AP - One passenger said it was a “real quick blast, like a gun.” Another called it “pandemonium.” Still another described watching a flight attendant and another passenger pass out, their heads striking the seats in front of them as they lost consciousness.
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has authorised deployment of an extra 1,400 US Marines to Afghanistan to help counter a foreseen Taliban offensive ahead of mandated US troop reductions, a report said Thursday.
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates has authorised deployment of an extra 1,400 US Marines to Afghanistan to help counter a foreseen Taliban offensive ahead of mandated US troop reductions, a report said Thursday.
Reuters - North Korea fired artillery shells at a small island in the South on Tuesday, killing two soldiers, injuring about 20 people and setting houses on fire just 120 km (75 miles) west of the capital Seoul.
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he foresaw a day when the military would lift its ban on women serving in elite special forces.
AFP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he foresaw a day when the military would lift its ban on women serving in elite special forces.
AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end.
AFP - The US military has ordered 850 troops to Afghanistan to fill a shortage of trainers for security forces, as European allies needed more time to deploy their instructors, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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