Soldier charged in killings won't face death

The Army says it will not follow the death penalty against the first of five U.S. soldiers electric with murder civilians in Afghanistan.

Spc. Jeremy Morlock, of Wasilla, Alaska, is the only one of the defendants therefore far to have a preliminary inquiry in the deaths of the three Afghans this year.

An investigate officer found that enough verification existed for the case to proceed to a court martial, and the Army announce Friday that a court military will be held and that Morlock will face a maximum of life in prison if convict.

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WikiLeaks preparing to release more Afghan files

WikiLeaks orator Julian Assange said Thursday his organization is get ready to release the rest of the secret Afghan war documents it has on file. The Pentagon warned that would be still more damaging than the organization initial release of some 76,000 war files WikiLeaks preparing to release more Afghan files .

That strange disclosure, which laid bare classified military papers covering the war in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2010, has angered U.S. officials, drawn the notice of the Taliban, and eager critics of the NATO-led campaign.

The U.S. military has accused WikiLeaks of endangering the lives of soldiers and informant in the field and demand that the group abstain from publishing any more secret data.

Talking via videolink to London's Frontline Club, Assange said he had no intent of complying. He gave no specific timeframe for their release, bar he said that his association was about halfway through 15,000 or so secret files formerly held back from publication.

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Political killing stokes tensions in Pakistan city

The decision party in Pakistan's biggest city accused its main political rival of underneath Islamist militants alleged of assassinating a party leader, further stoking tensions Tuesday after 45 people died in a night of revenge attacks and arson.

The charge appeared to mirror the complex and vicious political and ethnic faultiness that crisscross Karachi, also Pakistan's commercial hub and home to the major port for supplies to U.S. and NATO troops across the border in Afghanistan.

It has extended been plagued by following aggression between supporters of rival parties that draw votes from different ethnic groups that live in the city of 16 million people. Their groups are accused of running defense rackets and illegally seizing land, muddying the picture as to the reasons for the bloodshed.

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