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Two US Soldiers Killed in Southern Iraq

BAGHDAD -- The U.S. military says two American soldiers have been killed while conducting operations in southern Iraq. In a statement, released on Saturday, the military says the deaths occurred Friday. No further details about how they died were released. The names of the deceased are being withheld pending...

Rescuers Honored for Saving Gulf Oil Rig Workers

BELLE CHASSE, La. -- Nearly one year after an explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig killed 11 workers and led to the nation's worst offshore oil spill, the Coast Guard honored a supply vessel's crew who helped rescue 115 survivors. Patrick Semansky, AP Billy Marsh, a crew member of the offshore...

NATO Is Confident of More Planes for Libya Soon

BERLIN -- NATO failed for a second day to find new ground-attack aircraft for the fight against Moammar Gadhafi's forces in Libya but Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told The Associated Press on Friday he expects the additional planes soon. NATO's top military commander, U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis, has said...

Libyan Rebels Urge Stronger US Military Role

DOHA, Qatar - A spokesman for Libyan rebels urged the U.S. military Wednesday to reassert of stronger role in the NATO-led air campaign or risk more civilian casualties in the stalemate fighting between Moammar Gadhafi and forces seeking to end his four-decade rule. The appeal by the spokesman, Mahmoud Shammam, appeared...

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05/31/12 Clinton argues against Syria military intervention Source: The Dominion Post of New Zealand US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday laid out arguments against armed intervention in Syria despite last week's massacre in the town of Houla.
05/31/12 NZ citizen arrested for spying Source: The Dominion Post of New Zealand A naturalised New Zealand citizen has been arrested in South Korea, accused of spying for North Korea.
05/31/12 Revealed: Britain's secret soldiers Source: Express.co.uk These days the Pathfinders are some of the most highly trained and secretive of the special forces.
05/31/12 Technology key to Pacific pivot, Panetta says Source: MarineCorpsTimes.com The Pentagon needs to develop new equipment that is geared to the Asia-Pacific, a vast region that also will likely see an increase in the number of troops based there.
05/31/12 Rutgers gets $2.4M to study military suicides Source: MarineCorpsTimes.com Rutgers University has received $2.4 million to study the genetic make-up of soldiers at risk for suicide or psychological issues â part of the largest study of mental-health risk ever conducted by the military, spokeswoman Robin Lally said.

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