...Airport where he arrived amid tight security. He will undertake a week-long visit to Arunachal Pradesh from tomorrow despite objections by China. In Arunachal , he will be in Itanagar , Tawang and Bomdila , which have already geared up for...

In this article: Dalai Lama, Arunachal Pradesh, China, Tokyo, Delhi, India, Economic Times, Itanagar, Bomdila, and Indira Gandhi International Airport

...that can implement a reform agenda." Washington has long called for a stronger and more accountable Afghan government to fight a Taliban insurgency which is at its deadliest since the Islamists were forced from power in 2001. U.S....

In this article: Hamid Karzai, United Nations, Afghanistan, Taliban insurgency, U.S., Gordon Brown, and Barack Obama

...the joint force in the district where the soldiers disappeared and fighting continued throughout the day. Ahmadi said three Taliban insurgents were killed in the clashes. Such disappearances are rare. The last time an American service...

In this article: U.S., NATO, Afghanistan, 82nd Airborne Division, Taliban insurgents, Brigade Combat Team, and U.S. Army

... Brussels advised American officials on what policy President Barack Obama should embrace in Afghanistan , where the eight-year campaign against Taliban insurgents has stalled, with rising casualties for Western forces. European political and...

In this article: Gordon Brown, Hamid Karzai, NATO, Britain, Taliban insurgents, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Conservative Party, and Big Ten Network

...there are relatively lax gun controls. Fort Hood personnel have accounted for more suicides than any other Army post since the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, with 75 tallied through July of this year. Fort Hood , about 60 miles (97 km)...

In this article: Fort Hood, United States, Barack Obama, FBI, and John McHugh

A YouGov poll in Britain showed Thursday that 57 percent of people thought British troops were not winning the conflict against Taliban insurgents , and "victory is not possible," an increase from 48 percent just two weeks ago.

In this article: Afghanistan, Taliban, NATO, United Nations, Taliban insurgency, United States, British soldier, Kabul, Manmohan Singh, and Pakistan

Search post-gazette.com: Storytelling: They had great seats for the best story of the Korean War As it did all over America , World War II touched many families on North Euclid Avenue in Pittsburgh 's East End. My friend Jackie Glover 's...

In this article: Korean War, Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, Tank corps, World War II, Lucite, and South Pacific

...2009 KEY decisions in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq were made on the basis of "western ignorance and Anglo-Saxon prejudice", the Iraq war inquiry was told yesterday. In the first of a series of academic seminars, the inquiry...

In this article: Iraq, United States, Iraq War, 2003 Invasion, Cambridge University, Saddam Hussein, UK, and Washington

...schools. It officially opened on in September 1942 and was named in honor of John Bell Hood , a Confederate general during the American Civil War. It was designed for the US military to test mobile anti-tank guns on armored half-track...

In this article: United States, Fort Hood, 4th Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, Suicide, Operation Enduring Freedom, American Civil War, US Invasion Of Iraq, and John Bell Hood

...the Texas state capital of Austin and the city of Waco , the base was named for Confederate general John Bell Hood , who commanded the Texas Brigade during the U.S. Civil War. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles , editing by Philip Barbara )

In this article: Fort Hood, Texas, Suicide, Texas Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, 1st Cavalry Division, U.S. Civil War, U.S. invasion of Iraq, and John Bell Hood

...backing has waned as casualties increase among the troops in volatile Helmand province, where the Taliban insurgency is growing. The five British soldiers , who had been advising Afghan policemen, were shot and killed Tuesday at a...

In this article: Afghanistan, Gordon Brown, Barack Obama, British troops, Daily Mail, United States, Taliban insurgency, Britain's Labour Party, and London

...due to deteriorating security, a sharp blow for Western efforts to stabilize the country. Security has worsened in Afghanistan since the Taliban insurgency re-grouped in 2005. Following are key facts about the security situation in...

In this article: Afghanistan, United Nations, Taliban, Kabul, Suicide, Stanley McChrystal, Taliban insurgency, Car bomb, Improvised Explosive Devices, and U.S. Army

... Transport for London's efforts to mobilise the CrossRail project. Oct 30, aged 38. Former British Army officer who served in the first Gulf war before moving to Africa to become a game hunter. Killed by an elephant while acting as expedition...

In this article: Lee Marvin, Liverpool, London Underground, David Livingstone, Michelle Triola, British Army, Transport for London, Oscar, and Nobel prize for literature

...suggested his country should be given more voting power in the EU to compensate for millions of Poles killed by the Nazis in World War Two. "I am very surprised by some people's view that you can't return to questions of history,"...

In this article: Germany, European Union, Poland, Europe, Warsaw, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, NATO, Vaclav Klaus, and Prague

Veteran British actor SIR MICHAEL CAINE is still haunted by his experiences in the Korean War - insisting his life totally changed on the day he narrowly escaped death on the battlefield. The Get Carter star was called up for national...

In this article: Michael Caine, Korean War, Get Carter, British Army, Royal Fusiliers, and South Korea

...War memorial will be getting a new base to match the one under the WWII monument. The Vietnam memorial has been moved to the left of the World War II memorial. "We're trying to give the memorial a consistent, unified look," said Ted...

In this article: Korean War, World War II, Raid at Cabanatuan, Veterans Day, Henry Mucci, Vietnam, and World War I

...fought at the Battle of the Somme is youngest known British soldier to have served in the First World War. A scene from the notorious First World War trenches in northern France Photo: PA The child, said to be too short to see over the...

In this article: First World War, British soldier, Middlesex Regiment, King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, Battle of the Somme, and England

...service personnel were killed in Iraq Ministers, civil servants and senior military figures will be expected to give evidence to the Iraq war inquiry in public, its chairman has said. Only "genuine" issues of national or personal...

In this article: Iraq, Gordon Brown, London, Iraq War, 2003 Invasion, Jack Straw, and Tony Blair