
AFP - Tunisian immigrant children were put up on Saturday in a former US military base on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of boat people have arrived in recent weeks.

AFP - Tunisian immigrant children were put up on Saturday in a former US military base on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa, where thousands of boat people have arrived in recent weeks.

AFP - Japan said Thursday it has no plans to set a deadline to resolve a dispute over a US base on Okinawa island, a day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped for a solution by spring.

AFP - Japan said Thursday it has no plans to set a deadline to resolve a dispute over a US base on Okinawa island, a day after Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he hoped for a solution by spring.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday praised Japan’s efforts to find a solution to a dispute over a US base on Okinawa and said he hoped for progress “later this spring.”

AFP - A US Army base which carries out tests to protect troops against biological weapons was temporarily locked down after a tiny amount of a nerve agent was reported missing, officials said Thursday.

AFP - A US Army base which carries out tests to protect troops against biological weapons was temporarily locked down after a tiny amount of a nerve agent was reported missing, officials said Thursday.

AFP - US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama visited a US military base here to celebrate Christmas with men and women in uniform.

AFP - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan ended a two-day tour of Okinawa on Saturday having failed to persuade the islanders to accept his government’s plan to keep a US military base there.

AFP - Japan Prime Minister Naoto Kan visited the southern island of Okinawa to a hail of protests Friday, on a tough mission to persuade the islanders to accept the relocation of a US military base there.