US military to give names of detainees to Red Cross
GenevaLunch News Geneva, Switzerland and Washington DC (GenevaLunch) – The US military has begun a policy of handing over to the International Red Cross (ICRC) the names of detainees held in two camps...
View ArticleUS soldier killed in attack on bar in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico
GenevaLunch News An off-duty US Air Force seargeant was among six people shot to death 4 November at a striptease bar in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez, the country’s most violent. Witnesses...
View ArticleFrankfurt airport shooting kills 2 US soldiers
GenevaLunch News Two US airmen died after a man opened fire on a US Air Force bus in front of terminal 2 at the Frankfurt international airport Wednesday afternoon. Two other airmen were injured. The...
View ArticleJapan scrambles to cool down nuclear plants
GenevaLunch News Prime minister declared nuclear emergency late Friday A small amount of radiation has leaked from one of two Fukushima-based nuclear plants owned by Tokyo Electric Power Company, the...
View ArticleNY Times journalists freed, recount Libyan ordeal
GenevaLunch News US fighter jet crashes in Libya due to technical problems Four journalists who work for the New York Times were freed Monday and recounted their five-day ordeal, after being captured...
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