May 9

Gates cites concern about New York flyover oversight<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed concern in a letter released Friday about the oversight of a bungled New York flyover by a spare presidential plane.

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May 9

A giant US military base emerges in Afghanistan<br /> (AFP)<br />

AFP - In the forbidding Afghan desert, US engineers are carving out a sprawling military camp as part of a dramatic American troop build-up designed to confront Taliban insurgents.

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