JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Insurgent attacks in Baghdad kill 20
China's Hu, Taiwan opposition leader meet
Russia president meets Palestinian leaders
DIA: N. Korea can arm missile with nuke
Jury returns death sentence in GI killings


The US News: Iraq News
Defense witnesses say Marine accused of killing Iraqi detainees ...
Leaked Document Over Iraq War Creates Headache for Blair Days Before Election
Several Blasts Heard in Baghdad
Criminal network smuggles Iraqi fuel through well-organized racket
Three Car Bombs Target Iraqi Forces in Baghdad
Bush Applauds Iraqi Approval of Cabinet
Two Suspects Held in Investigation Into French Islamic Radicals Joining Iraq Insurgency
Sunni Representation Low in Iraqi Gov't
Chalabi named deputy prime minister of Iraq
African Union to triple Sudan peacekeepers
Amputee GI Sets Example In Iraq
AP: French ex-minister denies scandal ties
Web video said to show killing of Sudanese


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
U.S., Insurgents Compete to Win Informants
Ten Killed in Car Bomb Attacks on Iraqi Forces
Shiite-led Cabinet gets Iraqi approval
Images depict Iraq war coffins
Iraq war an issue for Blair again
Three Car Bombs Target Iraqi Forces in Baghdad
Differences Delay War-Spending Bill
Iraq's New Cabinet


Fox News
Car Bombs Rock Baghdad
Purported Zarqawi tape threatens GIs
Putin Visits West Bank
Historic Meeting Between Taiwan and China Leaders
Feds Nab 52 for Giving Licenses to Illegals
Frist Offers Filibuster Deal
Vietnam Prepares for 30th Anniversary of War's End
Pentagon Releases Hundreds of Soldiers' Coffin Photos
Zell Miller Hospitalized


Department of Defense
Pace Passes Along Lessons to Cadets — Story Photos
Personnel Chief Discusses Family Issues — Story
Civic Leaders March Through Basic Training — Story Photos
Leaders Visit Georgia Base
Survivors Share Stories at Appreciation Event — Story

ON THE GROUND
Afghan Army Gets Armored Personnel Carriers — Story
Soldiers, K-9 Partners Work to Deter Attacks — Story
Iraqis Train to Fly C-130s in Combat Zone — Story

IN IRAQ
Texas Guard Soldiers Patrol Deadly Grounds
Army Medics Bring Care to Remote Village
Hawaii National Guard Secures Camp Victory

IN AFGHANISTAN
Khost Team Helps Restore Mosque, Shrine
U.S. Army Europe Commander Visits Troops
Team Effort Manages Bagram’s Busy Air Ops

IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
Deployed Airman Says 'I Do' Via Phone

IN THE PERSIAN GULF
USS Vinson Sailors Spend Liberty Helping Others
Bonhomme Richard Crew Helps Sailors at Oil Terminals

FACE OF DEFENSE
Marine Stops Enemy Attack, Saves Fellow Marines — Story

Superheroes Step Up – Story Kids Care Too Photos
Bank Donates Calling Cards
Free Videoconferencing Offered
Wounded, Families Get Tickets
NY Parade Donates to Injured
Grand Ole Opry Shows Support

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
U.S. Soldiers Aid Attack Victims
Rice Urges Continued Momentum
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghans Majority of Workforce
Afghans Seize Heroin Shipment
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
U.S. Soldier Killed in Ambush
Rumsfeld Stresses Troops' Legacy
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Rumsfeld, Myers Testify on Budget
Photos: Rumsfeld, Myers Testimony
Health Benefits Enrollment Begins
Bush Proposes Refineries on Bases
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
1289 - Qala'un, Sultan of Egypt, captures Tripoli.
1429 - In Orleans, Joan of Arc leads the French to victory over the English.
1624 - In France, Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu chief minister of the Royal Council.
1661 - The Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan.
1672 - King Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
1813 - Rubber is patented.
1856 - Yokut Indians repel a second attack by the a band of civilian Indian fighters in California.
1861 - The Maryland House of Delegates votes against secession.
1862 - Forts Philip and Jackson surrender to Admiral Farragut.
1916 - In Dublin, Irish nationalists surrender to the British.
1918 - WWI American Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker, scores his first victory, aided by Captain James Norman Hall.
1924 - Open revolt breaks out in Cuba.
1930 - The film "All Quiet on the Western Front" premiers.
1945 - The German Army in Italy surrenders unconditionally to the Allies.
- Dachau is liberated by Allied troops.
1946 - Former Japanese leaders are indicted as war criminals.
1975 - The U.S. embassy in Vietnam is evacuated.
1983 - Harold Washington is sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor.
1992 - Four Los Angeles police offices are acquitted in the Rodney King case. Rioting ensues.

Birthdays
1745 - Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
1818 - Alexander II, Czar of Russia.
1901 - Hirohito, Japanese emperor during and after World War II.