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09 25th, 2009| 
AFP – The US military wants to withdraw forces from some remote areas in Afghanistan and deploy them to population centers where insurgents pose a bigger threat, a top US general has said. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
24
AFP – The US military wants to withdraw forces from some remote areas in Afghanistan and deploy them to population centers where insurgents pose a bigger threat, a top US general has said. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
22
Reuters – The United States would like Japan to honor agreements to keep U.S. forces stationed on Okinawa but has no intention of dictating to the new Japanese government, a senior U.S. official said on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
18
AP – As the U.S. military prepares to hand over the remnants of its detention system to the Iraqi government next year, it is training Iraqi wardens and guards to ensure that changes it made after the Abu Ghraib scandal remain in place. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
18
AP – China dismissed U.S. accusations that the growth and modernization of its military poses a threat, saying Friday that the comments were groundless and irresponsible. Read the rest of this entry »
Sep
10
Reuters – Every dish is tested for toxins, visitors are disinfected, canteens are closed to outsiders because of swine flu worries, and the number of people served at each meal is a state secret. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
28
AP – Thirteen-year-old David Rojas didn’t tell his mother how terribly he missed her while she was on Navy deployments to the Middle East, because he worried it would upset her. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
15
AFP – Colombia says it has finalized an agreement with the United States allowing Washington to use its military bases to track drug-runners, despite anger elsewhere in Latin America over the idea. Read the rest of this entry »
Aug
15
AFP – Colombia says it has struck a deal with the United States allowing Washington to use its military bases in a move that has drawn angry fire from governments across Latin America. Read the rest of this entry »