AFP - Protesters scuffled with riot police in central London Sunday as US President George W. Bush held talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, nearly at the end of a farewell European tour.

AFP - A month after US army reservist Matthis Chiroux publicly refused to deploy to Iraq, the former sergeant on Sunday set himself up for possible prosecution by failing to report for active duty with his unit in South Carolina.

AFP - US President George W. Bush was greeted with noisy protests Sunday as he headed for talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown notably on Iran, while both sides vigorously denied any rift over Iraq.

AP - As of Saturday, June 14, 2008, at least 447 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 7 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AP - As of Friday, June 13, 2008, at least 447 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures June 7 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AFP - The US Supreme Court ruling that Guantanamo prisoners can challenge their detention in US civilian courts dealt a blow to President George W. Bush, but a senior official said Friday the military trials will continue.

AFP - The role of US troops in Iraq has shifted in recent months to one of "peacekeeping rather than war fighting" thanks to a series of ceasefire deals with insurgents, analysts said Thursday.

AFP - Days before a congressional ruling on a contested military tanker contract, rival bidders Northrop Grumman and Boeing said the air force made errors in awarding the contract to Northrop.

AFP - The US Supreme Court has ruled prisoners at the Guantanamo military base have a right to challenge their detention in US civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration.

AFP - Two US Marines have been disciplined for their role in an Internet video that showed a puppy being thrown off a cliff by a soldier in Iraq, the military said in a statement Thursday.

AFP - The US Supreme Court Thursday ruled Guantanamo prisoners have the right to challenge their detention at the US military base in civilian courts, dealing a stiff rebuke to the Bush administration.

AFP - Astronomers will get a chance to unveil the mysteries of cosmic gamma rays and look deeper into the universe and its origins after NASA launched the high-tech GLAST telescope into orbit Wednesday.

AFP - The US gamma-ray telescope GLAST was launched into space Wednesday on a Delta 2 missile from the army base at Cape Canaveral, Florida, NASA television said.

AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday of "catastrophic" consequences for any state that provided nuclear weapons used in a terrorist attack on the United States.