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The US Military Ignores and Neglects the Civilian Victims of Its Air Strikes

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February 2, 2024

The United States can find time to issue orders for new air strikes but not to issue apologies for past errant attacks.

Children play on American military helicopter wreckage in Mogadishu, Somalia. (Scott Peterson / Getty Images)

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In war, people die for absurd reasons or often no reason at all. They

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Russia vows to punish Ukraine for attack on civilian tanker near Crimean Bridge – EURACTIV.com

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Russia said on Saturday (5 August) it would punish Ukraine for using a sea drone to attack a civilian tanker near the Kerch Strait in what it said was a “terrorist act” that threatened the lives of the crew and risked “a large-scale environmental disaster”.

Both sides said on Saturday (5 August) that a Ukrainian sea drone full of explosives had struck a Russian fuel tanker overnight near a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea, the second such attack in

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Russia threatening civilian vessels in the Black Sea, Ukraine says – POLITICO

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Russia is threatening civilian vessels in the Black Sea, more than a week after the Kremlin reneged on a U.N.-backed deal to allow Kyiv to export grain across the Black Sea, the Ukrainian president’s chief of staff said.

“Russian warships are threatening civilians in the waters of the Black Sea, violating all norms of international maritime law,” Andriy Yermak, head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office, said on Telegram on Friday.

Yermak added that these are the “methods of terrorists” and

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Im Civilian, einem neuen Broadway-Themenhotel in New York, das vor theatralischem Flair nur so strotzt

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Wenn Sie Musicals lieben, werden Sie irgendwann in Ihrem Leben eine Pilgerreise nach New York planen wollen, um eine Broadway-Show zu sehen. Wenn Sie Musicals wirklich lieben, könnte es eine regelmäßige Expedition sein.

Selbst mit dem berühmten Ticketstand zum halben Preis am Times Square kann sich dies als kostspieliges Geschäft erweisen, außerdem kann die Show selbst so schnell vorbei sein und Sie hungrig nach mehr machen.

Ein neues Hotel ist ins Rampenlicht getreten, um solche Probleme anzugehen und Ihre Reise

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These Are the Civilian Deaths You Don’t Hear About

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Russia’s Attacks on Civilian Targets Have Obliterated Everyday Life in Ukraine

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In the weeks since Russia began its invasion, at least 1,500 civilian buildings, structures and vehicles in Ukraine have been damaged or destroyed. More than 953 civilians have been killed, including at least 78 children, according to the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, who noted that the real toll was likely to be considerably higher.

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NASA reveals details of the first all civilian crew going to visit the ISS

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NASA has confirmed the details of the four civilian astronauts that will spend a week living and carrying out experiments on the International Space Station in April.

Axiom Space, the private space company developing its own module for the ISS, will operate the trip, sending the four to the station on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. 

NASA astronaut and Axiom Space VP Michael López-Alegría will act as mission commander, alongside Larry Connor as pilot, with Mark Pathy, and Eytan Stibbe

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World’s most dangerous civilian piloting job? This man flies light aircraft solo across the Atlantic

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Kerry McCauley, pictured on a Zoom call with MailOnline Travel, has been a ferry pilot for 32 years

In any given year, an average of three pilots die ferrying small aircraft over the North Atlantic.

It’s a seriously perilous job that’s 95 per cent terror and five per cent boredom, according to Kerry McCauley, who’s been doing it for an astonishing 32 years.

He reveals the sweaty-palm-inducing scariness of the role in a riveting book – Ferry Pilot: Nine Lives

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Inspiration4 Civilian Crew kehrt nach 3 Tagen im Orbit zur Erde zurück

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Inspiration4 Civilian Crew kehrt nach 3 Tagen im Orbit zur Erde zurück

Die SpaceX-Kapsel mit der ersten Besatzung, die jemals ohne einen professionellen Astronauten an Bord in den Orbit ging, spritzte am Samstag im Atlantik vor der Küste Floridas.

[Applause] “SpaceX ist gerade runtergelaufen.” „Und das ist die Inspiration4-Crew. Die erste rein zivile Mission.“ “Und da sind sie.” “Das ist so eine

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