Germany has shortened its mandatory military service for young men from nine to six months.
124842
Germany shortens military service
54746
Germany shrinks in fourth quarter
105014
Germany's industrial output falls
21027
Argentina make six changes
39539
Dutch troops leave after four years
79202
Junior officers ordered to surrender small arms
79583
Fort Knox removes lockdown status from one squadron
125633
France ends combat mission in Afghanistan
124757
Germany and France emerge from recession
28638
Germany puts Greek restructuring back on table
42439
'The days of lenient sentences are over':
37929
Government committed to modernisation of armed forces:
78383
Europe must not remain a military 'dwarf':
31721
Resignations are taking of political responsibility
165581
President Mubarak leaves German clinic
96235
Walter Reed to close after more than a century
128085
Australia ends combat mission in Iraq