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the soldier before breaking down and pleading with the prosecutor not to ask him any more questions.
• Haji Mohammad Naim appeared at Joint Base Lewis-McChord south of Seattle, where Bales pleaded guilty in June to the March 11, 2012, attacks to avoid the death penalty.
• Now the six jurors must decide whether he is sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole or without it.
• The hearing afforded some victims and relatives their first chance to confront Bales face-to-face.
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• YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- As some of the world's biggest companies trumpet their arrival in Asia's hottest frontier market, the tobacco industry has a different strategy: It's slipping into Myanmar without fanfare.
• The impoverished nation of 60 million people emerged from a half-century of isolation and brutal military rule two years ago. With most international sanctions against the country lifted or suspended, foreign businesses from Coca-Cola and Unilever to Suzuki Motors have scrambled to get in.
• So too has Big Tobacco but without the ribbon cuttings or grandly worded press announcements.
• British American Tobacco, the world's second largest cigarette manufacturer, shepherded a select audience of government officials to a low key ceremony last month where it formalized a $50 million investment over five years to produce, market and sell its brands in Myanmar. Its factory, to be built on the outskirts of Yangon, will create about 400 jobs.
• Japan Tobacco, No. 3 globally, quietly inked a deal nearly a year ago with local partner tycoon Kyaw Win. Company spokesman Royhei Sugata said a factory was being built, but refused to discuss details, from the project's scale or brand name to the plant's location.
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• DUNCAN, Okla. (AP) -- With a motive that's both chilling and simple -- to break up the boredom of an Oklahoma summer -- three teenagers randomly targeted an

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