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Defense Secretary Robert Gates issued a clear warning to the military and its industrial partners on Tuesday that expensive, new conventional weapons must prove their value to current conflicts, marked by insurgency and terrorism, if they hope for a place in future budgets. In his most direct...
By: Bill Graveland, THE CANADIAN PRESS CALGARY - "I think that's probably a conversation every spouse has with their significant other who goes over," said Nicole Starker, 35, who met with reporters for the first time Tuesday since her husband's death earlier this month. Starker, 36, was a...
House Democrats are proposing a tax surcharge on millionaires to pay for a big increase in education benefits for veterans of the war in Iraq, lawmakers said Tuesday. The plan, if accepted by rank-and-file Democrats, would clear the way for a vote Thursday on a long-stalled war funding bill that...
By: Daina Lawrence, THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Afghanistan's ambassador wants Canada and other members of the international coalition fighting in his country to offer incentives to Afghan farmers as a way to ensure poppy-free regions remain that way. Omar Samad said there are about 20 provinces...
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Here's some excerpts from an article on a huge problem that is not being adequately addressed, and the huge cover-up of it, in Foreign Policy In Focus:Eighteen American war veterans kill themselves every day. These are statistics that most Americans don't know, because the Bush administration has...
The Armed Forces are unable to meet the Government's "readiness" target for mounting further military missions due to the continuing pressure of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence has warned.In its latest assessment of its Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets set by the...
After security concerns prompted the United Nations to suspend assistance to Afghan refugees who are voluntarily returning to their home country from Peshawar in Pakistan, the UN refugee agency announced today that it will reopen its voluntary repatriation centre (VRC) in the city. The UN High...
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, May 13 (UPI) -- A British lieutenant in Afghanistan narrowly escaped a Taliban rocket-propelled grenade attack after an RPG bounced off the soldier's chest and exploded nearby. The British B company, 4th Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland, supported by an Afghan...
Pakistan's government agreed to let judges consider Islamic religious guidance in court cases in parts of the volatile northwest, officials said Tuesday. Parts of Pakistan's northwest are havens for al-Qaida and Taliban-linked militants determined to drive U.S. and other foreign forces out of...
