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• Flights diverted from Manas amid turmoil

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan — U.S. personnel flights in and out of Afghanistan are being diverted from a key air base in Kyrgyzstan to Kuwait, while resupply flights out of the central Asian base are taking place only on a “case-by-case” basi...

• Live round taken from ANA soldier’s head

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  WASHINGTON — A U.S. military doctor removed a live round of ammunition from the head of an Afghan soldier in an unusual and harrowing surgery. read full article ...

• Polish leader, top brass dead in jet crash

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  MOSCOW — Polish President Lech Kaczynski and some of the country’s highest military and civilian leaders died on Saturday when the presidential plane crashed as it came in for a landing in thick fog in western Russia, killing 96, officials sai...

• Marine helps save couple after hippo attack

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  Hippopotamus attacks aren’t covered during standard Marine training, but that didn’t stop one corporal from rushing to the aid of a married couple while on safari in Zimbabwe after their inflatable canoe was flipped and the husband mauled. ...

• Corps makes progress on LAV upgrades

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  The Corps is on the verge of completing significant upgrades to the Light Armored Vehicle, with new armor, safer crew cabins and better seats in planning and development this year. read full article ...

• Rebuilding new focus for U.S. troops in Haiti

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  Almost three months after a devastating earthquake ripped through Haiti, the 3,000 American troops there have shifted their focus from distributing food and providing medical care to helping the Haitians rebuild and return to their homes. read full...

• Lawmakers study slumping vet employment

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  A House subcommittee is looking into why veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, especially younger ones, are having increasing difficulty finding post-service jobs. read full article ...

• Al-Qaida in Iraq says it bombed embassies

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  BAGHDAD — An al-Qaida front group claimed Friday that it carried out triple suicide bombings outside foreign embassies, underscoring U.S. and Iraqi fears the terror group is attempting to make a comeback. read full article ...

• Stevens, last WWII vet on high court, to retire

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens, the court’s oldest member and leader of its liberal bloc, is retiring. President Obama now has his second high court opening to fill. read full article ...

• 4 dead in AFSOC Osprey crash

  Created: Sunday, 11 April 2010 07:31 Author:

  An Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey crashed late Thursday in Afghanistan, killing three service members and a civilian contractor, NATO officials said. read full article ...