The US Navy says a military helicopter has crashed off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States.

IT WAS a scene more fitting for a whodunit mystery than a vice-presidential roll-out.

Eleven suspected pirates were being flown to the United States to stand trial in alleged attacks on US naval vessels off the coast of Africa, officials said.

NATO has launched its training mission for Iraqi forces by sending a small group of officers to the country to consult with authorities and to prepare logistics.

A Pentagon intelligence analyst who attended war games conducted by the US Atlantic Command in 1996 was charged with spying for Cuba.