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• Pentagon: China cancels some military contacts
Global markets voted on America's $700 billion bailout plan Monday, and if market indices are a benchmark, there was widespread pessimism. Ned Colt reports from London. WASHINGTON - China has canceled some military contacts with the Pentagon as a ...
• U.S. military under attack in Mosul; 11 die
BAGHDAD - Eleven people, including women and children, were killed Sunday after U.S. forces came under attack by gunfire and a suicide bomber during a raid in Mosul, the military said. There were no casualties among American forces. Elsewhere in the ...
• Military: Suicide bomber kills 27 in Sri Lanka
Oct. 3: Pakistan is struggling to maintain power in the Taliban stronghold of Bajour, where 8,000 Pakistani soldiers have been locked in battle for the past two months. NBC's Richard Engel reports. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - A suspected rebel suicide ...
• NATO agrees on Afghan drug role for military
BUDAPEST, Hungary - NATO defense ministers Friday authorized their troops in Afghanistan to attack drug barons blamed for pumping up to $100 million a year into the coffers of resurgent Taliban fighters. "With regard to counter-narcotics ... ISAF can ...
• 2 Black Hawk helicopters collide in Baghdad
BAGHDAD - Two U.S. helicopters collided while landing at a base in Baghdad on Saturday, killing one Iraqi soldier and wounding two American troops and two other Iraqis, the military said. The UH-60 Black Hawks crashed at about 8:55 p.m. in a northern ...