First Published: 11:16AM BST 24 Oct 2008

Plans to allow passengers to be virtually strip searched by the machines were denounced by MEPs as a threat to personal dignity.

They believe the images, if stored or published, could end up being published online revealing embarrassing details of celebrities.The full body scanners can potentially show off medical details such as breast implants.

The European Commission is proposing the airports use the scanners by 2010. They insist passengers would still be able to opt for traditional metal detectors, combined with the pat-down search if necessary.  Read more... (308 words, 1 image, estimated 1:14 mins reading time)

KHAN NESHIN, Afghanistan —

The U.S. Marines were tense looking for bombs buried near a mud compound in this remote farming town in southern Afghanistan. Their new Afghan police colleagues were little help, joking around and sucking on lollipops meant for local kids.

The government had sent the new group of 13 police to live and train with the Marines just a few days earlier. Most were illiterate young farmers with no formal training who had been plucked off the streets only weeks before.  Read more... (863 words, 1 image, estimated 3:27 mins reading time)

The next Tory government will carry out a proper review of our defence needs, says Liam Fox. t is a scandal that we have not had a Strategic Defence Review since 1998. Through the Iraq war, and the conflict in Afghanistan, Britain’s Armed Forces have been forced to operate within budgets that reflect the level of activity before September 11.  Read more... (853 words, 1 image, estimated 3:25 mins reading time)

First published on 18th November 2009

SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he was still weeks away from deciding how many more U.S. troops to send to Afghanistan and that he’d like to fire officials who’d leaked details of his deliberations to the news media.

“We have deliberations in the situation room for a reason; we’re making life and death decisions that affect how our troops are able to operate in a theater of war. For people to be releasing info in the course of deliberations is not appropriate,” Obama told CBS in an interview from China, one of several he did before he headed to Seoul as the last stop in a week-long trip to Asia.  Read more... (1075 words, 1 image, estimated 4:18 mins reading time)