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US condemns 'provocative' Israel settlement building

The Obama administration called Israel's settlement-building programme "provocative" and a threat to peace in one of its harshest condemnations yet of Benjamin Netanyahu's policy.

Israel rebuffed the criticism however, by announcing plans for 3,600 homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank on land claimed as part of a future Palestinian state.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/9756199/US-condemns-provocative-Israel-settlement-building.html

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales: Army Seeks Death Penalty In Afghan Massacre

The US Army has said it will seek the death penalty for a soldier charged in the killing of 16 Afghan villagers during a pre-dawn raid.

Staff Sergeant Robert Bales is accused of going on a shooting rampage in two southern Afghanistan villages on March 11.

Wednesday's announcement followed Bales' pre-trial hearing last month, during which several witnesses testified from Afghanistan via video conference.

http://news.sky.com/story/1027784/army-seeks-death-penalty-in-afghan-massacre