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• Power cell wins $1 million Pentagon prize
The military created the contest to find a system that produces more power with less weight — light enough that soldiers can wear it on their vests. The top prize was won by the M-25 portable fuel cell, which combines DuPont's direct-methanol fuel ...
• 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 ...
• Russia steps up Georgia pullout plans
Soldiers milled around near seven military transport vehicles brought in to haul out personnel and equipment. Georgia's Interior Ministry confirmed that Russian forces were making preparations Monday to pull out of at least eight posts across the ...
• Gates: Afghan militants key to country's future
ABOARD A MILITARY AIRCRAFT - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday endorsed efforts to reach out to members of the Taliban or other militants in Afghanistan who may be considered reconcilable, much like what has happened in Iraq. And he rejected ...
• Somalia mortar attack kills at least 17
... were not critical, said Dr. Abdi Rahman of Merka Hospital, who treated the men. Witnesses said those killed in the capital included a 13-year-old. The fighting started when insurgents fired mortars at the presidential palace but missed, military ...