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Public signing cards for troops on Veterans Day

AP News 15 days ago

People signing holiday cards for troops, veterans, wounded soldiers on Veterans Day Dozens of volunteers and passers-by are stopping by an American Red Cross building on Veterans Day to sign holiday greetings cards for U.S soldiers around the world and veterans. The ...

Outrage over vaccine for Afghan detainees

AP Features 16 days ago

Canadian military officials in Afghanistan said detainees are being offered swine flu vaccinations — a decision the federal health minister on Tuesday denounced as "outrageous" at a time there is a shortage of the vaccine in Canada. The Defense Department later said ...

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,362

AP News 16 days ago

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,362 Tuesday, according to Associated Press count As of Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009, at least 4,362 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to ...

Mexican army makes large opium seizure

AP News 19 days ago

Mexican army announces one of largest opium seizures in country's history The Mexican army said Saturday it has seized a shipment of almost a quarter-ton of opium in the country's northern mountains, one of the largest such seizures made in Mexico. The ...

What's old is new again

SC Magazine 19 days ago

Today, criminals are using amped-up techniques to tap into a perpetual cycle of fraud and identity theft, reports Deb Radcliff. Today, criminals are using amped-up techniques to tap into a perpetual cycle of fraud and identity theft, reports Deb Radcliff.Back in computing's ...

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 833

AP News 20 days ago

At least 833 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says As of Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at least 833 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion ...

Fort Hood Shooting

AP News 20 days ago

This photo released by the Defense Department shows Post police take cover at the Fort Hood Soldier Readiness Processing Center, in Fort Hood, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 5. 2009. (AP Photo/Defense Department, Andrew Evans) Copyright 2009 AP News

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 831

AP Features 26 days ago

As of Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, at least 831 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated ...

Obama Fallen Soldiers

AP News 28 days ago

President Barack Obama, left, and others in the official party participate in the dignified transfer event for Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., who died in Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense, at Dover Air Force Base in ...

APTOPIX Obama Fallen Soldiers

AP News 28 days ago

President Barack Obama salutes as a carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., who, accordng to the Department of Defense died in Afghanistan, during the dignified transfer event at Dover ...

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