Jan 11

Bush plays joker, honors father with 'awesome' ship (AFP)

AFP – Outgoing US President George W. Bush showed off his lighter side Saturday when speaking at the commissioning ceremony of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier named after his father. Read the rest of this entry »

Jan 11

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 561 (AP)

AP – As of Saturday, Jan. 10, 2009, at least 561 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST. Read the rest of this entry »