Three Drug Enforcement Administration personnel were among 14 Americans killed when three helicopters went down in Afghanistan on Monday, a law enforcement source said. The joint international security force killed more than a dozen enemy fighters while searching the compound, ISAF said
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14 Americans dead in copter collisions in Afghanistan
Fourteen Americans died in a pair of helicopter crashes in Afghanistan on Monday, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force said.
Helicopter crash in Pakistan kills 3
Three people were killed Saturday when hostile fire caused a Pakistani military transport helicopter to crash, Pakistani officials said.
Pakistan: Troops seize key Taliban village
Pakistani troops have seized a key village in the Taliban stronghold of South Waziristan as they stepped up their offensive against militants in the country’s northwestern region. Two missiles hit a militant hideout in the village of Damadola, in the border district of Bajaur, a Pakistani military and political officials said
Desperate farmers sell wives to pay debts in rural India
The cattle slowly drag the old-fashioned plow as a bone-thin farmer walks behind, encouraging them to move faster with a series of yelps. Two missiles hit a militant hideout in the village of Damadola, in the border district of Bajaur, a Pakistani military and political officials said.
Papers: Wife says ‘balloon boy’ was hoax
The wife of a Colorado father at the center of the “balloon boy” saga told authorities that the giant helium balloon was specifically created for a hoax to draw media attention, according to court documents released Friday. Two missiles hit a militant hideout in the village of Damadola, in the border district of Bajaur, a Pakistani military and political officials said.
U.S. formally demands Polanski extradition
U.S. Embassy officials in Bern, Switzerland, formally submitted an extradition request for Roman Polanski to the Swiss government on Thursday night, but a lawyer for the film director said his client will continue to resist deportation.
Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ moved friends to tears
For Kenny Ortega, Travis Payne and Michael Bearden, “it” is a bittersweet feeling.
U.S. soldiers recount fierce Afghanistan battle on Facebook
The assault began at dawn, as bullets and rockets peppered the remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan. The insurgency was so fierce, according to one soldier, that the troops couldn’t get to their mortars to fire back
$1M reward offered for Swedish cash depot heist
The company that owns a cash depot targeted in a daring helicopter raid this week said Friday it is offering a reward of more than $1 million for information about the heist. G4S said it is offering up to 7 million Swedish kronor ($1.01 million) for information leading directly to the arrest and conviction of the offenders or the recovery of the stolen money