Female flag officers honor first woman four-star

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 9, 2009) -- More than 50 retired and current female general and flag officers attended a lunch in honor of Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, Saturday, at the Women in Military Service for America memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. In November,...

Beijing hotel room rates plummet

A number of Beijing hotels are cutting down their room rates by 20-50% for the Olympic period. Originally, hotel owners were hoping to capitalize on the Olympics buzz by hiking up their room rates. Now, they are...

Holiday Briton dies as 'food bug' strikes four-star Italian hotel

A British man staying at the Grand Hotel Gardone on Lake Garda, near Brescia in northern Italy, has died from a food bug. 30 other British guests at the hotel have also fallen ill, though only one has died. The rest are suffering severe comiting and diarrhoea. "A...

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...

Sex slave film enjoys sudden success

"Sex slave film enjoys sudden successJust days ago it was only going to have a 10-day release at an independent cinema in Melbourne. Now The Jammed, a new feature film about the sex slave trade in Melbourne, is on the brink of becoming one of the biggest Australian movies of...

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