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Stressed by war and long overseas tours, U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year at the highest rate on record, the toll rising for a fourth straight year and even surpassing the suicide rate among comparable civilians.
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Mathy Subramaniam, center, 26, who lost his father in a military action, poses with a picture of him as he joins protesters against Sri Lankan government demonstrating near the Commonwealth Secretariat in London, Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Protesters...
