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UN Chief voices concern at escalating violence in Gaza and southern Israel
April 08 by United Nations Press OfficeNew York, Apr 7 2011 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced concern today at the escalating violence in the Middle East, with Palestinian militants firing rockets into southern Israel and Isra...
US Defense Secretary Gates Arrives In Afghanistan
March 07 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyMarch 07, 2011 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has arrived in the Afghan capital Kabul on an previously unannounced visit. The Pentagon said Gates will visit with U.S. troops, allied...
ISAF apologises, accepts responsibility for civilian casualties
March 07 by NATO ISAF Press OfficeInternational Security Assistance Force Headquarters 2011-02-CA-014 Preliminary findings from a Joint Incident Assessment Team indicate that International Security Assistance Forces accidental...
Assassinated Pakistani Governor Buried Under Tight Security
January 05 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyBy RFE/RL Family members, friends, officials, and supporters have paid their last respects to the governor of Pakistan's Punjab Province, who was assassinated in the federal capital, Islamabad...
Australian Defence Force moves in to support Queensland flood disaster
January 03 by Australian Department of DefenceThe Minister for Defence Science and Personnel, Warren Snowdon, in his capacity as Acting Minister for Defence, today visited the newly established Headquarters Joint Task Force 637 (JTF637) which is...
Two Suspected US Strikes Kill At Least 8 In Pakistan
December 28 by Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyTwo suspected U.S. missile strikes targeting the same building reportedly killed at least eight people in North Waziristan, a region near Afghanistan. Pakistani intelligence officials said that t...
Dr Liam Fox responds to High Court endorsement of MOD's approach to investigating Iraq abuse
December 24 by Defence IQSecretary of State for Defence, Dr Liam Fox has responded to the High Court ruling in favour of the Ministry of Defence in an action brought by Public Interest Lawyers that called for a single publi...
ISAF investigates civilian casualties in Helmand
December 22 by ISAF Joint Command AfghanistanKABUL, Afghanistan (Dec. 21) – The International Security Assistance Force is looking into civilian casualties in Sangin district, Helmand province. Coalition forces discovered five civilian...
High Court endorses MOD's approach to investigating Iraq abuse
December 21 by Defence IQ21 Dec 10 The High Court has ruled in favour of the Ministry of Defence in an action brought by Public Interest Lawyers that called for a single public inquiry into allegations of abuse in Iraq....
New rehabilitation centre opens in Aldershot
December 13 by Defence IQ10 Dec 10 A new military regional rehabilitation centre offering a purpose-built specialist environment for Service personnel to recover from injuries sustained on operations, training accidents...
The Radio Controlled IED: Protecting Troops From the 'Unseen Threat' in Afghanistan
December 08 by Alex ShoneElectronic counter measures (ECM) such as jammers are equipment items of enormous importance to soldiers in Afghanistan to counter the threat from radio-controlled IEDs (RCIEDs). ECM, where availabl...
BBC interview challenges US Secretary of State Clinton on WikiLeaks and Afghanistan
December 06 by US Department of StateInterview Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Manama, Bahrain 3 December 2010 QUESTION: Madam Secretary, thank you for speaking to the BBC. There’s a lot of anger in the...