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'No more need' for British troops

The number of UK troops in Iraq is due to be reduced over the coming year British troops are no longer needed to maintain security in southern Iraq as the situation has changed, the country's prime minister has said. Nouri...

Sri Lanka fighting kills 85

By Ranga Sirilal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lankan helicopters fired rockets at Tamil Tiger rebels constructing a trench during three days of clashes that killed at least 85 people, the military said on Monday. Soldiers are 2 km...

Turkish planes bomb northern Iraq

Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel positions in northern Iraq, Turkey's military says. The hit targeted a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) base in Iraq's mountainous Zap region, the Turkish military said. No details of...

Civilians killed in Afghan violence

Two civilians were among 16 people killed in fighting in Afghanistan. Coalition and Afghan troops killed five militants in an operation targeting insurgents aiding foreign fighters in Ghazni province, about 125 miles southwest...

Clashes with Taliban leave 15 dead

Taliban insurgents are strong in Pakistan's border areas Clashes between Taliban militants and pro-government forces killed 15 people overnight in a Pakistani region on the border with Afghanistan. Security forces fired mortar...

Toddler trapped in India well dies

Last Modified: 13 Oct 2008 Source: PA News A two-year-old boy trapped for nearly 90 hours down a 150ft deep well in northern India died before army rescuers could reach him, a doctor said. Sonu Kumar fell into the disused well...

Former Cables to Go/Lastar Inc. Employee´s Move to Form American Consumer Cables Pays Off

In March 2007, Joe Weitz left his position of 15 years as International Purchasing Manager for Cables to Go/Lastar Inc. to form American Consumer Cables.com. Today Weitz and the four fellow United States Air Force veterans he...

Russian naval task force leaves Tripoli

MOSCOW, October 13 (RIA Novosti) - A naval task force from Russia's Northern Fleet, led by the nuclear-powered missile cruiser Pyotr Veliky, is leaving the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after a three-day official visit, a Navy...

The CIS and Baltic press on Russia

ESTONIA The media write that the global financial crunch will also affect Russia, which cannot weather both domestic and external risks. (Parnu Postimees, October 2) LATVIA The media write about the address by the Latvian...

Army translator Daniel James was 'Walter Mitty' character who spied for Iran

A former army interpreter for the British commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan passed confidential information about troop movements and locations to a contact in the Iranian Embassy in Kabul, an Old Bailey trial was told...

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