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US helicopter part crashes on


Japanese school in Okinawa
Part of a US helicopter has crashed on a school in Okinawa,
Japan, renewing tensions with the local population.
The window dropped on the school grounds, slightly injuring one
boy, news agency Kyodo said.
The southern island of Okinawa hosts the largest US military
presence in Japan.
Over the past years, a number of accidents and crimes have led
to growing local opposition to the US base.
According to the Reuters news agency, Japan's Chief Cabinet
Secretary Yoshihide Suga said "this sort of incident creates anxiety
not only among those involved with the school but the people of
Okinawa and should never happen".
The US military confirmed in a statement that the window of
one of its helicopters fell onto the sports ground of an elementary
school outside the US Marine Corps Air Station Futenma.
"We take this report extremely seriously and are investigating the
cause of this incident in close coordination with local authorities,"
the statement said. "This is a regrettable incident and we apologize
for any anxiety it has caused the community."
The US presence on Okinawa is a key part of the post-war security
alliance between the two countries.
The Futenma base is located in a residential area, with schools, shops
and hospitals. Residents have long been concerned over possible
crashes or accidents.
In October, another US helicopter crash landed and burst into flames in
northern Okinawa.
In November, a US serviceman caused a deadly car
crash on the island. When the accident was linked to drink
driving, the US military banned all soldiers stationed in Japan
from drinking alcohol.
In 2016, the murder of a woman was linked to an ex-Marine
employed at one of the bases, also leading to a
temporary ban on alcohol as well as a midnight curfew.
The US government wants to move Futenma, the largest
Marine base in Okinawa, to a more remote location on the
island.
But the governor of Okinawa, Takeshi Onaga is leading a
campaign to get the US military base off the island
completely.
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Colombian ex-official sentenced


to jail for Odebrecht bribes
A Colombian judge sentenced a former vice-
minister of transport to five years and two
months in prison on Tuesday after the ex-official
admitted to taking millions of dollars in bribes
from Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
Gabriel Garcia Morales, who served under
former President Alvaro Uribe, accepted $6.5
million in pay-offs to help Odebrecht
[ODBES.UL] win a 2010 road construction
contract valued at over $1 billion, the attorney
generals press office told Reuters.
Garcia Morales has promised to testify against
other public officials who received bribes, the
attorney generals office said on Twitter.
The Brazilian firm is at the center of one of the
largest corruption scandals in Latin America, and
has admitted paying bribes from Peru to Panama.
Ecuador jailed its vice president over the scandal
and last year the company agreed to pay $3.5
billion in settlements in the United States, Brazil
and Switzerland.
Colombias attorney general said Odebrecht paid
more than $27 million in bribes in the Andean
country. One former and one current lawmaker,
the former director of the national infrastructure
agency, and others have also been arrested in
connection with the case.
Morales, who was also fined $21,000, was
originally sentenced to 10 years but the sentence
was reduced because he accepted responsibility.
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