-- Gaylord Nelson

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Egypt in grips of political uncertainty

France expects vote on Sudan war crimes

Nazi graffiti sprayed on grave in Israel

Afghan forces seize ten tons of opium in remote drug heartland
Former Detroit and D-C school official accused of terrorist ties

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First Medal of Honor awarded in 10 years
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Iraqi leaders confident of constitution by mid-August
In Afghanistan, Laura Bush focuses on roles of women

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Three Iraqis killed in bombing as Shiites celebrate religious festival
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EU plans trade sanctions on US

British Say Darfur Toll Is 300,000

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No Change Expected at Kyrgyzstan Base — Story
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ON THE GROUND
Support Battalion Keeps Supplies Moving — Story
Afghan Officials Bid Farewell to Wolfhounds — Story
Logistics Motto: Have Pallet, Will Travel — Story
Joint Facility Extends Ordnance Robot Lives — Story

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Father, Son Serve Together in Al Asad — Story

Myers: Program Highlights Resolve — Story
Rumsfeld: Nation Supports Troops

WAR ON TERRORISM
Hearings Determine Threat Status
'Gitmo' Detainees to Be Released
Long-Range Plans Vital
Kearsarge Strike Group Deploys
Technology: Key to Effectiveness
Bush: Must Remember Troops
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — Story

1282 - The great massacre of the French in Sicily ends.

1492 - In Spain, a royal edict is issued by Catholic rulers, declaring that all Jews who refuse to convert to Christianity will be expelled.

1547 - In France, King Francis dies, and is succeeded by his son Henry II.

1653 - In the Battle of Leghorn, the Dutch destroy the British squadron. Their commander, Van Gelen, is mortally wounded.
1776 - Abigail Adams writes to her husband, John, that women are "determined to foment a rebellion" if they are not guaranteed their rights by the Declaration of Independence.
1779 - Russia and Turkey sign a treaty, promising to take no military action in the Crimea.
1790 - In Paris, Robespierre is elected president of the Jacobin Club.
1849 - In the Battle of Brescia, Austrians put down an Italian revolt.

1854 - In Tokyo, Commodore Perry, representing the U.S., signs the Treaty of Kanagawa with the Japanese, opening the ports of Shimoda and Hakodate, and permitting the establishment of a U.S. consulate.
1862 - Skirmishing between Rebels and the Union forces takes place at Island 10 on the Mississippi River.

1866 - The Spanish fleet bombards the undefended city of Valparaiso, destroying it.
1889 - The Eiffel Tower officially opens as part of the Exhibition of 1889.
1916 - General John Pershing and his forces rout Pancho Villa's army in Mexico.
1917 - The United States purchases the Virgin Islands from Denmark for $25 million.
1918 - For the first time, Daylight Savings Time goes into effect in the U.S.

1921 - Great Britain declares a state of emergency because of a strike by coal miners.

1933 - In an attempt to counter severe unemployment, Congress authorizes the Civilian Conservation Corps .
1939 - Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany threatens to invade.
1940 - The German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis sets off on its mission to sink Allied merchant ships.
1941 - Germany begins a counter-offensive in North Africa.
1945 - The United States and Britain bar a Soviet-supported Polish provisional delegation from entering the U.N. meeting.
1948 - The Soviet Union begins controlling Western trains headed toward Berlin.
1949 - Winston Churchill declares that the atomic bomb was the only thing that prevented a Soviet takeover of Europe.
1954 - The siege of Dien Bien Phu, the last French outpost in Vietnam, begins.

1959 - The Dalai Lama, fleeing Chinese retribution after a Tibetan uprising, crosses the border into India, and is granted political asylum.
1960 - The South African government declares a state of emergency after demonstrations lead to more than 50 deaths.
1966 - Anti-war demonstrators, estimated at more than 200,000, march in New York City.
1967 - President Johnson signs the Consular Treaty, the first bi-lateral pact with the Soviet Union since the Bolshevik Revolution.
1970 - In Vietnam, U.S. forces down a MIG-21, the first since September 1968.
1991 - Albania has its first multi-party election in 50 years.

1991 - The Warsaw Pact military alliance between the Soviet Union and its eastern European satellites ends after 36 years. This was taken in the west as a sign that the Soviet Union was losing control, and the Cold War was headed for an end.

1994 - The U.S. withdraws its troops from Somalia.

Birthdays
1948 - Al Gore, Vice President to President Clinton.