The Associated PressSome had young children, wives and girlfriends. Others were just starting to make their way in the world.But the brothers, fathers, sons and uncles who died when a U.S. military helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan all had something in common: a love of family and ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The 30 American service members - most of them elite Navy SEALs - who died when their helicopter was shot down had rushed to help Army Rangers who had come under fire, two U.S. officials said Sunday.The heavy loss shows that clandestine tactics carry huge risks despite ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most of them belonging to the same elite Navy SEALs unit that killed Osama bin Laden, as well as seven Afghan commandos, U.S. officials said Saturday. It was ...
SUNDVOLLEN, Norway (AP) - The man in the police uniform shouted for the campers to come closer. When they did, he killed them.The gunman who killed at least 80 people at an island youth camp northwest of Oslo used his disguise to lure in his victims, then shot them twice to make sure they were ...
OSLO, Norway (AP) - A Norwegian who dressed as a police officer to gun down summer campers killed at least 80 people at an island retreat, horrified police said early Saturday. It took investigators several hours to begin the realize the full scope of Friday's massacre, which followed an ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP - An Afghan border policeman killed six American servicemen during a training mission Monday, underscoring one of the risks in a U.S.-led program to educate enough recruits to turn over the lead for security to Afghan forces by 2014.The shooting in a remote area near the ...
MARIA CHENG,AP Medical WriterLONDON (AP) - Giving young women an education resulted in saving the lives of more than 4 million children worldwide in 2009, a new study says.American researchers analyzed 915 censuses and surveys from 175 countries tracking education, economic growth, HIV rates ...
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide.Meanwhile, NATO reported the death of an American service member in an ...
ALI ZERDIN,Associated Press WriterLJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - The bodies of about 700 people killed in the wake of World War II have been discovered in a mass grave in Slovenia, 65 years after they were herded into the woods and slain by antifascists seeking revenge on Nazi collaborators, an ...
AMIR SHAH,Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Seven American service members were killed Monday in two separate roadside bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, NATO said.No details were given of the attacks, although eyewitnesses in the southern city of Kandahar said an armored U.S. ...