A military draft is a system where people are required to serve the military involuntarily. The first military draft in the United States took place during the Civil War. During the Civil War a man ...
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Sri Lanka must investigate allegations that its military helps a militia fighting separatist Tamil Tiger rebels conscript child soldiers, or allow an independent international investigation, a huma...
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Prosecutors charged a soldier Wednesday in connection with the death of a conscript who was allegedly beaten by two drunken officers and left overnight in a dog kennel.Monday's death of Pvt. Sergei...
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Havana (dpa) - The Cuban authorities on Friday gave a posthumous
award for distinguished service to a soldier killed in the attempt by
two young conscripts to hijack a plane...
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Russian military prosecutors pledged Monday to investigate allegations that young conscripts were forced into prostitution by fellow soldiers _ the latest claim of rampant abuse in the nation's arm...
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Havana (dpa) - Two Cuban military conscripts who fled from their
unit attempted to hijack a plane in Havana on Thursday, reportedly
in the hopes of reaching the United State...
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Havana (dpa) - The arrest of two Cuban conscripts accused of
killing two soldiers and trying to hijack a plane in Havana had made
human rights organizations in the island fe...
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The Supreme Court declared Monday it would hand down its ruling
on Nov. 1 on a damages suit by South Korean plaintiffs who were
exposed to the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima while work...
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South Korea's Defense Ministry said Tuesday it would seek to allow conscientious objectors to engage in social service instead of mandatory military terms.Conservatives reacted with concern, arguin...
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A Russian patriotic organization said Monday it will seek to reclaim its Soviet-era role as a booster for the armed forces, which is plagued by widespread draft dodging, rampant abuse of cadets, po...
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A Soviet-era military support organization said Monday it wants to reclaim its past role training youths for Russia's armed forces, which have been plagued by draft dodging, cadet abuse and low mor...
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Milirary Draft
Sri Lanka told to probe child conscription
