Pakistan's new prime minister says fighting terrorism will be his government's top priority. It is also ready to talk to militants prepared to lay down their arms.
Yousaf Raza Gilani made the remarks on Saturday in his first policy speech since lawmakers elected him days ago. Earlier Saturday, parliamentarians passed unopposed a motion …
(FORT KNOX, Ky.) - A selection board consisting of seven sergeants major chose the 1999 U.S. Army Reserve Recruiter of the year here recently.
Sgt. First Class Elizabeth Green was picked from a field of more than 1,300 Reserve recruiters. Green, who is assigned to the Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion, competed for the title of USAR Recruiter of the Year first at the battalion level and then at 6th Recruiting Brigade, Las Vegas, before advancing to the overall level at Headquarters, U.S. Army Recruiting Command.
"I quickly realized my success was based on my motivation," said Green about her initial assignment in recruiting. "I visited the high schools in my area and …
Russian forces withdrew from several positions in western Georgia on Saturday, and a Georgian official said Russia had met a deadline for a partial pullout a month after the war between the two former Soviet republics.
Russian soldiers and armored vehicles rolled out of six checkpoints and temporary bases in the Black Sea port of Poti and other areas nearby, Georgian Security Council chief Alexander Lomaia said.
"They have fulfilled the commitment" to withdraw from the area by Sept. 15 under an agreement European Union leaders reached with Russia last week, Lomaia told The Associated Press. But he stressed that Georgia _ like the West _ demands a …
The federal government is soliciting construction bids for an intelligence-gathering center in Utah.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released details of the super-secret electronic data center on a government Web site and set a Feb. 18 deadline for bids from a general contractor.
The so-called Utah Data Center will be self-contained with its own water supply, sewer system and backup power …
If Arlington International Racecourse reopens on Mother's Day, asscheduled, its betting windows could be closed.
The union representing 600 clerks who work the betting windows atArlington and other tracks is threatening to strike May 14, thescheduled reopening date. The track has been closed for two years.
Contract talks stalled Thursday after the two sides couldn't agreeon the amount of a salary increase. No talks have been scheduled.
"We've hit a brick wall," said Mary Ellen Foley, business agentfor Local 134 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,which represents the pari-mutuel clerks. Foley said her members,without a contract since December, …
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — J.R. Towles had three hits, including an RBI single and his second spring home run Sunday, leading the Houston Astros to a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers in a matchup of split-squads.
Magglio Ordonez's first home run accounted for …
