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Somali pirates freed the Liberian-flagged container ship MV Panama, seized last December, after receiving a $7 million ransom Tuesday, pirates holding the ship said.
With the official end of the U.S. military's ban two weeks away, gay-rights activists are pressing the Pentagon for more than just the right to serve openly.
The Veterans Affairs Department has expanded its list of Navy and Coast Guard ships whose crews may be eligible for disability compensation as a result of exposure to the toxic defoliant Agent Orange.
Sweden is prepared to send an air-supported ground troop contingent to Libya, independently or as part of a joint Nordic force, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt said.
The newest Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Spruance (DDG 111), sailed away from the Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine Sept. 1 on her maiden voyage to Key West, Fla.
In the year since three diseases were added to the list of conditions presumed to be linked to the defoliant Agent Orange, the VA has paid $2.2 billion in benefits to 89,000 Vietnam veterans or survivors.