April 2016
Nua named assistant football coach at Naval Academy
Navy head football coach Ken Niumatalolo announced today that Shaun Nua has joined the staff as an assistant coach and will assist Dale Pehrson in coaching the defensive line.
Travel warning after PNG mutiny
New Zealanders are being warned that there is \some risk\ to their security in Papua New Guinea due to growing political unrest.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) today advised New Ze
St. Louis hosts 1st big parade on Iraq War's end
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Since the Iraq War ended there has been little fanfare for the veterans returning home. No ticker-tape parades.
US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The federal government's plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move will threaten Americans' civil lib
Politics of defense cuts: emphasize the positive
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Pentagon is preparing to tighten its belt, but with an election-year battle looming in Congress and on the presidential campaign trail, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta wants t
Britain ranks top risks posed by climate change
LONDON (AP) -- Coastlines, working patterns, and even the country's most famous meal are under threat from climate change, Britain said Thursday in its first-ever national assessment of the likely
Gates injects $750M in troubled Global Fund
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- Bill Gates pledged $750 million on Thursday to fight three killer diseases and rescue a beleaguered health fund whose financial losses have cost it donor support.The Micr
A daring raid, and US, Danish hostages on way home
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Held captive since last fall, an ailing American woman and a Danish man are safely on their way home after a bold, dark-of-night rescue by U.S. Navy SEALs.
Samoa’s poor are 'lazy' says PM
Samoans who claim they are poor are lazy, Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele says.In a comment on the government website Savali, Tuilaepa says having no food, water, clothes, a home or access t