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Will Our Generals Ever Shut Up?Wednesday, September 8, 2010 @ 5:09AMIn Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere, you can see that Pentagon version of an American foreign policy straining to be born.

Meet the man behind the StigTuesday, September 7, 2010 @ 9:47PMHe's been revealed as Top Gear's mystery racing driver but the man behind The Stig has an Australian connection.

Aussie teen war drama set to explode worldwideMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 9:19PMSYDNEY (Hollywood Reporter) - Australia may finally have a homegrown blockbuster on its hands with the terrifically engaging "Tomorrow, When the War Began," an action-packed war film for and about teenagers.

Aussie teen war drama set to explode worldwideMonday, September 6, 2010 @ 8:49PMBy Megan Lehmann

Richard Rhodes' new book examines politics of nukesSunday, September 5, 2010 @ 1:41AMRichard Rhodes' fourth installment of his epic history will be his last, he says, but it does not conclude the subject of the nuclear age.

Combat fatigueSaturday, September 4, 2010 @ 9:19AMAussie soldiers are fighting and dying in Afghanistan for a caretaker government here and a corrupt one there.

Canada's shadow war ends when troops leaveFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 11:23AMLt.-Gen. Marc Lessard, head of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command, says the parliamentary motion to halt combat operations by next July also applies to the special forces whose counterterrorism mission since 2001 has been to hunt Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders.

Afghanistan: in defence of the non-embedFriday, September 3, 2010 @ 10:22AMOver the course of this week Journalism.co.uk will be publishing extracts from a new book about media coverage of the Afghanistan war. Afghanistan, War and the Media: Deadlines and Frontlines is published by Abramis on 13 September.

POLITICS IN BRIEF 3/9Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:12AMA solemn meeting took place in Vientiane, Laos, on September 2 to celebrate Vietnam’s 65th National Day, in the presence of Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Boupphavanh and Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad.