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  • Cancer common after liver transplantation 11 Oct 2008 03:02 GMT
    ... over and roll into a ditch in northern California Global National on Britain’s top soldier in Afghanistan saying that the war can’t be won Sarah Palin tries to explain the status ...

  • NATO OKs fight of Afghan drug trade 11 Oct 2008 03:02 GMT
    ... NATO OKS FIGHT OF AFGHAN DRUG TRADE NATO defense ministers agreed Friday ... was beyond their mandate. It means that troops will be able to attack facilities connected ... better than nothing," Gates said during a military flight to Washington after the two-day talks ...

  • 100 Somalis feared dead off Yemen coast: UNHCR 11 Oct 2008 03:00 GMT
    ... government official said on Friday. The NATO military alliance decided on Thursday to join anti-piracy operations ... claims by migrants from war-torn states like Afghanistan, a UN official said. Giorgos Tsarbopoulos, local ...

  • NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military 11 Oct 2008 02:31 GMT
    ... for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. Troops will only be able to act against drug ... be temporary - lasting only until the Afghan security forces are deemed able to take ...

  • 'Collateral damage' or targeted killing, the effect is much the same 11 Oct 2008 02:31 GMT
    ... for they have a bitter taste in the "new" Iraq and in the "new" Afghanistan about which we still fantasise as we send more Nato troops into Asia's greatest military graveyard. The documentary evidence of Saddam's brutal inquiry into the killings at the Shia ...

  • NATO to Take Aim at Drug Trade in Afghanistan 11 Oct 2008 02:30 GMT
    ... defense ministers agreed Friday to allow troops operating in Afghanistan to attack drug lords and their networks ... of the civilian toll taken by NATO military action, particularly American airstrikes. Mr. Karzai has ...

  • 2 Iraq war veterans square off in 52nd Congressional District 11 Oct 2008 02:30 GMT
    ... Navy SEAL commander. They also served in Afghanistan. Both mention their military service frequently on the stump. Their websites ... 9/11?" When Hunter praised the strategy of Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, Lumpkin said, "Frankly, ...

  • Gates: Taliban reconciliation is possible 11 Oct 2008 02:25 GMT
    ... U.S. forces have limited access -- and Afghanistan -- where the United States is training ... been shooting at us and killing our soldiers," he said. "At the end of the ...

  • Alaska ethics probe finds Palin abused her power 11 Oct 2008 02:25 GMT
    ... over and roll into a ditch in northern California Global National on Britain’s top soldier in Afghanistan saying that the war can’t be won Sarah Palin tries to explain the status ...

  • NATO OKs attacks on drug lords 11 Oct 2008 02:25 GMT
    ... — NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping ... doubt on the prospects of a Western military victory in Afghanistan. However, Germany, Spain and ...

  • Suicide Blast Kills 32 Anti-Taliban Tribesmen In Pakistan 11 Oct 2008 02:25 GMT
    ... leaders in a Pakistani region near the Afghan border Friday, killing at least 32 people ... independent ethnic Pashtun tribesmen to back its military operations against Al-Qaeda and Taliban extremists based ... series of strikes inside Pakistan, a US missile attack on Thursday targeted a high-level meeting ...

  • Car bomb hero in intensive care 11 Oct 2008 02:24 GMT
    ... injustices against Muslims by British and American soldiers, the court was told on Friday. The also ... brothers or soldiers of jihad in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Palestine and other areas of the ...

  • Suicide attack kills at least 30 in Pakistan 11 Oct 2008 02:22 GMT
    ... by former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. "The military approach has been tried, and it has ... both of the tribal agencies that border Afghanistan and in the North West Frontier Province ... measure because they think that the Pakistan army and NATO are about to take them ...

  • U.S. open to Taliban talks 11 Oct 2008 02:00 GMT
    ... U.S. forces have limited access -- and Afghanistan -- where the United States is training ... been shooting at us and killing our soldiers," he said. "At the end of the ...

  • As the economy worsens, military recruiting strengthens 11 Oct 2008 01:51 GMT
    ... The economic crisis could help the military recruit and retain troops, Pentagon officials said ... as much as $40,000. In Iraq and Afghanistan, most large bases include at least one ... Bostick said an Army study found that soldiers with waivers are promoted faster and earn ...


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