas Islamist groups.
Israel and the West classify Hamas as a terrorist...
Netanyahu urges world not to recognize Palestinian unity government

Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as U.S. and Japan rile China

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – When Japan’s defense minister greeted the deputy chief of staff of China’s army at a regional security forum this weekend, he was undiplomatically snubbed.
Lieutenant General Wang Guanzhong said he was incensed by comments from Japanese Prime Minister...
Snubs, harsh words at Asia security meet as U.S. and Japan rile China

U.S. soldier flies to freedom after Afghan prisoner swap

BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sole American prisoner of war held in Afghanistan was being flown to a U.S. military hospital in Germany on Sunday after his dramatic release in a swap for five Taliban militants who had been in Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba for...
U.S. soldier flies to freedom after Afghan prisoner swap

Nearly 800 killed in Iraq"s bloodiest month this year: U.N.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Nearly 800 people were killed in violence across Iraq in May, the United Nations said on Sunday, making it the deadliest month so far this year.
Of the total 799 people killed, 196 were members of the Iraqi security forces, and the rest were civilians – often...
Nearly 800 killed in Iraq"s bloodiest month this year: U.N.