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Shock at US soldier's rampage

Reality Check: US soldier kills 16 in Kandahar, Kony 2012 reactions, Slovakia elections, El Salvador elections, mobile euthanasia.

Civilian shootings bring a new low to US-Afghanistan relations

The shooting of 16 Afghan civilians, including several children, is yet another nail in the coffin of already very strained US-Afghan relations.

Hard on the heels of the notorious YouTube video of US soldiers apparently urinating on the corpses of Afghan fighters, and the furore over the Koran burning incident at Bagram Air Base, a soldier going on a deadly rampage highlights the widely held view in Afghanistan that the US presence is an occupation, not a liberation.

Further official apologies from the US are unlikely to cut much ice with President Karzai or the Afghan people, and the incident with further fuel anti-American feeling.

Security analyst, Paul Rogers, looks at deteriorating US-Afghanistan relations in the light of yesterdays shooting of 16 civilians by a US soldier.

Kony 2012

Uganda analyst, Mark Kersten, looks at the Internet campaign Kony 2012, and the benefits and dangers of social media campaigns on complex political situations.

Slovakia elections

The Smer party, led by Robert Fides, won an unexpected victory in Sunday's elections. Katharina Richterova of Slovak Radio reports the elections and the scandals that have blighted the image of all the parties.

El Salvador elections

In El Salvador, the former left wing guerillas, the FMLN, took over political power three years ago. David Kriegleder reports on the elections that are being seen as a referendum on their performance in office.

Mobile Euthanasia

As Britain awaits the ruling on one man's right to die, the Netherlands is launching a mobile euthanasia service. Perro de Jong of Radio Netherlands tells Hal Rock that the image people have of euthanasia in the Netherlands is a long way from the truth.

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