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Stars and Stripes, the U.S. Military's Independent News Source: Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Top headlines from Stars and Stripes. See the rest of today's news at www.stripes.com Time running out on South Korea's Truth and Reconciliation Commission SEOUL, South Korea — A controversial South Korean commission is in a race against time.In four months, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up by South Korea in 2005 to investi... Iraq's 'Chemical Ali' to hang for 1988 gas attack Saddam Hussein's notorious cousin "Chemical Ali" was convicted Sunday and sentenced to hang for ordering the most infamous of his crimes, the attacks against the Kurdish town of Halabja that killed more than 5,000 people in clouds of poisonous gas. Afghan lawmakers adjourn despite Cabinet standoff Afghanistan's parliament adjourned Sunday for its winter recess without waiting for President Hamid Karzai to offer new Cabinet nominees to replace those rejected in two rounds of confirmation votes. Gates to visit India this week Regional security, Afghanistan and the tense relations between India and Pakistan top the agenda for Defense Secretary Robert Gates' meetings this week with India's prime minister. More troops, aid go to Haiti, but hunger persists Troops, doctors and aid workers flowed into Haiti on Monday and officials said billions of dollars more will be needed following the quake that killed an estimated 200,000 people and left many still struggling to find a cup of water or a handful of food. U.S., Japan mark 50 years since security pact signed Japan and the U.S. marked the 50th anniversary of the signing of their security pact Tuesday even as a dispute over plans to move a U.S. Marine base on the southern island of Okinawa strains ties between the two major trading partners. Gates calls for closer defense ties to India In an opinion piece published in The Times of India ahead of his visit to India, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the two nations have been drawn together by their shared values and should push for even greater cooperation in confronting new security threats. Soldier convicted of cruelty and maltreatment in Iraq A military panel in Kuwait convicted a U.S. soldier of being cruel and mistreating fellow soldiers, a case undertaken after an Army private from Ohio committed suicide in Iraq. Air Force's voluntary recall gets a positive response As of December, 385 officers were back on the job or had orders in hand. Recalled officers can expect to be working in their new assignment from two to four years.
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