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US scraps tons of gear as it leaves Afghanistan

20 Jun 2013 : The US military has destroyed more than 77,000 metric tons of military equipment -- including mine-resistant troop transport vehicles -- as it prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan in late 2014, the Washington Post reported Thursday.
N.Z. burglar turns himself in after finding corpse

20 Jun 2013 : A terrified New Zealand burglar handed himself in after breaking into a darkened house and bumping into a hanging corpse, waking neighbours with his blood-curdling screams, police said Thursday.

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