Pentagon Relocates 200 Marines to Sicily in Case of Troubles in Libya

Two hundred US Marines have been rebased from Spain to Sicily.

The Pentagon made the decision based on concerns of instability in Libya.

All two hundred Marines are part of the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response.

Several times before, members of the unit have been reposition due to concerns of instability in North Africa.

Protests Erupt Over Deaths of 300 Miners in Turkey

Violent protests occurred in several Turkish cities, on Wednesday.

Protesters were demonstrating against the government, who they say is to blame for a deadly accident at a coal mine.

They blame the government for lax safety measures and are adding the disaster to their list of grievances with Prime Minister Erdogan.

On Tuesday, an explosion at the mine, in Soma, killed nearly three hundred people.

Around four hundred and fifty miners have been rescued, with more than eighty of them injured.

As many as one hundred and fifty more miners are thought to still be trapped, within the mine.

US Army: Chief Warrant Officer Deric M. Rasmussen

Chief Warrant Officer Deric M. Rasmussen, thirty-three of Oceanside, California, died on May 11.

He was killed in Mazar E Sharif, Afghanistan.

Rasmussen was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade out of Fort Hood, Texas.