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Recent congressional and public attention has focused on access problems at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, which provides medical care to servicemen and women once they have left active duty in a time of war or an official period of hostility. Although investigators note that improvements are under way, they say the VA has a long way to go. With this article

Nearly , active-duty personnel and reservists who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Afghanistan’s Operation Enduring Freedom have been eligible for VA health care since healthhealth. More than health, have sought it out so far, the Congressional Budget Office reported in October.

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The Bangladesh government pledged Thursday to feed more than two million people left destitute by Cyclone Sidr amid warnings the country faces acute food shortages after the storm ravaged crops.

The pledge comes as officials and relief agencies struggle to get desperately needed rice, drinking water and tents to remote villages wrecked by the Nov. 15 storm, which killed more than 3,100 people and left hundreds of thousands homeless.

The government will distribute 33 pounds of rice per month to each of the estimated 2.5 million people, many of them in crowded relief camps, starting Dec. 1, said Tapan Chowdhoury, the government’s adviser on food and disaster management. (Content Read …)

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"President Bush called President Putin of Russia today to discuss the upcoming Annapolis conference," US National Security Council spokesman Gordon Johndroe said in a statement. (Content Read …)

• INITIALLY SIGNED: Nov. 19, 1990, between NATO and Warsaw Pact nations in an area between Atlantic Ocean and Ural Mountains.

• LIMITED: each bloc to 6,800 combat aircraft, 2,000 attack helicopters, 20,000 tanks, 30,000 armored personnel carriers, and 20,000 artillery guns; eliminated Warsaw Pact’s overwhelming numerical superiority in Central Europe.

• RESTRICTED: basing of military forces near the dividing line to reduce chance of surprise attack; also allowed for inspectors to monitor military maneuvers and verify weaponry destruction.

• AMENDED: Nov.

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Meanwhile, the armed forces chief of staff, General Yury Baluyevsky, also confirmed that Russia would suspend adherence to a key Cold War arms treaty on December 12, news agencies reported.

"In violation of previous agreements, certain member countries of the NATO alliance are increasing their resources next to our borders," Putin told a meeting of defence chiefs in Moscow in comments broadcast on state television.

"Russia cannot remain indifferent to the clear muscle-flexing," he said.

The Kremlin leader, who earlier this year threatened to target nuclear missiles at Europe, said he wanted the atomic arsenal put on a higher level of readiness.

"One of the most important tasks remains raising the combat readiness of the strategic nuclear forces.

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The statement, which came amid simmering tensions between Moscow and the West, reflects the Kremlin’s assertive posture less than two weeks before Russia’s Dec. 2 parliamentary elections.

“In violation of previous agreements, military resources of NATO members are being built up next to our borders. Of course, we cannot allow ourselves to remain indifferent to this obvious muscle-flexing,” Putin said in televised remarks at a meeting of top military officials.

Russia has fiercely opposed U.S. plans to establish missile defense sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, and the deployment of U.S.

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A methane blast ripped through a coal mine in eastern Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least 33 miners and leaving dozens of others trapped, emergency officials said.

The explosion occurred at the Zasyadka mine in the Donetsk region at a depth of more than 3,280 feet at around 3 a.m., Emergency Situations Ministry spokesman Ihor Krol said.

Rescue workers have found the bodies of 28 miners, and dozens of others have remained trapped throughout the sprawling mine, Krol said. Rescue authorities were working to bring them to the surface.

Several hundred workers were in the mine when the explosion occurred, although only around 30 were in the immediate area of the blast, officials said. (Content Read …)

A group of teenage girls is taking up fisticuffs to challenge Afghanistan’s gender barriers.

“Move, move, move,” coach Saber Sharifi shouted as the 20-odd girls sparred recently. “Steady, watch your left shoulder.”

The boxers belong to a new generation of Afghan youth, challenging stereotypes that persist five years after the fall of the Taliban. They train in a room in Kabul’s main sports stadium, a venue for public executions during Taliban rule in the late 1990s. Boxing is helping them gain confidence and self-respect, the girls say. Their goal: to be Afghanistan’s first women’s boxing team.

“Many people are trying to stop us from participating in sports by saying it is not good for women,” said 15-year-old Shabnam, who uses only one name. (Content Read …)

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warned the Unites States on Saturday that oil prices could more than double if Washington attacked his country or Iran - part of a provocative opening address here to a rare OPEC summit.

The Venezuelan leader also appealed to fellow members of the Organization of Petroleum Countries to join his crusade for social justice, saying the group should be “at the vanguard in the fight against poverty.”

After Chavez’s speech, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah, the conservative head of the world’s largest oil exporter, appeared to rebuke the leftist president by insisting “OPEC has always acted moderately and wisely.”

“Oil is an energy for development, it should not become a tool for conflict and emotions,” said Abdullah, a strong U.S. (Content Read …)