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
Helicopter crash in Pakistan kills 3
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
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
Jackson’s ‘This Is It’ moved friends to tears
U.S. soldiers recount fierce Afghanistan battle on Facebook
$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