Maytag Recall: Refrigerators With An Electrical Failure

Maytag has expanded an ongoing Maytag recall to include 46,000 more refrigerators from the Maytag®, Magic Chef®, Performa by Maytag® and Crosley® brands. Maytag announced the latest Maytag recall because of a fire hazard that may result from an electrical failure...

Sri Lankan military maintains fishing restrictions in the north

The Colombo media reported that Sri Lankan government had removed the wartime fishing restrictions. This had come after a fishermen's meeting organized as part of the government's campaign to boost its image.  This meeting was attended by several government officials,...

20 dead in Russian nuclear sub accident

Some more information on the accident:" "During sea trials of a nuclear-powered submarine of the Pacific Fleet the firefighting system went off unsanctioned, killing over 20 people, including servicemen and...

Lost WWII Sub Found, Navy Credits Family

"Lost WWII Sub Found, Navy Credits FamilyUSS Grunion Last Heard From July, 1942""PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- After a nearby family worked to find the wreck, the Navy confirmed that the wreckage of a sunken WWII...

How Gilani played firm with US top soldier

" Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani played firm with United States military chief Admiral Mike Mullen and his other generals in their meeting this week emphasising that President George Bush had personally made a commitment to respect democracy and the sovereignty of Pakistan...

US military chief arrives in Pakistan on unannounced visit

Amidst the growing tension between US led NATO forces and Pakistan Army over the incursion into Park territory, US military Chief has landed in Pakistan capital Islamabad. He is expected to iron out differences...

Giants among the Lilliputians

"CAMDEN, S.C. — While the political class was focused on the meaning of pigs wearing lipstick, a few fortunate South Carolinians were riveted by the meaning of valor. The occasion was a celebration of four of the state’s living recipients of the Medal of Honor—Charles...

Navy still finds it hard to have a squadron of submarines

" "That`s why we will buy them in stages, maybe two in the first stage," he said after a function marking the transfer of post of the Naval Chief of Staff from Admiral Sumadjono at the Eastern Indonesian Fleet Command Headquarters here on Friday. The Navy used to have a...

President installs new navy chief of staff

Congratulations, Admiral! "Jakarta (ANTARA News) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono installed Vice Admiral Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno as the new Navy Chief of Staff at the Merdeka Palace here on Tuesday.Vice Admiral...

Gaps In McCain's Military Record Raise Questions

""At a meeting in his Pentagon office in early 1981, Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman told Capt. John S. McCain III that he was about to attain his life ambition: becoming an admiral.... Mr. McCain declined...

US praises TNI`s internal reforms

"The TNI`s respect for human rights was also getting better, Commander of US Pacific Command Admiral Timothy J Keating said at a meeting with TNI Chief Gen Djoko Santoso at the latter`s office here on Thursday."We...

Every soldier`s loss tragic: US

"Baghdad (ANTARA News) - The loss of every American soldier is tragic and "keenly felt" by families and military commanders, US military spokesman Rear Admiral Gregory Smith said Monday, as the death toll in Iraq hit 4,000."No casualty is more or less significant than...

Navy`s plan to build one more fleet command not postponed

""It is not postponed but adjusted to scales of priorities. Being postponed means it has no schedule whereas it is only adjusted to scales of priorities which means there are development plan phases," the TNI...

Indonesia still needs another 262 warships

"Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Slamet Soebijanto said here on Monday that at present Indonesia only had around 114 warships of different types. Some time in the future, according to him, it was expected that a plan...

Navy to set up base in Yogyakarta

""Yogyakarta is one of our choices as it is quite strategically located," Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Slamet Soebijanto said here on Monday. He said Indonesia still lacked adequate naval bases covering waters to...

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