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Friday, August 29, 2008
Ecuador urges Colombia to boost troops at border
World |
12:00AM, August 29
With no sign of a thaw in their frozen diplomatic relations, Ecuador this week called on Colombia to increase its military presence along their shared border to check the spillover of rebel groups, drug trafficking and war refugees. Read more
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
90 dead in strike, evidence indicates
World |
August 27, 2008
The United Nations said Tuesday that “convincing evidence” exists that an American-led operation killed 90 civilians. Read more
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Sudan soldiers’ raid on Darfur camp triggers deadly clash
World |
August 26, 2008
Sudanese troops raided one of Darfur’s biggest and most volatile camps early Monday, setting off a deadly clash that killed an unknown number of people and wounded dozens, according to U.N. and humanitarian officials. Read more
Monday, August 25, 2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki wants U.S. out by end of 2011
World |
August 25, 2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki said Monday that an agreement on the future of U.S. forces in Iraq must include a firm withdrawal date and that Iraq wants them out of the country by the end of 2011. Read more
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Revolutionaries of a different color
Entertainment |
August 23, 2008
WASHINGTON – Most accounts of the Revolutionary War give the impression that America’s independence was won by brave white men. Read more
Monday, August 18, 2008
Ex-Marine to face civilian trial
California | Local |
August 18, 2008
When the trial of a former Marine begins Tuesday in federal court in Riverside, it will mark the first time a little-known federal law has been used to prosecute a former Marine or soldier for actions during combat. Read more
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Soldier is killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq
California | Local |
August 17, 2008
Du Hai Tran of Chatsworth could not stop smiling the day his daughter was born. Read more
Inching toward a milestone in Anbar
World |
August 17, 2008
As Iraqi officials and the U.S. military haggle over when to let Anbar province take control of its own security, a row of broken-down Ford pickups in a Ramadi schoolyard offers a sobering picture of the readiness of the region’s security forces. Read more
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Broken and bewildered
World |
August 14, 2008
The first Russian tanks rumbled past in the morning, witnesses said, startling the townspeople and then drifting away as casually as they had arrived. Read more
Getting one’s bearings in the Georgia-Russia conflict
World |
August 14, 2008
The conflict in Georgia is Russia’s largest military engagement outside its borders since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Read more
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Broken down on the road to battle
World |
August 12, 2008
The Georgian soldier sprawled facedown in the ditch, so still that he looked dead at first glance. Read more
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Mauritanian military overthrows president
World |
August 7, 2008
The elected president of Mauritania was ousted Wednesday in a bloodless military coup that appeared to spell the end for the Arab nation’s experiment in democracy. Read more
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Legislators fail again to vote on Iraq election law
World |
August 5, 2008
Two U.S. soldiers died in a roadside bombing in eastern Baghdad on Monday, and Iraq’s government once more failed to hold a vote on a crucial law that would allow provincial elections this year. Read more
Thursday, July 24, 2008
‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ is reexamined
National |
July 24, 2008
The U.S. military is being harmed by prohibiting gays and lesbians from serving openly, a congressional panel was told Wednesday, the first time lawmakers have examined the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy since the law was passed in 1993. Read more
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Military deaths
California | Local |
July 20, 2008
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq or who died at a U.S. hospital of their injuries:
Sergio S. Abad, 21, of Morganfield, Ky.; private first class, Army. Read more
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Bush agrees to ‘horizon’ for pullout
World |
July 19, 2008
President Bush has agreed to a “general time horizon” for withdrawals of U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the White House announced Friday in a marked softening of his long-standing opposition to deadlines for reducing the American presence. Read more
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Taliban attack raises doubts
World |
July 15, 2008
An insurgent raid that penetrated an American outpost in eastern Afghanistan, killing nine soldiers, has deepened doubts about the U.S. military’s effort to contain Islamic militants. Read more
Monday, July 14, 2008
Britain plans to downsize Iraq force
World |
July 14, 2008
Britain plans to substantially scale back its troop numbers in Iraq during 2009, the head of the country’s armed forces said Sunday. Read more
9 U.S. troops die in Afghan attack
World |
July 14, 2008
Insurgents armed with machine guns, mortars and rocket-propelled grenades mounted a fierce assault on a remote, relatively lightly manned U.S. outpost in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing nine American soldiers. Read more
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Other deaths
California | Local |
July 13, 2008
The Defense Department last week identified the following American military personnel killed in Afghanistan and Iraq:
Douglas J. Bull, 29, of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.; sergeant, Army. Read more
