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U.S. military commanders in Iraq say Shiite militants, believed to be linked to Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army, have received training and equipment from Iranian military commandos. The militants are believed to be behind the recent upsurge in well-aimed rocket fire on the U.S.-protected green zone. Others say the threats from these elite Shiite fighters — and the role of Iran — have been exaggerated.

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Adila, a young Afghan girl with a life-threatening heart defect, has been dispatched to Pakistan, where it is hoped she will undergo emergency surgery. But some worry she won't survive the trip.

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New data shows the Army and Marine Corps brought in more recruits with felony convictions last year than in 2006. The number of soldiers with felony records more than doubled, to 511, and Marines with felonies rose to 350.

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"Veteran kamikaze pilot" might sound like an impossibility. But some of Japan's World War II suicide bombers survived — and in conjunction with a new documentary, they're touring American schools.

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