Former  joint chiefs chairman Crowe dies at 82
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Adm. William Crowe, former chairman of the U.S. Joints Chiefs of Staff, died on Thursday at Bethesda Naval Hospital at 82, the U.S. Navy said.
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Former Iraqi President Abdel-Rahman Aref, overthrown more than 35 years ago in a coup that brought Saddam Hussein's Baath party to power, died in Amman early Friday at the age of 91, an Iraqi diplomat in Jordan said.
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Suharto, who was ousted from power in 1998 after 32 years of authoritarian rule, dies at 86.
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Brothers&quot; before reinventing himself as the macho star of westerns and later aboard TV&#39;s &quot;Dallas,&quot; has died. Keel died Sunday morning of colon cancer at his home in Palm Desert, according to his son, Gunnar.
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Actor Russell Crowe said on Monday he   quit an epic movie about the Australian outback co-starring   Nicole Kidman because he doesn't do "charity work" for major   studios.
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Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in the country's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.
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A senior Al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, described by Western authorities as one of Osama bin Laden's top six lieutenants, has been killed, U.S. officials and an al-Qaeda-linked Web site said on Thursday.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced yesterday that Marine Gen. Peter Pace will step down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in September, a move that Gates said will avert the contentious congressional hearings that would be needed to reconfirm the nation's top military officer. Pace...
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Oscar-winning actor Russell Crowe&#039;s wife Danielle Spencer gave birth to their second child on Friday, his Australian manager said. Tennyson Spencer Crowe was born at Sydney&#039;s Royal North Shore Hospital weighing about 8 pounds, Crowe&#039;s manager Grant Vandenberg said.
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BAGHDAD - A Sunni Muslim tribal leader who was one of the highest-profile US allies in Iraq was killed in a bomb blast yesterday, an assassination that could undermine US attempts to recruit former foes to stabilize the country.
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With the ouster of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the original Iraq War team is now all gone  -  with one exception
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A top Al-Qaeda commander who led Osama bin Laden's terror network in Afghanistan was believed to have been killed when a missile fired by a US drone hit his Pakistani hideout, officials said Friday.
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Former Indonesian President Suharto, a Cold War ally of the United States whose brutal military regime killed hundreds of thousands of left-wing political opponents, died Sunday. He was 86.
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Former dictator who held an iron grip on Indonesia for 32 years, dies of multiple organ failure
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Former Afghan King Mohammad Zahir Shah died on Monday, aged 92, presidential palace sources said.
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Former president Suharto, hailed as the father of development by some Indonesians during his 32 years in power and accused of corruption and rights abuses by others, died on Sunday after a long illness.
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Former King Mohammad Zahir Shah, whose 40-year reign until his exile in 1973 coincided with one of the most peaceful periods in Afghanistan's recent history, died on Monday, aged 92.