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The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors.

The Department of Defense announced today its recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for fiscal 2008.

Dow falls as much as 430 points as weak earnings, slumping oil and gold prices add to recession fears.

The Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Peru have announced an agreement to reduce Peru's debt payments to the United States by more than $25 million over the next seven years. In return, the Government of Peru has committed these funds to support grants to protect the country's tropical forests.