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US Funds Used to Pay Afghan Warlords
A congressional investigation says tens of millions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer funds are indirectly being paid to Afghan warlords,...
Gates: Budget Request Reflects Pentagon’s Reform Agenda
WASHINGTON: The fiscal 2011 defense budget request continues and builds on the reforms of the fiscal 2010 budget, Defense Secretary...
Gates defends arms sales to Taiwan
Washington: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates defended US arms sales to Taipei on Wednesday, citing China's "extraordinary" deployment of cruise...
New UK Minister Promises ‘Clean Break’ from ‘Cold War Mindset’
In a speech to the Royal United Services Institute in London this morning Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has said...
Flournoy Calls for Better Interagency Cooperation
WASHINGTON: The Defense Department has made progress in addressing the challenges of the world today, but huge problems remain and...
Thousands flee ethnic bloodshed in Kyrgyzstan
BISHKEK: Tens of thousands of Uzbek refugees have fled raging violence in Kyrgyzstan that left 113 dead as the interim...
Russia Moves Ahead on Iranian Arms Contract
Russia's Foreign Ministry says a deal to deliver S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran is not affected by new U.N. sanctions...
McChrystal Assesses Past Year, Looks Ahead
BRUSSELS, Belgium: A year to the day after he met here with NATO officials on his way to take command...
Kyrgyzstan orders deadly force to quell ethnic clashes
MARKHAMAT, Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan's interim government Saturday gave the the military and police shoot-to-kill powers to quell ethnic unrest in the...
Seven dead as gunmen torch NATO trucks in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: Gunmen attacked trucks carrying supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, gutting several dozen vehicles in an inferno and killing...
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