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Disfigured veteran deals with disrespect at home
Tony Porta, disfigured in Iraq, has sustained additional wounds at home. Continue reading
Businessman Sold Fake Bomb Detectors To UN
The machines were bought for use in Iraq, Niger and Lebanon for up to $40,000 dollars each but had no scientific basis at all. Continue reading
MIDEAST STOCKS – Factors to watch – Apr 21
DUBAI, April 21 (Reuters) – Here are factors that may affectMiddle East stock markets on Sunday. Reuters has not verifiedthe press reports and does not vouch for their accuracy. Continue reading
World military spending dips in 2012, first fall since 1998
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Global military spending dropped in 2012 for the first time in more than a decade thanks to deep cuts in the United States and Europe which made up for increases in countries such as China and Russia, a leading think-tank said on Monday. Big powers the United States and its European allies face tight budgets in an economic downturn and have scaled back involvement in conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. The world’s second biggest economy China, however, is ramping up spending and registered 7.8 percent growth in 2012 from the year before, up 175 percent from 2003 Continue reading
Bombs kill nearly 60 on Iraq invasion anniversary
By Patrick Markey and Kareem Raheem BAGHDAD (Reuters) – More than a dozen car bombs and suicide blasts tore through Shi'ite Muslim districts in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and other areas on Tuesday, killing nearly 60 people on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Sunni Islamist insurgents linked to al Qaeda are regaining ground in Iraq, invigorated by the war next door in Syria and have stepped up attacks on Shi'ite targets in an attempt to provoke a wider sectarian confrontation. Continue reading
Jobless rate for post-9/11 vets running heavy
The unemployment rate among younger veterans continues to outpace the share of out-of-work civilians with nearly one in 10 ex-service members from the Iraq and Afghanistan eras hunting for jobs, according to figures released Friday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Continue reading
Syrian opposition head visits rebel areas in north
BEIRUT (AP) — Following rebel gains, the leader of the Syrian opposition made his first visit Sunday to areas near the embattled northern city of Aleppo as fighters trying to oust President Bashar Assad captured a police academy and a border crossing along the frontier with Iraq. Continue reading
Injured Soldiers To Be Given ‘Bionic Legs’
British soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan will be given cutting edge prosthetic limbs after the Government pledges £6.5m. Continue reading
Injured Soldiers To Be Given ‘Bionic Legs’
British soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan will be given cutting edge prosthetic limbs after the Government pledges £6.5m. Continue reading
