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US navy to stay in Indonesia as long as needed: captain ON BOARD THE USS ABRAHAM LINCOLN (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 US navy troops helping distribute relief aid for tsunami survivors in Aceh province will stay as long as Indonesians want them to, according to a leading officer. Sixteen Vietnamese troops killed in helicopter crash HANOI (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Sixteen Vietnamese soldiers, including two generals, were killed when the helicopter they were in crashed on an island off the coast of central Vietnam, the military said Thursday. Eight Australian soldiers wounded in Iraq attack SYDNEY (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Eight Australian soldiers were wounded in a car bomb attack in Baghdad and the barracks housing Australia's military contingent came under sniper attack, defence department officials said Thursday. |
Top Pentagon policymaker Feith to step down WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Douglas Feith, the undersecretary of defense for policy who helped to define the US policy of preemption that propelled the US-led invasion of Iraq, has decided to resign after a four-year term, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. Four freed Britons still "a significant threat": Pentagon WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Four Britons who were released Wednesday after their return from a US military detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba still pose a "significant threat" that British authorities have assured they will take steps to address, a Pentagon spokesman said. Unconventional threats in focus as Pentagon embarks on strategy review: official WASHINGTON (AFP) Jan 26, 2005 The Pentagon is putting greater emphasis on terrorism and other unconventional threats as it rethinks priorities that will shape the US military in years to come, a top Pentagon policymaker said Wednesday. |
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Lebanese parliament votes to scrap military service BEIRUT (AFP) Jan 26, 2005 The Lebanese parliament on Wednesday voted to scrap compulsory military service two years after the law is made public in the official gazette. Pakistani PM warns India against arms race BRUSSELS (AFP) Jan 26, 2005 Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz urged nuclear rival India Wednesday to desist from an arms race that he warned would be economically dangerous and "destructive" to South Asia. Chinese officials, military warned against lavish Lunar New Year banquets BEIJING (AFP) Jan 27, 2005 Chinese officials and military personnel have been warned against spending public money on expensive presents or lavish banquets during the Lunar New Year, state media said Thursday. |
31 marines killed in biggest single US loss of life in Iraq BAGHDAD (AFP) Jan 26, 2005 More than 30 marines died in a helicopter crash Wednesday, the biggest single US loss of life in Iraq, but President George W. Bush remained upbeat, urging Iraqis to brave death threats and make history by going to the polls on Sunday. Burundi rebels have "limited room for negotiation": Zuma PRETORIA (AFP) Jan 26, 2005 South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma returned from Burundi on Wednesday, saying that country's National Liberation Front (FNL), the only rebel group outside the Burundi peace process could participate in elections, but warned "the room for negotiation was very limited". Top Iraqi general sees US forces out of major cities this year BAGHDAD (AFP) Jan 26, 2005 Iraq's top military commander claimed that Iraqi security forces will be in charge of the country by end-2005, with US troops out of the cities and scaled back to possibly one or two bases nationwide. |
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