US congress awards medals to female pilots of second world war

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• First American women to fly military aircraft remembered• Gold medals for 300 still alive, and relatives of deceasedDuring the second world war, as American and British pilots were dying over Europe and the Pacific, hundreds of American women flew the skies over the US in...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem

First female British soldier to die in Afghanistan was unlawfully killed

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Troops' training and vehicle shortages criticised at inquest into deaths of Corporal Sarah Bryant and three colleaguesThe coroner at the inquest into the death of the first female British soldier to die in Afghanistan has said she and three colleagues were unlawfully killed.The Wiltshire and Swindon...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem

Names of the Dead

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The Department of Defense has identified 1,002 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.  comments (0)  | report problem

Zabul province seeks U.S. troops, but is caught in Afghan numbers game

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QALAT, AFGHANISTAN -- To work in Zabul province these days is to feel forsaken.   comments (0)  | report problem

Gates and Afghan Leader Review Plan for a Kandahar Offensive

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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during his unannounced visit that he would review plans for a major American-led offensive into the Taliban heartland.  comments (0)  | report problem