“Faces for the Forces” - UK’s Biggest Ever Show of Support for Troops

October 22nd, 2009 BRABANT, The Netherlands - The five major cities Breda, Tilburg, 's-Hertogenbosch, Eindhoven and Helmond in the Dutch province of Brabant candidate themselves as European Capital of Culture for the year 2018. Awaiting this designation the cities will show that Brabant is not only the second economy of the Netherlands, but plays an important part in national and international culture as well.

September 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Commenting on the announcement today (Thursday) by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) of its new plan for the future of the business, Unite national secretary for the automotive sector, Dave Osborne said: "Earlier this year, this company and our union agreed a framework agreement intended to support JLR through this tough economic period. Our members said then that JLR could not be trusted to uphold that agreement.

September 7th, 2009 LONDON - The UK MoD has awarded the Project SEER UOR contract to Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke) to provide the next-generation Land Electronic Warfare (EW) Manpack programme for British Land Forces. The Roke solution is based on its state-of-the-art MOTS, 'RESOLVE' EW Manpack product, which incorporates a fully integrated range of Roke sensors, antennas and software applications.

August 17th, 2009 LONDON - - Frost & Sullivan to Host Analyst Briefing on Performance Based Logistics on Thursday, 27 August, 2009 at 16.00 BST Although the defence market benefits from some degree of insulation from the effects of the economic recession, it still faces unique challenges. To remain at the cutting edge of military capabilities, customers tend to adopt developmental technologies in order to deliver capability on challenging timescales while maintaining availability and technological currency through-life.

June 28th, 2009 BALTIMORE - Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms LLC (NGCI LLC), a company formed by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) and Cobham (LSE: COB), has been selected to provide the VIS-X Vehicular Intercommunication System Expanded for the U.S. Army's Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM).

June 14th, 2009 HALLBERGMOOS, Germany and PARIS - EUROJET Turbo GmbH, the leading European military engine consortium, is exhibiting the EJ200 engine at the Paris Air Show 2009. Visitors to the Eurofighter pavilion (opposite the EUROJET Chalet, no.

May 9th, 2009 HAMBURG, Germany - Hamburg / Germany Celebrated Last Weekend the 820th Birthday of its Port With More Than 1.2 Million Visitors - Cross reference: Picture is distributed via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) The 820th HAFENGEBURTSTAG HAMBURG (Port Birthday Hamburg) ended on Sunday - this port event attracted last weekend more than 1.2 million visitors from Germany and abroad. Despite changeable weather, they enjoyed the world's biggest port party in exuberant mood.

April 28th, 2009 ROCHESTER, New York - Land and Special Operations Forces Will Acquire Harris Multiband and HF Technology to Enable Communications Interoperability for U.S., NATO and Coalition Operations Harris Corporation (NYSE: HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has been awarded a contract totaling US$20 million from the Polish Ministry of National Defense (MoND) to deliver a combination of multiband and HF tactical radios for Poland's Land and Special Operations Command Forces. (Photo: www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090429/FL07552 ) Harris is providing Poland with a range of products from its industry-leading Falcon(R) family, including the AN/PRC-152(C) multiband handheld radio; the AN/PRC-117F(C) multiband manpack radio and the AN/PRC-150(C) high frequency (HF) manpack radio.

April 21st, 2009 MAIDENHEAD, England - With Photo The Commonwealth War Graves Commission today announced plans and released designs for the first war cemetery to be built by the Commission for almost fifty years. The new cemetery, to be known as Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery, will be used to re-inter with dignity the remains of up to 400 Australian and British servicemen who died during the Battle of Fromelles in July 1916.

April 15th, 2009 BERLIN, Germany - Problem Likely to Expand to Developed Countries - Agricultural Productivity Growth Declining - Governments and Businesses Need to Urgently Invest in Agriculture In response to the threat of global malnutrition and food insecurity, the recently established Humboldt Forum for Food and Agriculture has urged the immediate adoption of a five-point plan of action, entitled "Food First". According to the Forum, annual agricultural productivity growth has fallen since the 1960s from around four per cent to about one per cent today, due largely to an ongoing decline in agricultural research investment.

September 30th, 2009 LONDON - A dozen women paraded through Manchester topless to show their support for British troops fighting abroad. The women stunned shoppers, builders and office workers as they marched wearing only tight leather trousers and camouflage body paint across their chests, reports the Sun.

April 12th, 2009 KABUL - Four suspected insurgents were killed in Afghanistan's Zabul province by Afghan forces backed by the US-led Coalition troops, authorities said Sunday. 'Afghan National Army Security Forces and Coalition Forces killed four armed militants in Shinkay district of Zabul Province on Saturday after they came under attack,' a press release said.

October 8th, 2009 NEW YORK - The UN Security Council Thursday extended the mandate of the international forces in Afghanistan for another 12 months to pursue the training of Afghan national security troops. The new mandate begins Tuesday amid a growing Taliban insurgency against NATO and US-led troops.

April 29th, 2009 Australia to send 280 more troops to AfghanistanCANBERRA, Australia — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says Australia will send 280 additional troops to Afghanistan, increasing the overall Australian deployment there to about 1,380. It is the first increase by Australia — the biggest contributor to the U.S.-led coalition outside NATO — since Rudd took office in 2007.

August 2nd, 2009 McCain says US may need more troops in AfghanistanWASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain says it appears that the U.S.

January 3rd, 2009 TEL AVIV - Israeli ground forces moved in the northern Gaza Strip Saturday evening, on the eighth day of a massive Israeli offensive against militants in the salient. The ground operation was preceded by an artillery barrage which lasted for hours, and reports said the troops were backed by air support.

June 28th, 2009 US commander: Iraqi troops ready for city securityWASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in Iraq says he believes Iraqi forces are ready to take over when American combat troops pull out of Baghdad and other cities by Tuesday.

January 1st, 2009 COLOMBO - Sri Lankan troops had captured the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) political capital Kilinochchi, President Mahinda Rajapakse announced in an address to the nation Friday. The fall of Kilinochchi, which marks the rebels' biggest loss after the fall of the Jaffna peninsula 13 years ago, was described as an 'unparalleled victory of the entire nation' by the president, who is also commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

September 11th, 2009 Dem senator steps up pressure on Afghanistan warWASHINGTON — The Senate Armed Services chairman is adding to the growing pressure on President Barack Obama to resist escalating the war in Afghanistan, saying Friday the U.S. should instead train more Afghan security forces.

July 6th, 2009 List of new US military guidelines in AfghanistanThe U.S. military made public new guidelines Monday for international forces in Afghanistan in an effort to reduce civilian deaths: — Airstrikes must be very limited and authorized but can be used in self-defense if troops' lives are at risk.