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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (Army News Service, May 4, 2006) – This Mothers’ Day, deployed troops at select locations in Iraq will be able to call home free, courtesy of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. For 24 hours May 14, the VFW will foot the bill for all voice over IP (VoIP) phone calls from 191 phone and Internet cafes throughout Iraq. The connection time, according to Operation Uplink manager Linda Ferguson, will allow servicemembers in isolated locations throughout Iraq to connect to U.S. phone numbers via Internet telephony service. Ferguson said the VFW-sponsored Free Call Day is an extension of...

American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2004 -- With so many military families scrambling to ship holiday care packages to their loved ones deployed around the world, the U.S. Postal Service is stepping in to make things a bit easier. It's offering a package of free packing materials, including 10 boxes, 10 customs forms with envelopes, 10 "Mili-Pac" shipping envelopes, which are specially printed to reflect the complexities of military mailing addresses, and a roll of Priority Mail tape. Postal Service spokeswoman Sue Brennan said USPS started the service Oct. 25 as an extension of an offer the Postal...

Breaking News Alert MADRID, Spain (AP) Police find bomb on high-speed rail line between Madrid and Seville, interior minister says. Europe - AP Bomb Found on Rail Line in Spain - 20 minutes ago MADRID, Spain - Police found a bomb Friday under the track of Spain's bullet train line between Madrid and Seville, the Spanish interior minister said. Bomb-disposal experts alerted by a railway employee found 22-24 pounds of explosive that might be dynamite about 40 miles south of Madrid, Interior Minister Angel Acebes said. The explosives were connected to a detonator with a 450-foot cable, the minister...