
AFP - Top US defense contractor Northrop Grumman and European partner EADS said Monday they would not bid for a 35-billion-dollar US Air Force tanker plane contract, clearing the way for a Boeing win.

AFP - Top US defense contractor Northrop Grumman and European partner EADS said Monday they would not bid for a 35-billion-dollar US Air Force tanker plane contract, clearing the way for a Boeing win.

AFP - Japan’s centre-left Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Monday that a local election victory by an opponent of a planned US military base on Okinawa island reflects the “will of the people”.

AP - U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban.

AP - U.S. service members in Afghanistan said President Barack Obama’s decision to send 30,000 more troops offered hope that they can go home — if the reinforcements can build up the Afghan army to protect civilians against the Taliban.

AFP - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would not “prejudge” Japan’s new political leadership, which has promised to review the US military presence in the country.

AFP - The Pentagon said on Wednesday it would not “prejudge” Japan’s new political leadership, which has promised to review the US military presence in the country.