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MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan – More than 700 people — many suffering from pneumonia and hypothermia — were treated at hospitals Wednesday as winter descends on Pakistani Kashmir and the millions who lost their homes in last month’s earthquake. Media reports said eight people have died in northwestern Pakistan and Kashmir due …

CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – A U.S. military investigating officer recommended Tuesday that a National Guard soldier be court-martialed for murder in the death of two of his superiors in Iraq in June. Col. Patrick Reinert said he found “reasonable cause” to believe that Staff Sgt. Alberto B. Martinez, of Troy, …

WASHINGTON – The Army is sending back to Iraq early next year the same war-fighting command headquarters that was in charge of U.S. land forces there in 2003, but without its commander. Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez (search), the 5th Corps commander who came under fire last year for the Abu …