Europa NewswirePhoto by Dustin SengerCAMP AS SAYLIYAH, Qatar – U.S. Army Medical Materiel Center Southwest Asia logistics specialists at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, completed a massive and urgent volley of H1N1 influenza vaccines for U.S. Central Command war fighters, Nov. 12. Roughly 300,000 doses of injectable H1N1 influenza vaccinations have been distributed to U.S. troops stationed across Southwest Asia; more than enough to immediately inoculate every servicemember. Information regarding pr... Read Full Story

Europa Newswire November 11, 2009 By Amy Lieberman Helen Bamber may have been part one of the first rehabilitation teams to enter a German concentration camp following World War II, but she still found Wednesday afternoon’s luncheon in her name “overwhelming,” she told Europa Newswire. The Dag Hammarskjold Scholarship Fund for Journalists honored Bamber for her contributions to combating human rights abuses for the past 55 years in the United Nations’ Delegates Dining Room. United Na... Read Full Story

Europa newswire.Photo by 1st Lt. Kurt Stahl .KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan national police and ISAF forces seized 500,000 lbs. of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, 5,000 IED components and detained 15 people after a raid in Kandahar, Nov. 8. Based on reliable information, the patrol discovered 1,000 100-lb. bags of fertilizer, which is often used by insurgents to make explosives, and detained 15 people in a warehouse. After the initial find another 4,000 100-lb. bags of fertilizer were found in a ... Read Full Story

Europa Newswire.Photo by Lance Cpl. John McCall .HELMAND PROVINCE, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan – Marines possess an uncanny ability to call any place "home," whether it's a mixture of sand and gravel, or in this instance, a Taliban compound. Marines with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, have been operating out of what Marines refer to as "the mansion" here, since Aug. 1. According to what local Afghans have told Marines, the compound belonged to a drug lord who was ... Read Full Story

Europa Newswire.Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Graham.NEW ORLEANS, US - Tom Hanks, executive producer and narrator of the 35 minute movie "Beyond All Boundaries," thanks National World War II Museum president Dr. Gordon Mueller during a celebration of three new attractions at the museum. The event was part of New Orleans Navy Week, one of 21 Navy Weeks planned across America in 2009. Navy Weeks are designed to show Americans the investment they have made in their Navy and increase aw... Read Full Story

Europa Newswire.Photo by Staff Sgt. Dallas Edwards.KABUL, Afghanistan - More than 25 ISAF and Afghan national security force personnel were killed or wounded during a joint operation that involved multiple engagements over several hours Nov. 7 in western Afghanistan. ISAF and Afghan forces were conducting search operations for two missing U.S. Army Soldiers. The Soldiers went missing on Nov. 4 while attempting to recover airdropped supplies from a river in western Afghanistan. In the cours... Read Full Story

Europa Newswire.Photo by Gerry Gilmore.WASHINGTON - A new Navy ship named in honor of the courage displayed by New York City's residents during and after the Sept. 11, 2001,terrorist attacks received its official commission Nov. 7. The USS New York recalls "the searing memories of Sept. 11" as well as "the bravery of the rescuers, the resolve of the survivors, the compassion of this city and the patriotism of this great country," Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said during the sh... Read Full Story

Europa NewsWire.Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jhi Scott.PASCAGOULA, US, November 03 2009 - Steel recovered from the World Trade Center is displayed aboard Pre-Commissioning Unit New York. The glass case has an etching of the New York skyline before the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that brought down the world Trade Center buildings. Source: Navy Visual News Service. Read Full Story

Europa NewsWire.UN Photo/Paulo Filgueiras. United Nations, November 02 2009 -  IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei addressed the United Nations General Assembly’s 64th Session in New York.ElBaradei outlined the ways in which the Agency has evolved over the last twelve years and the considerable progress made in bringing the benefits of peaceful nuclear technology to developing countries, improving their access to energy, health care, food and clean water.While expressing disappointment t... Read Full Story

Europa NewsWire. Photo/Petty Officer 3rd Class Barbara L. Patton.New York, November 02 2009 - U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team Boston and New York City Police Department marine and air units escort the Pre-Commissioning Unit New York as the ship sails into New York Harbor, Nov. 2. The amphibious transport dock, laid with seven and a half tons of steel from the World Trade Center in its bow, will be comissioned in a ceremony at the Intrepid Air, Sea and Space Museum Nov. 7. It... Read Full Story