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Explosive seized

Email claims soldier's death 'unnecessary'

A storm is brewing in Australian military circles over the release of a damning email.

Britain in Sangin handover

War hero 'victim of VC quota system'

A hero remembered

Photos of Morrie Stanley who died recently, just months after being presented with an Australian Unit Citation for Gallantry for his service in the Vietnam War.

Kiwi Vietnam war hero dies

A former New Zealand Vietnam war hero who was recently presented with a bravery award for saving the lives of Australian soldiers has died.

<i>Jim Hopkins:</i> Nation of courage would honour heroes

Earthquake: Respite ward helps elderly to cope

An 87-year-old war veteran has likened the atershocks from the Christchurch earthquake to the unpredictability of his wartime experiences.

Apocalypse then

As a soldier in Vietnam, Karl Marlantes came face-to-face with war. Thirty years later he has turned that experience into a <i>New York Times</i> best-seller.

<i>Gwynne Dyer:</i> Blair's tired old justification still wrong

ETA ceasefire greeted with scepticism

US soldiers back in action as base attacked

US troops yesterday found themselves battling heavily armed militants assaulting an Iraqi military headquarters in the centre of Baghdad.

MPs to vote on strategy for Afghan withdrawal

Britain is facing calls to set out a detailed timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan.

Over the top and indefensible

Rainbow Corridor meets its destiny

Teenagers to the rescue

Inexperience proves a virtue in bonding first-time director Stuart Beattie with his adolescent stars, writes Scott Kara.