Artifacts stolen by US Army pilot return to Egypt
AP - Wed Dec 3, 3:58 pm ESTDozens of ancient artifacts stolen by a former U.S. Army officer were returned Wednesday to the Egyptian government.
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Army To Equip National Guard Unit With FCS Aerial Robots
Space War - Wed Dec 3, 12:39 am ESTHuntsville AL (SPX) Dec 03, 2008 - The Army's commitment to equipping its total force with Future Combat System (FCS) capabilities continues as the first Army National Guard unit - the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team of the Pennsylvania National Guard begins training next month with the FCS-developed gasoline-powered Micro Air Vehicle (gMAV) prior to the unit's deployment to Iraq in January.
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New American Legion Post in York has largest function hall in town
The York Weekly - Wed Dec 3, 6:14 am ESTYORK and#8212; Legionnaires of the Ramsdell-Rogers American Legion Post 56 intend to kick off the new year with the grand opening of a new home and#8212; an 11,400-square-foot building near Hannaford supermarket on Route 1.
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Pearl Harbor survivor to be at ceremony
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 1 hour, 19 minutes agoArmy Pvt. Bernard Ordos was waiting to be relieved of guard duty the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.
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India warns all options open with Pakistan after Mumbai attacks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 3:56 pm ESTIndia on Wednesday warned that all options were open in dealing with Pakistan after last week's attacks on Mumbai, as the United States pressured Islamabad to show urgent cooperation with the probe.
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Navy's Zumwalt program moves forward
UPI - Wed Dec 3, 3:42 pm ESTTEWKSBURY, Mass., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- Raytheon says the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt-class destroyer program is advancing after the completion of a production readiness review.
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Military Notes -12/04
The Press-Enterprise - 1 hour, 44 minutes agoNavy Seaman Apprentice Marvin A. Perez , son of Miriam L. Martinez and stepson of Vicente Rangel, of Riverside, recently completed U.S. Navy basic training at Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Ill.
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Rice Urges Pakistan to Act With Urgency on Terror
Bloomberg via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 10:16 am ESTDec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Pakistan must act to help catch the perpetrators of last weekâ€s terrorist attacks in Mumbai that bore the hallmarks of an al-Qaeda-style operation, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.
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SOCOM contracts for tactical lighting tech
UPI - Wed Dec 3, 3:42 pm ESTRESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Special Operations Command has contracted Cyberlux Corp. to supply its tactical lighting technologies for field testing.
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Navy modifies Zumwalt deal with BIW
UPI - Wed Dec 3, 3:42 pm ESTBATH, Maine, Dec. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy has modified a contract with Bath Iron Works for detail design and construction support of the Zumwalt-class destroyer.
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American Legion closes sale on old hall, looks to future
East Montgomery County Observer - Wed Dec 3, 5:44 am ESTThe American Legion closed on the sale of its old hall Nov. 19, selling the 7 acres of property to Joe Popowitz for $460,000, according to Tom Lewis, commander of the post.
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Brandon High Junior ROTC Cadets Thank Veterans
The Brandon News & Tribune - Wed Dec 3, 12:01 am ESTAt the annual flag-raising and Veterans' Recognition Ceremony on Nov. 10 at Brandon High School, cadets in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps honored their relatives and Brandon dignitaries who have served the country in war.
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Rice Bids to Ease India-Pakistan Tension After Mumbai (Update1)
Bloomberg - 20 minutes agoDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Pakistan for talks with leaders following the attacks on the Indian city of Mumbai, as the U.S. seeks to prevent an escalation of tension between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
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Ex-U.S. Official Cites Pakistani Training for India Attackers
New York Times - Wed Dec 3, 2:53 pm ESTAmerican intelligence has concluded that former Pakistani military and intelligence officers helped train the Mumbai attackers, a former Pentagon official said.
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Rice demands Pakistan help in probe of attacks
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 2:49 pm ESTSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice sought Wednesday to refocus India and Pakistan on a common fight against terrorism and away from their mutual suspicions of one another, but neither country seemed willing to go along.
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Soldiering into ROTC
Albany Times Union - Wed Dec 3, 12:13 am ESTOfficer-commissioning program grows at colleges like Siena COLONIE ? Joe Hughes patrolled the remote, snowy, mountainous terrain of eastern Afghanistan from platoon-size "firebases" with fewer than 30 men.Today the headquarters of this soldier from Delmar has changed from one of the world's most notorious border regions to the basement office of Siena College's Reserve Officers' Training Corps ...
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Home for the holidays
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 2 hours, 55 minutes agoHome and happy. After six months in Afghanistan, 31 men and women of the 133rd Airlift Wing of the Minnesota Air National Guard were reunited with their families Wednesday. They arrived at Minneapolis-St.
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Cruise ship passengers surprised by pirate attack
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 2:25 pm ESTPassengers on a luxury cruise liner attacked by pirates in the dangerous waters between Yemen and Somalia said Wednesday they were surprised by the assailants' boldness and described hearing the "Pop! Pop! Pop!" of the pirates' rifles firing at the ship.
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Pakistanis react to Mumbai attacks
UPI - 58 minutes agoISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Pakistan's major political parties have condemned the Mumbai terrorist massacre, but reject Indian charges it was masterminded by militants in their country.
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Some 100 countries sign ban on cluster bombs
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 3, 2:16 pm ESTSome 100 nations put their names Wednesday to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs, amid calls for major arms producers such as China, Russia and the United States to join them.
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Official: Pakistan Group Leaders Linked to Attacks
ABC News - 1 hour, 41 minutes agoLeaders of Pakistani militant group suspected in deadly Mumbai attacks, official says
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