AFP – Japan must look to Asia as its new “frontier” for growth, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Friday, also pledging continued close ties with the United States despite a dispute over a military base. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – President Barack Obama is urging Congress to repeal the ban on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, but Democratic allies and Republican opponents alike are criticizing his approach. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – Where should the men accused of planning the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks be tried? Not here, say New York City business and community leaders whose list of alternatives includes military bases, federal prisons and a 172-acre island in New York Harbor. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – When Jean Cetoute joined the US Marines he never imagined he would be deployed back to his homeland of Haiti to help his fellow countrymen in their darkest hour. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A suicide bomber struck near a US military base in Kabul on Tuesday injuring at least nine Afghans, police and the NATO force said, just days ahead of a global summit on tackling a Taliban-led insurgency. Read the rest of this entry »
AFP – A suicide bomber in a car laden with explosives struck near a military base used by US forces in Kabul, injuring at least five Afghan civilians, an interior ministry spokesman told AFP. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – A suicide car bomber struck a barrier outside a U.S. base in Kabul on Tuesday, wounding six Afghans and eight American troops hours after gunmen killed four policemen in southern Afghanistan. Read the rest of this entry »
AP – The military has agreed to expedite a review the records of thousands of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans discharged with post-traumatic stress disorder to determine whether they were improperly denied benefits. Read the rest of this entry »