Stolen keys delay start of military mission
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Poland&#39;s 1,200 troops assigned to NATO  forces in Afghanistan will not achieve full combat readiness  for up to several weeks due to stolen vehicle keys, the defense  ministry said Thursday.
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U.S. commanders say they've learned from past mistakes and are trying to lay the foundation for stability as they clear insurgents from this battleground city. But it's a slow process at a time when Congress and the U.S. public are demanding speedy results.
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The handover of control of Iraqi armed forces from the US-led coalition to the defence ministry is postponed again.
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A Nasa mission to study the phenomenon known as the northern lights has been delayed by 24 hours.
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Pvt. Jeremiah Jensen, on leave from Iraq, had his car stolen at gunpoint just days before Christmas. Pfc. Robert Ruiz was injured by a booby trap in Iraq a few days after Christmas last year.
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The Pentagon inspector general's office has found that a program to deliver special armored vehicles to protect military personnel in Iraq from roadside bombs has been marred by delays and questionable contracting practices that may have endangered troops.
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The Russian military has postponed the launch of the Soyuz-M2 space booster rocket scheduled for this week. The Soyuz-M2 booster was scheduled to lift off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia on
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BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan -- A US Air Force officer who went missing for three days says someone stuffed an object in her jeans pocket with a note saying it was a bomb and telling her to go to a site in Bishkek, where kidnappers grabbed her, Kyrgyz authorities said yesterday.
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KINDERSLEY, Sask. (CP) -- A Canadian team of engineers competing in an international race to put civilians into space has postponed its first stab at the $10-million prize.
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VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia  - A Venezuelan helicopter mission to rescue three hostages held for years by Colombian rebels in jungle camps was delayed again on Saturday because guerrilla leaders have not given the final go-ahead.
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By israelinsider staff September 7, 2004. The loss yesterday of the Ofek-6 spy satellite, due to a malfunction in its Shavit rocket launcher, is expected to delay Israel&#39;s plans for more sophisticated surveillance
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The Pentagon is considering delaying  the departure of some troops in Iraq and speeding the arrival  of others already due to deploy to boost force levels for the  January elections, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
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NORFOLK, Va. - The first attempt to launch a rocket from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport has been delayed until at least Friday while experts work on a software glitch in the Air Force satellite that is its main payload, officials said Tuesday.
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The introduction of a new cervical cancer screening system could be delayed because of security concerns.
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Unfinished security checks have delayed the reopening of schools in Beslan, the Russian town where at least 327 hostages were killed when Chechen rebels seized a school, local media reported Tuesday.
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A portable hard drive that may contain the personal information of up to 48,000 veterans may have been stolen, the Department of Veterans Affairs and a lawmaker said Friday.
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Ongoing confusion over exactly how many people were taken hostage during a deadly siege at a southern Russia school is delaying the distribution of more than &#36;20 million in charity aid, officials said Thursday.