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Reuters - Nigeria’s military freed 19 hostages including foreigners being held by militants in the Niger Delta oil region in a land, air and sea operation on Wednesday, security sources…

Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai wants the U.S. military to scale back the visibility and intensity of its operations in Afghanistan and end night raids that he said incited…

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Time.com - The American military has been spinning the Kandahar campaign as a successful one. But maybe because it’s no longer the Taliban’s fighting season. What might spring bring?

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Time.com - Amid fears their countries’ sovereignties will be eroded, Cameron and Sarkozy agree unprecedented security and defense cooperation

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AP - Britain will lose thousands of troops, build new aircraft carriers without new fighter jets and delay a multibillion-pound upgrade to its nuclear deterrent under sweeping defense cuts being…

AP - He was a square-jawed Canadian Air Force officer with a brilliant future, a man entrusted with flying prime ministers and Queen Elizabeth II. On Monday, he was exposed…

AP - In its most extensive death tally of the Iraq war, the U.S. military says nearly 77,000 Iraqi civilians and security officials were killed from early 2004 to mid-2008…

AP - North Korea’s state television is showing a live broadcast of a huge military parade attended by leader Kim Jong Il and heir apparent Kim Jong Un.

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AP - South Korea says its first working-level military talks with North Korea in two years have ended with no progress.

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