Uka gets life in prison for attack on US airmen at Frankfurt Airport

The man who confessed to shooting a group of U.S. airmen at Frankfurt Airport last March in what prosecutors called a “personal jihad,” was convicted Friday of murder and sentenced to life in prison.

Veteran mistakenly declared AWOL is arrested, jailed

Louie Castro is a 28-year-old religion major at Florida State University who should have started the final semester of his senior year last month. Instead, he spent more than a week in jail after being arrested at Miami International Airport because of an administrative error the Army apparently made when he left the service more than nine years ago.

Afghan road construction projects wander off course

Afghan entrepreneur Ajmal Hasas was paid millions of dollars to win over villages in the country's insurgent heartlands. But his seven-mile road construction project went so wrong that his security guards fired on some of the villagers Hasas was trying to win over on behalf of his U.S. funders, according to an article in The Wall Street Journal.

06:21 February 10, 2012

Afghan private security handover looking messy

Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants private security guards nationalized by the end of March. That effort is encouraging corruption and jeopardizing aid projects, according to companies trying to make the switch.

Marines won't be punished for posing with Nazi flag in Afghanistan

Amid demands for a new investigation, a Marine Corps spokeswoman said the photo was a naive mistake made by Marines who believed the SS symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts and never intended to associate themselves with a racist organization.

10:52 February 10, 2012

More combat opportunities for women, but still no infantry

Defense officials will allow female troops to work in front-line battlefield units for the first time but still bar them from combat infantry jobs under rules announced Thursday.

16:53 February 9, 2012

The Army failed two soldiers. Then they killed themselves.

A nation honors valor in the war on terrorism

Vets' transition to civilian jobs often includes a perceived step down

From the lofty responsibilities of war to the bottom rung of the career ladder: That’s the reality that veterans often face when entering the civilian job market.
US postpones Mali military exercise amid attacks
South Koreans to conduct second round of testing for chemical exposure
Amputation cases among troops hit post-9/11 high in 2011
Hold the mystery meat: Military food menus to get upgrades

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Secretive SEALs moonlight as movie stars, with Navy’s OK

To dog who inspired military’s robot pooches: R.I.P. ‘Laney’

Bunker-buster bomb improvements sought by Pentagon win approval

Giffords to attend Pentagon ship-naming ceremony

Pentagon IG reviewing fatal F-22 crash

Ron Paul fact-check: U.S. troops in 130 countries?

Cuomo eases employment regs for veterans

Veterans face their toughest fight yet – for jobs

N.Y. company connects student veterans to corporate mentors and internships

Veterans mentor says he lied about his military record

Veterans court headed to Broward County

U.S. veteran avoids deportation

Wheelchair skills land paraplegic veteran job as film adviser

More than 300 shops burnt in eastern Khost province

Prince Harry to return to front line

Afghanistan's opium child brides

In grip of cold, Afghan family buries 8th child

Top US envoy 'met Taliban leaders in Qatar'

War, red tape, corruption pull rug from under Afghan carpet business

New Afghan approach to teaching history: Leave out the wars

Bomb Iran? Nearly half of Americans say 'yes'

Could Arab Spring arrive in Jordan?

US and Israel split on speed of Iran threat

Myanmar arrests monk freed from prison in January

Asian, American continents to collide - in 50 million years

Singapore Airshow raises fighter industry stakes in Asia

Video of Chinese toddler sobbing in snow sparks outrage

US military seeks more access in Philippines

Video of North Korean accordion students goes viral

McDonald's hamburgers lure naked man off tower

Zombie film twist: Osama as flesh-eating ghoul

Mild winter compels festival to go with fake flakes

Pakistani man fights police over 40-foot shark

Study finds MDs not always honest with patients

Frozen sauerkraut causes German roadway chaos

Officials: 2 held in death of Afghan peace broker

Pakistan has arrested two people in connection with last year's assassination of a former Afghan president who was trying to broker peace with the Taliban, two Afghan government officials said Friday.
Blasts hit security HQs in Syrian city Aleppo 08:29 February 10, 2012
Egypt bars British woman from leaving country 08:38 February 10, 2012
Muslim Brotherhood demands military cede power in Egypt 08:35 February 10, 2012
At least 137 reported killed as Syrian attacks escalate 01:50 February 10, 2012

Russian officer convicted of spying for CIA

A military court in Russia on Friday convicted a Russian officer of passing missile secrets to the CIA and sentenced him to 13 years in prison, officials said.
Spain arrests man convicted in Serbian PM slaying 08:54 February 10, 2012
Greece caught between protests, austerity demands 12:24 February 10, 2012
UK's Cameron calls Jordan's king over extremist 12:37 February 9, 2012
Frozen Danube river is costing shippers millions 12:30 February 10, 2012

DOD schools teaching ‘stranger danger’ after reports of attempted abductions

In the wake of recent reports of attempted child abductions at Ramstein Air Base, Defense Department elementary schools in the Kaiserslautern area and in nearby Baumholder have been instructing students on precautions to take if they encounter a stranger, a DODDS-Europe spokesman said.

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Navy to trim a handful of officers from its rolls 03:26 February 10, 2012
'Alleged attempted child abductions' being investigated at Ramstein 17:41 February 9, 2012
Army seeks input on changes to PT uniform 13:37 February 9, 2012
Navy separation process leaves sailors in the dark 12:20 February 9, 2012

Vietnam farmer a hero after shootout with police

When police arrived in riot gear to evict the Vuon clan, family members were ready with homemade land mines and improvised shotguns. The ensuing clash wounded six officers. But instead of drawing condemnation, last month's rare display of violence by fish farmers made a national hero of the ringleader.
Hong Kong asserts identity to Beijing's dismay 04:53 February 10, 2012
Family plucked from Pacific after boat capsizes 01:08 February 10, 2012
UN official meeting with top Maldives leaders 01:42 February 10, 2012
S. Koreans visit jointly run factory park in N. Korea 21:45 February 9, 2012

South Koreans to begin second phase of test for chemical exposure

More than 1,000 people living near Camp Carroll in South Korea will undergo a battery of tests to determine whether they have been exposed to chemicals including dioxin, a component of Agent Orange.
03:56 February 10, 2012
Korea-based U.S. soldier gets 3 years in prison for rape conviction 03:37 February 10, 2012
Navy to trim a handful of officers from its rolls 03:26 February 10, 2012
Navy separation process leaves sailors in the dark 12:20 February 9, 2012
Kadena airman gets life without parole for killing girlfriend's husband 22:15 February 8, 2012

White supremacists revive dream of a homeland in America's Northwest

A decade after the dissolution of the Aryan Nations compound in northern Idaho and the arrest of the Montana Freemen, white supremacists, far-right militias and radical patriots have revived their dream of a homeland in the Northwest.
Marine veteran found after 2 days in Oregon snow 09:53 February 10, 2012
Marine fatally shot by deputy described as deeply religious 11:04 February 10, 2012
They're back: Social issues overtake US politics 12:55 February 10, 2012
Muslim-American terrorism plots rare, study says 11:05 February 10, 2012

DOD schools teaching ‘stranger danger’ after reports of attempted abductions 12:28 February 10, 2012
Navy to trim a handful of officers from its rolls 03:26 February 10, 2012
'Alleged attempted child abductions' being investigated at Ramstein 17:41 February 9, 2012
Army seeks input on changes to PT uniform 13:37 February 9, 2012
Navy separation process leaves sailors in the dark 12:20 February 9, 2012
Stuttgart-based soldier dies of illness 10:42 February 7, 2012
Fort Carson soldier dies in crash near Stuttgart 10:41 February 7, 2012
German locals worry about impact of withdrawing US soldiers 04:40 February 7, 2012
For vets in Germany, sharing memories of America over breakfast 16:22 February 4, 2012
Europe remains a partner of first resort, Clinton says 15:55 February 4, 2012

South Koreans to begin second phase of test for chemical exposure 03:56 February 10, 2012
Korea-based U.S. soldier gets 3 years in prison for rape conviction 03:37 February 10, 2012
Navy to trim a handful of officers from its rolls 03:26 February 10, 2012
Navy separation process leaves sailors in the dark 12:20 February 9, 2012
Kadena airman gets life without parole for killing girlfriend's husband 22:15 February 8, 2012
US, Japan continuing with plans to move Marines to Guam 18:11 February 8, 2012
Pieces of Atsugi aircraft fall off in midair, one strikes vehicle 06:57 February 8, 2012
Airman to learn his fate Thursday in Okinawa murder case 06:36 February 8, 2012
Kadena airman enters guilty plea in death of fellow servicemember 06:20 February 8, 2012
US, Japan agree on new plan to move Okinawa Marines to Guam 00:31 February 8, 2012

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