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Two dating websites - including Vancouver-based Plenty of Fish - are being sued by the parents of a dead U.S. soldier who say his picture was used years after his death without permission. More...

AP - An Army soldier recovering from injuries suffered in a suicide bombing in Afghanistan has been shot at his homecoming party, and family members say he's paralyzed and in critical condition. More...

Matthew Wilcox has been sentenced to four years in jail for the shooting death of a fellow Canadian soldier in Afghanistan. More...

(CNN) -- An Afghan soldier shot and killed a NATO soldier Monday in southern Afghanistan, high-ranking officials from the country's National Directorate for Security said. NATO's International Security Assistance Force said an "individual wearing an Afghan National Army uniform turned his...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/ottawa/story/2011/01/08/ottawa-soldier-honoured.html A Canadian soldier who amazed doctors by walking again after losing both legs and the proper use of one of his arms in Afghanistan was honoured in Ottawa Saturday. Master Cpl. Mike (Megatron) Trauner, of Sudbury...

A Canadian soldier died Saturday when an improvised explosive device went off while he was on foot patrol in the Panjwaii district in Kandahar. Cpl. Steve Martin, 24, who was a member of the 3rd Battalion Royal 22nd Regiment from the Canadian Forces base in Valcartier, Que., was killed when the...

Please read and pass it along The Night Before Christmas T'was the night before Christmas,He lived all alone, In a one bedroom house, Made of plaster and stone. I had come down the chimney,With presents to give, And to see just who,In this home did live. I looked all about,A strange...

A former Israeli soldier is expected to testify Thursday in a civil suit filed by the parents of an American peace activist, who was crushed to death in 2003 by a bulldozer as she tried to prevent Israel from bulldozing homes in Gaza. The soldier -- the one driving the vehicle when Rachel...

U.S. soldier pleads guilty to murder TACOMA, Wash., A U.S. Army soldier pleaded guilty to murder and kidnapping in the killings of two fellow soldiers and abduction of their young daughter, officials said. Spc. Ivette Davila entered the plea as her court-martial was about to begin at Joint...

Israeli soldier, officer convicted JERUSALEM, An Israeli soldier and his commanding officer were convicted Thursday in the firing of a rubber bullet at the feet of a blindfolded Palestinian prisoner. A military tribunal on the Kirya base found Lt. Col. Omri Borberg, formerly an Armored Corps...

Dog rescued by soldier makes it to U.S. CLINTON, Conn., (UPI) -- A dog rescued by a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan is adjusting to his new Connecticut home after the Army ordered the soldier to get rid of the mutt. Brian Wakefield of Clinton said his brother, Adam, rescued 6-month-old mutt Mo in...

VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia – Colombian rebels handed over a 23-year-old soldier to the International Red Cross on Sunday in their first release of a captive in more than a year. The insurgents are promising to soon free a second soldier they've held for far longer. Pvt. Josue Calvo had been held...

A SOLDIER IN IRAQ THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A SOLDIER IN IRAQ . I was just watching the news, and I caught part of a report on Michael Jackson . As we all know, Jackson died the other day. He was an entertainer who performed for decades. He made millions, he spent millions, and he did a...

That's not it -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A general noticed one of his soldiers behaving oddly. The soldier would pick up any piece of paper he found, frown and say: “That's not it” and put it down again. This went on for some time, until...

The soldier and the nun -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A soldier ran up to a nun, out of breath, he asked, 'Please may I hide under your skirt? I'll explain later.'...........The nun agreed. A moment later two military police ran up and...