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07 24th, 2011| 
AFP – Retired army general John Shalikashvili, the first foreign-born chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, died early Saturday of complications from a stroke, a military hospital said. He was 75. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
24
AFP – The former US Army psychiatrist accused of shooting 13 people dead at a Texas military base in 2009 did not enter a plea Wednesday, while his trial date was set for March. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
23
AFP – In one week US troops will cease joint operations with Iraqi and Kurdish forces, begun in early 2010 to dampen tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in disputed northern zones, a US military official said on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
23
AFP – President Barack Obama announced that a ban on gays serving openly in the US forces will end in September as he certified that the nation’s military was ready to accept them among its ranks. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
23
AFP – The storied Walter Reed Army hospital, where generations of American soldiers came to heal their wounds, will shut down in September, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
22
AFP – Seven months after the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the Pentagon is set to announce that it will officially end the ban on gays openly serving in the military, a US official told AFP. Read the rest of this entry »
Jul
21
Reuters – Actor Aly Sobhy’s trial in an Egyptian military court lasted just 20 minutes, hours after he was detained in March with more than 160 other protesters in central Cairo. Read the rest of this entry »