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US military ends gay ban

October 20, 2010

WASHINGTON: The US military is ready to accept openly gay recruits for the first time in the country's history, officials...

Turkey faces tough call on NATO missile shield

October 18, 2010

Ankara: Turkey's Islamist-rooted government faces making a difficult decision that pits maintaining good relations with its neighbours against joining a...

Some private security firms to stay in Afghanistan

October 18, 2010

KABUL: The Afghan government rolled back its plan to disband all private security firms, declaring that those protecting embassies and...

Maiden flight for Indian military drone: official

October 18, 2010

New Delhi: India said Sunday it had completed a maiden test flight of an indigenously-built unmanned drone developed as part...

US presses allies on missile shield

October 15, 2010

BRUSSELS: The United States urged NATO allies to invest in a missile shield and avoid harmful budget cuts at a...

UN troops to be moved to Sudan border

October 15, 2010

UNITED NATIONS: UN troops are to be moved to the tense north-south Sudan frontier to head off violence ahead of...

NATO backs Taliban talks, vows no halt to military action

October 15, 2010

BRUSSELS: NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Thursday said the alliance was ready to support possible peace talks with the...

Six US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

October 14, 2010

KABUL: Six US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Wednesday as Italy became the latest NATO ally to detail plans...

Microsoft aims barrage of fixes at Stuxnet and more

October 14, 2010

San Francisco: Microsoft on Tuesday released a record high number of software patches aimed at countering computer threats including a...

Court orders US to cease enforcing gay military ban

October 13, 2010

LOS ANGELES: A federal judge ordered the US government Tuesday to immediately suspend discharges of gays serving openly in the...

US military ends gay ban

Turkey faces tough call on NATO missile shield

Some private security firms to stay in Afghanistan

Maiden flight for Indian military drone: official

US presses allies on missile shield

UN troops to be moved to Sudan border

NATO backs Taliban talks, vows no halt to military action

Six US soldiers killed in Afghanistan

Microsoft aims barrage of fixes at Stuxnet and more

Court orders US to cease enforcing gay military ban

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