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Russian troops begin leaving? key Georgian city

Residents flee from Gori, Georgia, on Wednesday after Georgian troops fled and Russian troops were seen nearby.

Bush limits withdrawal of US troops from Iraq to 8,000

US troops conduct a foot patrol along the Tigris river south of Baghdad, Iraq. Photograph: David Furst/AFP/Getty images

Russian troops quit Georgia areas

Russian troops have left their self-imposed buffer zones around Georgia's breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia ahead of a Friday deadline.

Iraqi troops to take control of Anbar

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S.-led coalition troops are scheduled to hand over control of a onetime hub of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq to Iraqi forces on Monday, a senior American military official said.

'Time right' for UK Iraq troops

The outgoing commander of British forces in Iraq has indicated that most of the 4,100 UK troops in the country could be withdrawn by next summer.

Russia signs ceasefire deal but troops stay in Georgia

Russia's president Dimitry Medvedev yesterday signed a ceasefire agreement to end the bloody 10-day-old war in Georgia, but gave no clear indication of when he would begin to withdraw Russian troops.

In Georgia, refugees overwhelm relief

Georgian refugees sit in a truck on the road between Gori and Tbilisi, Georgia, on Wednesday. Russian tanks, troops and paramilitary troops rolled into the strategic Georgian city of Gori, apparently ignoring an EU-brokered truce.

US Army To Develop "Thought Helmets"

Hugh Pickens writes "Time Magazine reports on a $4 million US Army contract to begin developing 'thought helmets' to harness silent brain waves for secure communication among troops that the Army hopes will 'lead to direct mental control of military systems by thought alone.' The Army's initial goal is to capture brain waves with software that translates the waves into audible radio messages for other troops in the field. 'It'd be radio without a microphone,' says Dr. Elmar Schmeisser, the Army neuroscientist overseeing the program. 'Because soldiers are already trained to talk in clean, clear and formulaic ways, it would be a very small step to have them think that way.' The key challenge will be to develop software able to pinpoint speech-related brain waves and pick them up with a 128-sensor array that ultimately will be buried inside

Australia troops bring toad pest to East Timor

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's military was accused on Tuesday of opening the gates to an invasion force of cane toad pests when it led international peacekeepers into East Timor to end a pro-Indonesia militia slaughter there in 1999.

US troops to get 'world's most advanced robot'

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Russian Troops Show Signs of Withdrawal

Russian forces showed signs of withdrawal in some areas of Georgia, but announced plans to strengthen their presence in others, two weeks after conflict began on Aug. 8.

Russian troops 'start withdrawal'

Mr Medvedev made the pledge in a telephone call to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who brokered a Russian-Georgian ceasefire agreement.

Russian troops advance in Georgia

Russian forces have entered Georgia from the breakaway region of Abkhazia in an apparent broadening of the conflict over South Ossetia.

Russian troops said to cut Georgia in half

Bush: Russia 'invaded' Georgia, must back off

Russian troops in Georgia advance

Russian forces have entered Georgia from the breakaway region of Abkhazia in an apparent broadening of the conflict over South Ossetia.

Russian troops raid Georgian town

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Georgian Troops Move to Retake South Ossetia

Russian and Georgian military forces confront each other with aircraft, tanks and artillery, Aug. 8, over the separatist province of South Ossetia.

Some Congo Troops Leave Troubled Wildlife Park

The Democratic Republic of the Congo's wildlife authority and army negotiated a plan this week that moved more than a thousand soldiers and their families from the heart of Africa's oldest and most threatened national park.

Russia Leaves Troops in Georgia

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Georgia 'withdraws' troops from breakaway South Ossetia

Georgian soldiers sit on a tank moving near the town of Tskhinvali, Georgia. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/ Reuters

Russian, Georgian troops battle

Aug. 8: Richard Holbrooke, a former U.S. ambassador to the U.N., calls the South Ossetia battle an attempt by Russia to control the region before a new U.S. president is elected.

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Deal on US troops in Iraq 'close'

Iraq's foreign minister has said Iraq and the US are "very close" to a deal on the future of US forces in Iraq.

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