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Venezuela arrests three generals for alleged coup plot Three Venezuelan air force generals accused of plotting a coup against the leftist government of President Nicolas Maduro were arrested, amid a widening crackdown on the opposition.

26 March 2014

Vietnam's leaders mourn independence hero General Giap Vietnam's top leaders gathered early Saturday to pay their last respects to independence hero General Vo Nguyen Giap, who died last week at 102, as his state funeral began in Hanoi.

13 October 2013

China court jails general's son for decade over gang rape A court sentenced the teenage son of a Chinese general to 10 years in jail for gang rape on Thursday, court authorities said, after his trial threw a spotlight on the lives of China's elite.

26 September 2013

Top US general, diplomat clash over Syria: report Top US military officer General Martin Dempsey has clashed with Secretary of State John Kerry over the merits of bombing Syria's regime at a White House meeting.

20 June 2013

US-Russia reset on 'pause': US general A "reset" in US-Russia relations is now on pause and Moscow likely will be "the primary actor of regional concern".

13 April 2013

US names Breedlove as new NATO commander The United States on Thursday nominated General Philip Breedlove, a veteran pilot in Europe, as the top commander of NATO a month after Afghan war supremo John Allen stepped aside.

29 March 2013

'Stormin Norman' Schwarzkopf dead at 78 Norman Schwarzkopf, the US general who led Operation Desert Storm, which liberated Kuwait from Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in 1991, died on Thursday at the age of 78.

28 December 2012

Petraeus sex scandal amuses Taliban The sex scandal that has brought down CIA chief David Petraeus may be causing heartache in the Washington security establishment but the affair has prompted laughter among the Taliban.

16 November 2012

PHOTO: Nursultan Nazarbayev presented state decorations and awarded the generalship A group of militarymen were awarded with Kazakhstan state decorations on the Defender’s Day.

07 May 2012