US carrier battle group to arrive in Aceh on Friday
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: A US carrier battle group steamed toward Indonesia&#39;s Sumatra island Friday to spearhead an unprecedented multinational military effort to assist the survivors of last weekend&#39;s quake and tsunamis.
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GUANTANAMO BAY: The United States will this week start controversial military proceedings against an Australian Taliban fighter and three bodyguards for Osama Bin Laden.
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ABOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN -- Helicopters from this US Navy aircraft carrier flew repeated relief missions along the nearby shoreline of Indonesia yesterday, delivering food, water, and medical supplies to thousands of survivors stranded along the western coast of Aceh Province after last week's devastating tsunamis.
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The aircraft carrier leading the U.S. military's tsunami relief effort steamed out of Indonesian waters Wednesday because the country declined to let the ship's fighter pilots use its airspace for training missions.
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_ American warplanes struck a building in rebel-held Fallujah where the US command said leaders of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi&#39;s terror network were meeting early Friday.
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American and UN leaders have announced plans to visit the regions affected by the Indian Ocean disaster a week ago.
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NEAR FALLUJAH, Iraq A US general says American forces are gearing up for a major operation against the insurgent stronghold in Fallujah.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Substantial help finally  began reaching refugees in Indonesia's devastated Aceh province  Saturday, and the U.S. military arrived in force to speed the  flow of critically needed aid.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Substantial help began  reaching refugees in Indonesia's devastated Aceh province on  Saturday amid depressing rain, and the U.S. military arrived in  force to speed the flow of critically needed aid.
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HO CHI MINH CITY - Vietnam prepared to welcome on Friday the arrival of a United Airlines jumbo jet making the first passenger flight by an American carrier to the communist nation since the fall of Saigon in 1975.
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Two military transport planes said to be carrying US military aid for the Lebanese army reportedly arrive in Beirut.
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Late Friday, a United Airlines  plane will arrive in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City, marking the  first time that a commercial American airliner will be landing  in the country since the Vietnam War.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- A US Navy aircraft carrier battle group is heading from Hong Kong to the shores of Sumatra. The first of many Air Force C-130 cargo planes has landed in Indonesia with a load of blankets, plastic sheeting, and medicines.
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NAHR AL-BARED, Lebanon, May 25 -- U.S. military aid began arriving in Lebanon on Friday, Lebanese officials said, in order to resupply government troops battling a militant group in northern Lebanon whose leader claims links to al-Qaeda.
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Indonesia bid farewell to the U.S. aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln on Thursday as foreign troops began to scale back tsunami relief after five weeks of ferrying food, water and help to survivors.
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US Marines are preparing for a &quot;decisive&quot; assault on Fallujah and Ramadi, towns held by insurgents and hostage-takers, a commander says.
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BAGHDAD Fresh US troops arrive in Iraq on eve of expected showdown in Fallujah Eds: LEDES and RECASTS throughout with troop arrivals, Marine killed, deputy governor assassinated; CHANGES byline, overline AP Photos ANS102;MAC109 By JIM KRANE Associated