Ex-forces heads reject war votes
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Four former chiefs of the defence staff attack plans give Parliament the final say on sending troops to war.
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Defence Secretary Des Browne has denied that senior military commanders have urged the government to switch troops from Iraq to Afghanistan.
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The British defence ministry denied that any decision had been taken to redeploy British troops in the south of Iraq to Baghdad to free US troops for other operations.
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Goma - Former rebels have blocked Congolese troops from reinforcing positions near its volatile border with Rwanda, after clashes between the two sides on Sunday, the region&#39;s military chief said on Monday.
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Award denied to thousands of soldiers --tankers, engineers, artillerymen -- retrained for combat.
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Leading Democrats who soon will  control the legislative agenda in the U.S. Congress rejected on  Monday a colleague's call for reinstatement of the U.S.  military draft.
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Downing St rejected Foreign Office calls to press the case for an end to Mid-East hostilities, the BBC learns.
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Downing Street dismisses a scathing attack by former BBC boss Greg Dyke over Tony Blair's handling of the war in Iraq.
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The House of Lords on Wednesday rejected claims by families of five people killed in Iraq that European human rights law applied to the conduct of British troops in the country.
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Australia has turned down a diplomatic plea for a contribution to a military force to protect United Nations (UN) personnel in Iraq.
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Key Palestinian militant groups, including ones headed by Mahmoud Abbas, have rejected the leader&#39;s calls to end their armed fight against Israel.
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redeploying troops away from Palestinian towns and villages in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and halting military operations. obstacles,&quot; Ammar Dweik, the head of the Palestinian central elections commission, told Reuters.
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WASHINGTON -- The Army secretary has rejected a recommendation to permit female soldiers to serve alongside combat units and asserted that recent changes to one Army division do not depart from a longtime prohibition against women operating side by side with front-line fighting forces, according to officials and documents.
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At a war memorial on a recent evening, former Imperial soldiers rejected the notion of a Nanjing Massacre, even as some Japanese try to present a more balanced view.
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The British government is denying reports it will deploy troops to Iraq in the lead-up to the American election, as a show of support to US President George Bush&#39;s re-eleciton bid.
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Australia says they have rejected an informal request from the United Nations to send more troops to Iraq to protect the world body&#39;s staff there.
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A spokesman for Iraq&#39;s election commission yesterday rejected a suggestion from the Bush administration that it adjust the results of next month&#39;s vote