Increase in Asia-Pacific aid budget at expense of military NZ Herald | Australia will delay or axe major military projects, reduce its civilian defence staff, stretch forces to cover emerging gaps, and cut the amount of military exercising to prune spending. | Defence Minister Stephen Smith has also confirmed plans fo...
Remains of Marine who disappeared in 1944 return to U.S. The Los Angeles Times His last letter home to his father is written in tight script on paper that has yellowed. It's dated Feb. 20, 1944. | "Just a line Dad to say goodbye and don't worry too much," wrote Marine 1st Lt. Laverne A. Lallathin, 22. "I'm going over to end thi...
Family completes mission to bring WWII Marine home Tulsa World Jutting upward out of the thick jungle brush, the gigantic propeller was the first thing that Craig Anderson and his companions saw. | "The shivers just went all down my spine. I thought, 'We're here,'" Anderson said of the memorable moment, when he ...
Kochi to host meet on coconut The Hindu Cocotech, a meeting of the Asian and Pacific Coconut Community (APCC), will be held in Kochi from July 2 to 6. The meeting is being organised by the Coconut Development Board. | The APCC, headquartered in Jakarta, Indonesia, is an inter-governmental organisation, established with the objective of promoting coconut development activities of the regi...
