| Wed, 16 May 2012 2 US Navy ships collide in Pacific; no injuries
| JULIE WATSON | Associated Press= SAN DIEGO (AP) — An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy assault ship collided with a refueling tanker Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said. | The midmorn... | D.E.A.’s Agents Join Hondurans in Drug Battles
| WASHINGTON — A commando-style squad of Drug Enforcement Administration agents accompanied the Honduran counternarcotics police during two firefights with cocaine smugglers in the jungles of the Central American country this month, according to officials in both ... | Vietnam War hero who died saving his comrades receives posthumous Medal of Honor...42-years after his ...
| Forty-two years after a selfless act of heroism saved his surrounded comrades lives, a Vietnam War hero posthumously received the Medal Of Honor today - the United States' highest military accolade. | Awarded by President Obama, four decades after his original recomme... | 2 US Navy ships collide in Pacific; no injuries
| SAN DIEGO — An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy vessel collided with a refueling tanker Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said. | The midmorning accident between the amphibious assa... | 2 US Navy ships collide in Pacific; no injuries
| SAN DIEGO — An 844-foot-long U.S. Navy vessel collided with a refueling tanker Wednesday in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said. | The midmorning accident between the amphibious assa... | 2 Navy ships collide in Pacific Ocean
| SAN DIEGO - A U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship and a refueling tanker collided in the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday, but there were no injuries and no fuel spills, the 3rd Fleet said. | The collision between the assault ship USS Essex and the oiler USNS Yukon occurred a... | Beijing Eases Anti-Philippine Talk, Holds Firm on Territorial Dispute
| The Chinese government is not yielding in its weeks-long maritime territorial dispute with the Philippines, although it is softening some of its sharp rhetoric. | It is no surprise that China continues to squarely blame the Philippines for the dispute over rocky Scarb... | Minister calls for support for tough new arms trade treaty
| Alan Duncan says arms trade 'has become the greatest threat to development, beyond disease and disaster' Alan Duncan hopes to persuade the US to back the new treaty. He says: ‘Our resolve is clear and we are taking a lead’. Photograph: Ray Tang/Rex Features | The ... | US submarine accused of violating Philippines' charter provision
| Manila: A nationalist group on Wednesday accused an American submarine of violating the country's law banning nuclear weapons as the vessel docked at a former US Navy base northwest of the capital on Tuesday. | The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Nationalists Alliance... | |
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