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9/11 workers, first responders to rally for help in D.C.
WASHINGTON - First responders and Ground Zero workers are pleased Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is headed to New York to face justice - but they hope ...
Afghanistan, Iraq among the world's most corrupt
BERLIN — Afghanistan and Iraq, countries that receive billions of dollars a year in international support, are among the world's most corrupt nations, a watchdog ...
Army tells its soldiers to 'bribe' the Taleban
British forces should buy off potential Taleban recruits with “bags of gold”, according to a new army field manual published yesterday. Army commanders should also ...
AP POLL: Tax the rich to pay for health bill
WASHINGTON — When it comes to paying for a health care overhaul, Americans see just one way to go: Tax the rich. That finding from ...
Uninsured trauma patients are much more likely to die
Patients who lack health insurance are more likely to die from car accidents and other traumatic injuries than people who belong to a health plan ...
G.I. joe: Veterans-turned-baristas serve a strong brew
Reporting from Lakewood, Wash. - For an Army weary from war, they offer tea and sympathy -- along with double tall lattes, caramel macchiatos and ...
UK leaders fear anger of frustrated army families
Number 99 arrives tomorrow. The 100th repatriation procession to pass through Wootton Bassett may follow within the week. As the cortege containing the bodies of ...
Where have all the protests gone? US students in limbo
WASHINGTON — When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in ...
Ex-Marine recruiter admits to sex with Olympus High student
A former U.S. Marine Corps recruiter admitted Monday to having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old female Olympus High School student. Trevor Adam Hooper, 27, ...
12 Afghans killed in attack on meeting with French
TAGAB VALLEY, Afghanistan — Rockets slammed into a market northeast of Kabul on Monday, killing 12 civilians but missing their presumed target: a meeting between ...
German minister 'shot at' during Afghan visit
BERLIN — A helicopter convoy carrying German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg came under fire from the ground during a recent surprise visit to troops ...
Head of the French army in Afghanistan narrowly escapes death in rocket attack
The head of the French army in Afghanistan narrowly escaped a Taleban rocket attack this morning which left four people dead and injured more than ...
Report: More Americans going hungry
The number of Americans who lack dependable access to adequate food shot up last year to 49 million, the largest number since the government has ...
Health bill foes solicit funds for economic study
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and an assortment of national business groups opposed to President Obama's health-care reform effort are collecting money to finance an ...
SEIU protests Goldman Sachs's D.C. offices
About 100 protesters gathered outside the Washington offices of investment banking giant Goldman Sachs, demanding the company donate its $23 billion in bonuses to help ...
3 in 4 young Americans unfit for military service
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Chalk up another national-security threat -- this one looming with each excess pound, failing grade and drug bust affecting young adults.An ...
Army detains Maryland soldier in Afghanistan
A Maryland soldier is in Army custody and classified as a deserter -- unfairly, relatives say -- after he extended a two-week midtour leave to ...
Military mom without childcare goes AWOL
OAKLAND, CA -- The U.S. Army is dealing with an emotional and complicated case involving an Oakland woman. She's a single mother, scheduled to be ...
Taliban guerrillas bring 'Iraq tactics' to Pakistan
ISLAMABAD — Suicide attacks, car bombings, shootings in the capital and fighting in the mountains -- Taliban guerrillas are dragging Pakistan into a war deadlier ...
U.S. to give Afghanistan 20 transport planes
KABUL (Reuters) - The U.S. military will give Afghanistan 20 refurbished transport planes over the next two years, U.S. and Afghan officials said on Sunday, ...
Renouncing Islamism: To the brink and back again
Ever since I started meeting jihadis, I have been struck by one thing – their Britishness. I am from the East End of London, and ...
Biometric tests to identify rebels in Afghanistan
THE inhabitants of combat zones in southern Afghanistan may face biometric tests in a new initiative to prevent the Taliban from infiltrating villages. After studying ...
New U.S. Afghan prison unveiled, rights groups wary
BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Nov 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. military unveiled a new $60 million Afghan prison on Sunday it said would provide detainees better living ...
2 US soldiers killed in Afghanistan explosions
KABUL — NATO says two U.S. service members and an American contractor have been killed in two separate explosions in Afghanistan.NATO headquarters in Kabul said ...
Blood's in the water over news media leaks
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration's internal debate over Afghan policy has escalated into a battle of news media leaks that's straining relations between officials who ...
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