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WWI veteran marks 111th birthday

Britain's oldest surviving World War I soldier celebrates his 111th birthday Wednesday -- with a pub lunch. Harry Patch, a machine-gunner who fought in the
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[Blog] Last Night's Television - Occupation, BBC1; Flight of the Conchords, BBC4

About three months ago I complained in print about the absence of Iraq war drama on television, disobligingly comparing the virtues of a stage play ...
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[Blog] Afghanistan diary: Day Three

All week Newsbeat is with British troops in Afghanistan for a series of special reports on life in one of the world's most dangerous countries. In her third diary entry, Sima Kotecha gets to grips with one of the most powerful bits of kit in the Army Air Corps. ...
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[Blog] Afghanistan diary: Day Two

All week Newsbeat is with British troops in Afghanistan for a series of special reports on life in one of the world's most dangerous countries. In her second diary entry, Sima Kotecha describes the daily battle with the elements and watches a medical call-out....
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[Blog] Afghanistan diary: Day One

All week Newsbeat is with British troops in Afghanistan for a series of special reports on life in one of the world's most dangerous countries. In her first diary entry, Sima Kotecha explains what it's like on the long journey to Camp Bastion, the biggest British military base in Afghanistan. ...
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[Blog] We must never forget the lessons learned from D-Day, says Obama

President Barack Obama made a stirring call yesterday never to forget D-Day's lesson: that human beings determine the course of history."Our history has always been ...
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[Blog] T-90S Main Battle Tank, Russia

The T-90S is the latest development in the T-series of Russian tanks and represents an increase in firepower, mobility and protection. It is manufactured by ...
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[Blog] Merkava 4 Main Battle Tank, Israel

The 65t Merkava 4 main battle tank entered full production in 2001 and began operational training with the Israel Defence Force in July 2003. The ...
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[Blog] Unmanned Little Bird (ULB) Helicopter Demonstrator, USA

The Boeing unmanned Little Bird (ULB) demonstrator is a modification of the MD 530F single-turbine helicopter, designed for both manned and unmanned flight. The ULB ...
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[Blog] Artillery Gun Module (AGM) Medium Weight Self Propelled Howitzer, Germany

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann's Artillery Gun Module (AGM) is an air-transportable, medium-weight, turreted self-propelled howitzer based on the proven technology of the PzH 2000 SP howitzer in ...
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Michigan weapons company Trijicon takes flak for rifle scopes with Bible verse

A Michigan weapons company is under fire for branding thousands of rifle scopes used by U.S. soldiers and Marines in Iraq and Afghanistan with passages from the
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Britain bans Islamist group at centre of march row

Britain will outlaw an Islamist group that provoked anger with a plan to march through a town where British troops killed in Afghanistan are honored, the interior minister announced Tuesday.
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The danger of hired guns

Private security contractors are set to make up half of the military presence in Afghanistan, but has the US lost control of them?
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Not Just Drones: Militants Can Snoop on Most U.S. Warplanes (Updated)

Tapping into drones’ video feeds was just the start. The U.S. military’s primary system for bringing overhead surveillance down to soldiers and Marines on the
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The fallacies of military intervention: Obama on Afghanistan and Vietnam

Yet this argument [the similarity of Vietnam to Afghanistan] depends on a false reading of history.” President Barack Obama
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Afghanistan Hub Gets Half-Billion-Dollar Facelift

Southern Afghanistan is the initial focus of the military’s rapid, six-month troop buildup. And in recent months, Kandahar Airfield, the main logistics hub in southern
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All Blacks to mark Remembrance Sunday with poppy

The All Blacks will mark Remembrance Sunday this weekend by wearing red poppies embroidered on their jerseys for the Test match against Wales at Millennium
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Airbags vs Rocket-Propelled Grenades

Airbags have saved countless lives over the years in car crashes. Now they’re set to save lives in another way: by stopping rocket propelled grenades.
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China’s Unmanned, Knock-Off Air Force

America’s robotic air force gets all the attention — especially with U.S. drones continuing to blast suspected militants in Pakistan. But China is developing its
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Darpa Spy Cams to Find Threats in ‘Weak Evidence’

The military’s got spy drones and surveillance cameras all over Afghanistan, and they’re looking to add even more. But the heaps of footage are already
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