By Phil Mercer Sydney 02 June 2008 Australian combat troops have begun leaving Iraq. Their departure fulfills an election promise by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who pledged to pull his country's out of Iraq by the middle of 2008. From Sydney, Phil Me...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 04 December 2007 The U.S. Defense Department Friday, November 30, 2007 launched a new effort to address the mental health needs of members of the military. But it says the effort to coordinate medical, academic, research and oth...
By Melinda Smith Washington 14 November 2007 There are an estimated 150,000 U.S. troops in Iraq, and approximately 25,000 in Afghanistan. Like soldiers in other wars before them, a significant number of those returning home are bringing back emotiona...
By Selah Hennessy Dakar 08 October 2007 Renegade general Laurent Nkunda says his rebel forces are abandoning a U.N.-mediated ceasefire with the Congolese government. Congo's defense minister says the government wants to use dialogue to solve the cris...
By Sabina Castelfranco Venice 12 May 2007 Interior ministers of the G-6 countries met in Venice Saturday at a summit in which they discussed how to harmonize measures to combat international terrorism. Also attending the meeting was U.S. Homeland Sec...
By Al Pessin Pentagon 07 February 2007 U.S. officials say they have no plans to base additional combat forces in Africa as part of the creation of a separate U.S. military command for the continent, announced on Tuesday. The officials say the command...
By Kane Farabaugh New York City 20 November 2006 watch Job Fair report Some members of the U.S. military are finding the transition back to the civilian workforce difficult after a combat deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan. Even though certain laws p...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 September 2006 A high-level meeting on the role of science and research in combating desertification in sub-Saharan Africa opened in Niamey, the capital of Niger, on Saturday. Desertification adversely affects the lives...
By Paula Wolfson White House 15 June 2006 President Bush says reducing world poverty is a major objective of U.S. foreign policy. Mr. Bush says promoting trade and freedom is key to meeting that goal. ------------------------------------------- Pres...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 03 March 2006 watch Combating Bird Flu Migratory birds Last year, avian flu was confined to four countries in Asia. Today, the virus is reported in 33 nations on three...