Apr 30

California Marine has swine flu; 30 quarantined 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – About 30 Marines on a Southern California military base, the nation’s largest, have been quarantined after one became the first U.S. serviceman known to have contracted the swine flu virus, the Marine Corps said on Wednesday. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 22

U.S. wants broader Pakistan military ties: official 
    (Reuters)
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Apr 18

Iran says its military might help regional security 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Saturday a strong Iranian military would help preserve stability in the Middle East, as Iran marked its armed forces’ day with a parade that appeared more muted than in the past. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 15

U.S. says new troops push Taliban away from Kabul 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – An influx of new U.S. troops near Kabul this year is reclaiming the Afghan capital’s outskirts from the Taliban, but violence would increase in the short-term, the U.S. commander in the area said. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 6

Media covers war dead's return after 18-year ban 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – The media was permitted on Sunday to cover the arrival of a U.S. armed service member’s coffin at the Pentagon’s main mortuary in Delaware for the first time in 18 years. Read the rest of this entry »

Apr 2

Judge rules Afghan detainees can sue in U.S. court 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – A federal judge ruled on Thursday that some detainees at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan could sue for their release in civilian courts, dealing a blow to the U.S. government’s position on the issue. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 31

Nearly 7 in 10 major U.S. arms programs over budget 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – Nearly 70 percent of the Pentagon’s 96 major weapons-buying programs were over budget in 2008 for combined cost growth of $296 billion above original estimates, congressional auditors said in an annual report released on Monday. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 23

Iraq suicide bomber kills 25, wounds 45 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Kurdish funeral in the volatile and ethnically mixed province of Diyala in northern Iraq on Monday, killing 25 people and wounding 45, police said. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 17

U.S. OKs record $2.1 bln arms sale to India 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – President Barack Obama’s administration has cleared a $2.1 billion sale to India of eight Boeing Co P-8I maritime patrol aircraft, the largest U.S. arms transfer to India to date. Read the rest of this entry »

Mar 8

Real IRA claims shooting of British soldiers 
    (Reuters)

Reuters – The dissident republican group Real IRA claimed responsibility on Sunday for killing two British soldiers in Northern Ireland, one of the worst attacks since a 1998 peace deal stemmed years of violence. Read the rest of this entry »

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