straightforward
. According to the newspaper, a significant minority of respondents are opposed to serving with openly gay troops. The Obama administration has made no secret of its desire to
get rid of
the 17-year-old policy. The issue is likely to return to Congress before the end of the year.
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The leader of the Shia Hezbollah movement in Lebanon Hassan Nasrallah has warned that it will
resist
any attempts to arrest members of the assassination in 2005 of the former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. A United Nations-backed investigation is believed to be close to issuing an
indictment
that may
implicate
high-ranking Hezbollah figures.
Several hundred journalists have staged a demonstration in Moscow to demand that those responsible for a violent attack on one of their colleagues be brought to justice.
A Russian political correspondent and blogger, Oleg Kashin, was beaten up outside his house on Saturday.
Video pictures show two men using a metal rod to smash his leg, hands and jaw. Mr Kashin is renowned for his sharp criticism of the Russian authorities.
A military court in Indonesia has sentenced four soldiers to prison terms for abusing civilians in the province of Papua. Three were given five-month sentences while the platoon commander was sentenced to seven months. The men were shown kicking and hitting detainees in a video that was posted online.