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CAMP RAMADI, Iraq — The top U.S. Marine is checking on troops in one war zone as he gets ready to send more to the next. Gen. James Conway, commandant of the Marine Corps, visited Iraq before flying Saturday to Afghanistan, where the United States is considering adding more troops. An estimated 13,200 Marines remain in Iraq, and the vast majority of them will be gone by Thanksgiving. About 11,400 Marines are currently in Afghanistan. Colombia nabs guerrilla tied to American’s killing BOGOTA — Colombian police have captured a guerrilla suspected of killing a U.S. military contractor and a Colombian soldier after their surveillance plane crashed in the jungle in 2003, authorities said Saturday. Judicial police director Luis Ramirez alleged that Jose Armando Cadena Cabrera was personally responsible for the killings of U.S.... [read full story]
Every week, families of the political prisoners of recent unrests were allowed a visit. Suddenly, this week visitations stopped without further explanations. This has spread a wave of worries among those who have a husband,...
Africa at Centurion, starting at 0800 GMT: England (from): AJ Strauss (captain), JL Denly, IJL Trott, KP Pietersen, EJG Morgan, PD Collingwood, MJ Prior (wkt), LJ Wright, AU Rashid, G Onions, JM Anderson, TT Bresnan, JC...
Kallis had been named in South Africa's one-day squad to face England South African all-rounder Jacques Kallis has a fractured rib and will miss his side's one-day international series against England. Friday's series opener in...
A SUFFOLK farmer is leading calls for a new law to punish unscrupulous metal detector enthusiasts who he claims are “ripping apart” England's heritage for their own personal gain. John Browning, who owns farmland covering a...
