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Sunday, July 05, 2009 KABUL: Two US soldiers and seven Afghan policemen were killed in separate explosions Saturday.

There are some special guests at the White House for tonight's Fourth of July holiday festivities.

American Pride on Display for Fourth of July Share + Jul 4, 2009 5:09 pm US/Central American Pride on Display for Fourth of July Generations come out to celebrate the country's birthday Reporting Suzanne Le Mignot American pride is on display Saturday as the nation celebrates its 223rd birthday.

From today's St. Petersburg Times : Scientists studying drinking water contamination at Camp Lejeune were startled when 11 men with breast cancer and ties to the North Carolina base were identified over the last two years.

Today is a day that commands the respect of every citizen of the United States of America.

Barack Obama 's last visit to Russia , as a senator in 2005, did not end so well.

Honduras rebuffed demands by the international community to reinstate President Manuel Zelaya and pulled out of the Organization of American States, thrusting the poor Central American nation deeper into political crisis and isolation.

By Amanda Kim Stairrett Killeen Daily Herald WEST FORT HOOD - The world has seen Spc.

From neighborhood parades to Wacoa s riverside concert and fireworks show to Beltona s annual parade and rodeo to Fort Hooda s spectacular Independence Day celebration, therea s a lot going on Saturday in Central Texas.

ORAKZAI AGENCY: An Army aviation helicopter crashed here in Orakzai Agency due to technical problems, martyring 26 Army officials aboard.

Around 800 British troops have pushed deep into Taliban-held territory in Helmand province after a ten-day battle to secure river crossings.

New Hampshire soldiers will be among 3,000 troops heading to Afghanistan next year to help train Afghan forces.

VILLAGERS in Kirtlington tonight paid tribute to Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Thorneloe, the highest-ranking British Army officer to be killed in action in more than 25 years.

Vice President Joe Biden's surprise two-day visit this weekend to Iraq was meant to "re-establish contact" with leaders here, but some Iraqis bristled at the messenger more than the message.

The Marines affectionately call the structure "Noah's Ark," for its similarities to the vessel built before flood waters covered the earth in biblical times.

Lt. Col. Luke Thompson sometimes skims his C-130 cargo plane just 150 above the ground, battling smoke, shifting winds and rugged terrain on his way to blast thousands of gallons of gooey pink fire retardant onto the front lines of a wildfire.

Members of the 824th Security Forces Squadron, a unit under the 820th Security Forces Group at Moody Air Force Base, are returning home on today from Camp Bucca, Iraq.

Her fellow job seekers offer knowing groans as Diane Castro recalls the day she was laid off: The fear of being summoned to the front office.

U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the second day of the biggest American military operation here since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001.

Four North Carolina National Guard soldiers were killed in Baghdad on the last day of regular combat operations for U.S. forces in Iraqi cities, the military said Thursday.