Nov 9

US open to keeping troops in Iraq after 2011: Gates (AFP)

AFP – US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday said Washington was open to keeping troops in Iraq beyond a 2011 deadline, but it was up to Baghdad to make a request. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 9

Mystery missile vapour trail stumps Pentagon (AFP)

AFP – The US military has so far been unable to explain an apparent missile vapour trail off the coast of California and is still trying to determine its cause, a Pentagon spokesman said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Nov 9

North Korea's heir apparently rises again (Reuters)

Reuters – The death of a North Korean military official and the naming of leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un to the funeral preparation committee was jumped on by South Korean media on Monday as showing he had risen to second-in-command. Read the rest of this entry »