At least 842 US military deaths in Afghanistan region since 2001, Defense Department says. As of Friday, Nov. 18, 2009, at least 842 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Friday at 10 a.m. EST.

Supporters of Taiwan in the US Congress pushed for President Barack Obama to move toward selling arms to the island, a step that would likely set back warming US ties with China.

US Army Major Nidal Hasan, accused of killing 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, intensified contacts with a radical Yemeni American cleric just months before the shootings and began discussing surreptitious financial transfers, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

Levin: Fort Hood investigation may reveal more troubling e-mails involving alleged shooter. There may be additional e-mails that could have tipped off law enforcement or military officials to the Fort Hood shooter before he went on his deadly rampage, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee said Friday.

Senator says investigators may reveal more troubling e-mails from alleged Ft. Hood shooter. WASHINGTON ? The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

Senator says investigators may reveal more troubling e-mails from alleged Ft. Hood shooter. WASHINGTON ? The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.

Dozens of Guantanamo detainees are getting their day in court after years of waiting. In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantanamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

Japan and the United States will hold talks here on Tuesday to seek ways to solve a sticking row over the relocation of a US military base on the island of Okinawa, the foreign ministry said.

Japan and the United States will hold talks here on Tuesday to seek ways to solve a sticking row over the relocation of a US military base on the island of Okinawa, the foreign ministry said.

European defence giant EADS reported a quarterly loss Monday, its first in two years, and warned it might cut production because of persistent problems with the superjumbo A380 and military transporter A400M.

Top US Army officials were to brief key lawmakers Monday on the Fort Hood shooting, after President Barack Obama vowed to unearth "what steps, if any" might have been prevented the deadly rampage.

A key US Senate committee said Monday it had postponed a briefing with top army officials on the Fort Hood shooting, as lawmakers sought clues that might have averted the deadly rampage.

A US federal grand jury indicted a Kuwaiti company Monday for overcharging the Pentagon on multi-billion-dollar contracts to supply food to troops in Iraq, Kuwait and Jordan.

Movers roundup: AeroVironment shares rise on upgrade, Ciena climbs after Nortel delays auction. Among the stock activity stories for Monday, Nov. 16, from AP Financial News:

Northrop Grumman gets $96.7 million Navy contract for services on Ohio class submarine. Northrop Grumman Corp.'s shipbuilding unit received a $96.7 million contract from the Navy for a wide range of services for the Ohio class submarines, the Pentagon said late Monday.

A Kuwaiti firm with 8.5 billion dollars in contracts to supply food to US troops in the Middle East has been indicted on charges of defrauding the Pentagon, US authorities said.

A Kuwaiti firm with 8.5 billion dollars in contracts to supply food to US troops in the Middle East has been indicted on charges of defrauding the Pentagon, US authorities said.

A Kuwaiti firm with 8.5 billion dollars in contracts to supply food to US troops in the Middle East has been indicted for fraud, accused of taking elaborate measures to overbill the Pentagon.

Reports: Army to probe whether it missed warning signs before Fort Hood massacre. The Army will conduct an internal investigation to examine whether it missed warning signs about Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the man accused of killing 13 people in the Nov. 5 shooting spree at Fort Hood, Texas, two newspapers reported Monday.

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