| Sat, 19 May 2012 US House approves$642b defence bill
| Washington: Ignoring a White House veto threat, the Republican-controlled House approved a $642 billion (Dh2.4 trillion) defence budget on Friday that breaks a deficit-cutting deal with President Barack Obama and restricts his authority in an election-year challenge t... | The Chinese juggernaut
| Too many dragons, too much noise — that is how one Chinese scholar explained constant friction in the South China Sea, where Beijing's territorial claims are rubbing up against competing claims from several south-east Asian nations. | The latest set-to is with t... | How one village bypassed Hollywood to make its own romantic comedy: Featuring the locals as ...
| Top of the agenda at most village meetings is the annual fete and dealing with the thorny issues of who will run the bric-a-brac stall and bake the cakes. | But at Kingston Bagpuize they think on a rather bigger scale. When villagers got together three years ago they ... | USS San Diego Officially Commissioned
| The USS San Diego, an amphibious transport ship, was formally commissioned at Navy Pier in downtown San Diego Saturday morning. | The official U.S. Navy ceremony began at 10 a.m. and featured a commissioning crew of sailors – also known as “plank-owners” -- who ... | For Queen and country, Jubilee celebration begins in style
The Queen has hailed the work of her Armed Forces at a Diamond Jubilee parade of more than 2,500 men and women from the military. | Image 1 of 4 The military parade involved personnel from the Navy, Army and RAF Photo: Ian Jones Image&n... | Movies or baseball may be your best bet on a quiet Saturday
| Here is a look at the programming on the major networks and on cable for May 19, 2012. The network channels listed are for the Des Moines local affiliates. Cable channels are only listed by network since the channel varies by cable or satellite provider. All tim... | Here's How 'Battleship' Enlisted The Navy
| Cannes: 'Last Days on Mars' Begins Shooting with Liev Shreiber, Olivia Williams 'The Avengers' Hammers 'Battleship' and 'The Dictator' on Way to Box-Office 3-Peat Cannes 2012: Shame, Money and Long Movies When "Battleship" docks in theaters Thursday evening, it does s... | An American Hero Joins Lewis & Clark, Medgar Evers and Sacagawea
| This weekend, the United Farm Workers is holding its fiftieth anniversary. In 1962, Cesar and Helen Chavez and Dolores Huerta began their struggle to improve the life of farm workers. | Last week, on Cinco Mayo in San Diego's Barrio Logan, the United States Navy chris... | Defense Bill Covers a Lot of Ground Including Budget Increase, Same Sex Marriage Ban and Retitling of Department of the Navy
| INDIAN OCEAN - AUGUST 12: In this handout from the U.S. Navy, U.S. marines embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in the Indian Ocean board a Marine Corps helicopter August 12, 2010 in the Indian Ocean. The marines are the first wave to go ashore in P... | |
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