Friday, February 22, 2008
News : US extends army tour to 15 months in Iraq, Afghanistan
The Pentagon is extending the tours of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan to 15 months, Robert Gates, defence secretary, said yesterday.
The new policy extends tours for soldiers in the Central Command arena, which includes Iraq and Afghanistan, from the current goal of 12 months. It also guarantees that soldiers spend one year out of the war zone before any redeployment.
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News : Warmth, and a warning, in Chinese leader's visit to Japan
TOKYO: In a rare address to the Japanese Parliament by a Chinese leader, Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China pledged friendship with Japan on Thursday but also cautioned that Tokyo must match its past apologies for its wartime aggression with concrete actions.
Wen said that his three-day visit to Japan was meant to "melt the ice" in the relations between the two countries, which have locked horns in recent years over the development of natural resources, leadership in East Asia and the history of Japanese militarism in China.
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