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UPDATE 1-Bush seeks over $80 bln for military operations
http://www.reuters.com/financeNewsArticle.jhtml?type=bondsNews&storyID=7426192
US military covered up mass suicide attempts at Guantanamo
http://www.aljazeera.com/cgi-bin/news_service/middle_east_full_story.asp?service_id=6897
Russia, Syria to keep military cooperation
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20050125-051553-2752r.htm
Schroeder says no to military intervention in Iran
http://www.tehrantimes.com/Description.asp?Da=1/26/2005&Cat=2&Num=004
Military files describe alleged detainee abuse across Iraq
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0501250258jan25, 1,
2511006.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Activists sentenced for military school protest
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0105/25protest.html
Battling campus military recruiting
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/10726681.htm
US military may face shortage of reserves
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/01/25/us_military_may_face_shortage_of_reserves
Kin of 5 military crash victims settle lawsuit for $3.75 million
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/0105/25guard.html
US Military Will Need Post-Iraq Rebuilding
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0, 2933, 145297, 00.html
Military aptitude tests in schools raise concerns
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/01_24-31/TOP
Student given military-style farewell
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050125/NEWS01/501250378/1006
Japan Launches Largest Military Operation Since WWII
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewForeignBureaus.asp?Page=%5CForeignBureaus%5Carchive%5C200501%5CFOR20050125a.html
Volunteer of the Week: Ambassador for military families
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/01_24-21/CAN
Veteran groups gripe about military benefits
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6862680/
China awards units, individual involved in manned space program
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-01/25/content_2506833.htm
Guard troops hope charms keep them safe
http://news.bostonherald.com/international/view.bg?articleid=65116
General endorses concepts for shifting US, Iraqi military roles in
http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?ID=36383
US to cut troops for Balikatan exercise
http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jan/26/yehey/top_stories/20050126top10.html
Mom in the military
http://www.theunionleader.com/articles_showfast.html?article=49983
Chaplain Ministers To Injured Soldiers
http://www.wesh.com/news/4127105/detail.html
Report: Nat'l Guard supplemental retirement plan had no SC
http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2854501&nav=0RaPVa0Y
Families Settle National Guard Lawsuit
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=31254
Japanese POW veteran returns after 60 years
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=604371
Vietnam vet aids returning Iraq troops
http://kvoa.com/Global/story.asp?S=2852718&nav=HMO5VZAS
Declare Victory in Iraq--and Come Home, Galloway Says
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/columns/pressingissues_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000770819
Zen monk discusses his transition from decorated Vietnam soldier
http://onlineathens.com/stories/012505/fea_20050125015.shtml
Anti-Kerry author eyes Bay State Senate run
http://news.bostonherald.com/politics/view.bg?articleid=65100
US drops Afghan opium spraying plans
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apasia_story.asp?category=1104&slug=US%20Afghanistan%20Opium
US Army sets troop level in Iraq
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/25/news/deploy.html
Robot army for Iraq
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/top/story/0, 4136, 81773, 00.html
Meehan calls for troop withdrawal from Iraq
http://www.boston.com/dailynews/025/region/Meehan_calls_for_troop_withdra:.shtml
VA nominee: Benefits issue a 'high priority'
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-wvets25.html
Waterloo resident joins VA committee
http://www.fltimes.com/Main.asp?SectionID=38&SubSectionID=121&ArticleID=7146
VA nursing chief says problems not systemic
http://www.dfw.com/mld/startelegram/news/state/10725394.htm
Army closed many abuse cases early
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/6864068/
Navy building in Pascagoula to honor USS Cole officer
http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/politics/10730172.htm
Navy leader eyed for top Air Force job, sources say
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/politics/10724560.htm
Iraqi Navy is still not ship shape
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1001451.cms
'Jungle Air Force' has new commander
http://www.guampdn.com/news/stories/20050126/localnews/1913310.html
Vets lose hall, gain new hope
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base/news/1106648207196750.xml
VFW leaders look to next generation
http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/NEWSV5/storyV5VETERANS0125W.htm
Hagel Re-Introduces Survivor Benefit and GI Enhancement
http://www.swnebr.net/newspaper/cgi-bin/articles/articlearchiver.pl?156923
Shifting roles of US spies and special forces
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0125/dailyUpdate.html
Honor guard attends funeral
http://www.wgtndailynews.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/news2.txt
General Dynamics Receives $8 Million Award for Submarine
http://press.arrivenet.com/bus/article.php/569230.html
Submarine will help students dive into science
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050125/NEWS0103/501250355/1077
Danger zone wrong in crash of submarine USS San Francisco
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002158331_submarine23.html
Satellite images of the area where a nuclear submarine grounded two
weeks ago clearly show a wedge-shape undersea mountain that stretches
across more than a......
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U.S. anti-bioterrorism effort stumbles
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/germs.html
Army Overturns Afghan Death Finding
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050124/API/501241072
Army now equipping GIs with gear many had been buying for themselves
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26768
Report: Navy, Air Force might turn away thousands of potential
recruits
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26769
Sailors in Europe, Pacific to relieve soldiers on Gitmo guard duty
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26771
Navy planes wrap up night landing practice at Iwo Jima, Atsugi
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26776
Misawa teens fix up pet rescue facility
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26777
Regiment adapts to new role as infantry
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=26761
'We Take Care of Our People, ' DoD's Top Medical Official Says
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jan2005/n01242005_2005012405.html.
Welcome to today's U.S. Air Force Print News.
Today's stories include:
Combat Archer (Stand-alone photo)
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009678
Officials release updated transformation flight plan
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009672
Hawaii Air Guard participates in Cope Tiger
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009677
Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicks off Feb. 14
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009671
Officials announce selections to major
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009675
Falcon men place second, women fourth, at invitational
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009673
Officials announce promotion selections
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009676
Falcons hockey team drops two to Niagara
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009679
Air Force wrestlers take down Adams State, 28-15
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009674
Falcon hoopsters lose to BYU, 75-66
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123009670
Lackland historian adds photos to basic training collection
http://www.afpc.randolph.af.mil/afretire
Disabled Veterans Take to the Slopes at Winter Sports Clinic
http://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/opalist_listserv.cfm
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The War Veterans Directory, Free
http://members.aol.com/veterans/freedir.htm
http://www.canada.com/fortstjohn/story.html?id=ba3279db-f08f-4d36-b68b-74e6eb0349c4
Military should specialize: Report
http://www.canada25.com/downloadreport.html
Canada25 The Canadian Press
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2005/01/24/pf-908861.html
Liberal MPs debate missile defence The Daily Observer
http://www.thedailyobserver.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=95043&catname=Local+News
DART helping Sri Lankans - href="/cc=DART
Photos The Toronto Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/TorontoSun/News/2005/01/25/pf-909390.html
Victoria Cross finally belongs to war museum The Canadian Press
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1106607011658&call_pageid=970599119419
Health-care services contract sparks lawsuit
http://bts.calian.com/calianhealth/
Calian The Whig-Standard
http://www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=95073&catname=Local+News
A love at first sight that's lasted 60 years !-- End Canadian News -->
Canadian Commentary !-- Begin Canadian Commentary --> Paul Jackson --
The Calgary Sun
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Calgary/Paul_Jackson/2005/01/25/pf-909307.html
Foreign logic Richard Gwyn -- The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1106607011370&call_pageid=970599119419
Bush's hubristic world view
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29413-2005Jan22.html
TWP Julie Ryan -- The London Free Press
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/London/Julie_Ryan/2005/01/25/pf-909232.html
The myth of Canada the peacemaker
http://www.hood.army.mil/fthood/3Corps/bios/DCGCon%20Biography.htm
Natynczyk
http://www.ploughshares.ca/CONTENT/WHOWEARE/Whoweare.html#Board
Ploughshares Larry Zolf -- CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_zolf/20050124.html
Martin's furies Paul Schneidereit -- The Chronicle Herald
http://www.herald.ns.ca/stories/2005/01/25/fOpinion112.raw.html
Choosing the future in Iraq Liam Lacey -- The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050125/SUNDANCE25/TPEntertainment/TopStories
Shaking hands with the General
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/photos/dallaire_cp_6304071.jpg
Dallaire
http://www.whitepinepictures.com/dallaire.htm
Journey Editorial -- The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=e1971413-be09-4d7c-b761-7e680f2b0f21
Rhetoric no use against genocide Editorial -- The Toronto Star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1106607011410&call_pageid=968256290204
Auschwitz's evil rage Greg Hughes -- CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_hughes/20050124.html
What technology can do for Southeast Asia Joey Slinger -- The Toronto
Star
http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_PrintFriendly&c=Article&cid=1106607012023&call_pageid=970599119419
Apocalypse soon: The signs are all there
http://raptureready.com/rap2.html
RI !-- End Canadian Commentary -->
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International Commentary !-- Begin International Commentary --> Robert
H. Scales -- The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050124-091842-9645r.htm
Ground forces too small George Monbiot -- The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1397748,00.html
Pedigreed dogs of war Yakov Vinnichenko -- The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1397749,00.html
Shadows and ghosts Leader -- The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,1397601,00.html
Hanging by a thread: Iraq elections Dante Chinni -- The Christian
Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0125/p09s01-codc.htm
Freedom, alone, does not a US ally make Mark LeVine -- The Christian
Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0125/p09s02-coop.htm
If only Iraqis vote their conscience Henry A. Kissinger and George P.
Shultz -- The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33959-2005Jan24.html?
Results, Not Timetables, Matter in Iraq Richard Cohen -- The
Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33957-2005Jan24.html?
Onward and Upward and . . . E. J. Dionne Jr. -- The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33958-2005Jan24.html?
. . . Oh, Never Mind Tod Lindberg -- The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/op-ed/20050124-091843-4004r.htm
Bush's second inaugural Paul Greenberg -- The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20050124-091843-9216r.htm
What after the words Frank J. Gaffney Jr. -- The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/commentary/20050124-091844-7366r.htm
Freedom at sea, too
http://www.un.org/Depts/los/index.htm
LoS Gareth Evans -- International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/edevans.html
It's time to talk independence for Kosovo Lord McCluskey -- The
Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/columnists.cfm?id=90962005??
Can Yushchenko rise to the challenge? Nicholas G. Carr -- The New York
Times
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/opinion/edcarr.html
Not what IT's cracked up to be !-- End International Commentary -->
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7416921
Bush to Seek $80B for Military Operations
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33540-2005Jan24.html?
Army Plans To Keep Iraq Troop Level Through 2006 The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IRAQ_RESERVES_TAPPED_OUT?SITE=TXNEW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
U.S. Military May Face Reservist Shortage The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33733-2005Jan24.html?
Army Closed Many Abuse Cases Early The Associated Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33867-2005Jan24.html?
Pentagon Tries to Explain Secret Group The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33798-2005Jan24.html?
Defense Espionage Unit to Work With CIA The New York Times
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/germs.html
U.S. anti-bioterrorism effort stumbles The Associated Press
http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050124/API/501241072
Army Overturns Afghan Death Finding International Herald Tribune
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/pilots.html
Policies vary on drinking and flying The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1397685,00.html
Soldiers 'in dock to save major'
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/25/nabuse25.xml
Major admits breakdown of discipline in Ali Baba looters hunt
http://www.guardian.co.uk/guantanamo/story/0,13743,1397753,00.html
Torture expert attacks arrest of Guantánamo Britons on return
http://www.guardian.co.uk/iran/story/0,12858,1397942,00.html
Iran top of Straw's agenda in Washington The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1397927,00.html
Support for war plummets The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Northern_Ireland/Story/0,2763,1397828,00.html
Blair, Ahern get tough on Sinn Féin links to violence The New
York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/25imams.html
Europe getting aggressive with jihad 'recruiters' The Boston Globe
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/cuba.html
Guantánamo tip tied to German antiterror raids The Washington
Times
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050124-113821-7874r.htm
U.S. still opposes EU arms sales to China
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1455257,00.html
Russian recalls horror at Auschwitz
http://www.guardian.co.uk/ukraine/story/0,15569,1397751,00.html
Ukrainian leader appoints Tymoshenko as his PM The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33688-2005Jan24.html?
Russia Still Ally, Says Yushchenko
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1397820,00.html
Iraqis abusing detainees, says report The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/spain/article/0,2763,1397811,00.html
Talks bring tunnel linking Spain and Morocco a step nearer The
Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1106537800131
Russian misslies may end up in Syria The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,1397841,00.html
US envoy to meet Abbas for truce talks on ceasefire The Jerusalem Post
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1106450585842
Gaza quiet remains intact The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/articles/25mideast.html
Palestinians Fear East Jerusalem Land Grab The Associated Press
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/ISRAEL_PALESTINIANS?SITE=TXNEW&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Palestinian Forces to Complete Deployment Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7417253§ion=news
Five U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Vehicle Accident The Associated
Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34456-2005Jan25.html?
11 Policemen Killed in Baghdad Clashes The Washington Times
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20050125-121720-5502r.htm
Iraq arrests Zarqawi's top assassin The New York Times
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/iraq.html
Top aide of Zarqawi captured, Iraq says
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=cbd0f6cb-e426-4075-b288-f33332ab7cf4
Major arrest doesn't slow Iraq attacks Press Trust of India
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7421653
American citizen taken hostage The Associated Press
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34440-2005Jan25.html?
Allawi: No Deadline for Troop Withdrawal The Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0125/p01s03-woiq.htm
Iraq battens down for vote The New York Times
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/diplo.html
U.S. force stepped up in Iraq for election The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=91692005?
Saddam team lawyer in hiding after death threats The Times
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,1-1455417,00.html
New regime faces claims of abuse as bad as Saddam's The Washington
Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33349-2005Jan24.html?
Torture in Iraq Still Routine, Report Says
http://washingtontimes.com/world/20050125-120431-6293r.htm
Sunnis plan to ignore 'illegitimate' elections
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33732-2005Jan24.html?
Political Islam Put to the Test In Southern Iraq Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7419271
Top Al Qaeda Suspect in U.S. Hands CBC News
http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2005/01/24/myanmar050124.html
Secret trials begin in Myanamar The Associated Press
http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/24/news/quake.html
Aceh cease-fire talks scheduled
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33734-2005Jan24.html?
New Roles for Men of Aceh The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050125/INDONESIA25/TPFront/TopStories
Did tsunamis ruin pirates of Sumatra? Reuters News Agency
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7420081
Indonesia Says 228,164 Dead or Missing in Tsunami The Scotsman
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=92262005?
23 Guantanamo prisoners made mass suicide bid
http://news.scotsman.com/international.cfm?id=91612005?
Venezuela says US behind 'kidnap' of FARC leader !-- End International
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Obituaries The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/25/db2501.xml
Sir William Deakin has died aged 91 The Daily Telegraph
http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/01/22/db2201.xml
Canon 'Jumbo' Wilson has died aged 79 !-- /Obituaries -->
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