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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: November 9, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, United States, Vojislav Seselj, Chad, France, Syria, U S Army, Uh 60 Black Hawk Helicopter, Guizhou Province, Helmand Province, Damascus, Europe, Pyongyang, Afghanistan, Bosnia And Herzegovina, China, Croatia, Italy, Naval Historical Center, North Korea, Serb

  North Korea expressed rare gratitude Thursday for U.S. help in ending a high-seas standoff with Somali pirates, a sign of warming ties between the longtime foes, fostered by progress on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament.

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• How Defense Research Is Making Troops More Effective in Wartime

  Published: May 12, 2008, 12:00 am

  Tags: How, Defense, Research, Making, Troops, More, Effective, Wartime, Tony Tether, Iraq, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Brian Slaughter, Baghdad, Mari Maeda, Walter Pincus, Another Darpa, Microsoft Powerpoint, U S Marine Corps, Uh 60 Black Hawk Helicopter, Uni

  When Army patrol leaders in Iraq prepare to go out on missions in Baghdad, their last stop at headquarters is a computerized map on which they outline the area where they will operate. Then they watch as icons emerge, showing, in grim detail, the lurking dangers.

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