JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Iraqi politicians discuss new Cabinet
Pope meets with Christians, Muslims
Bush seeks relief from record oil prices
GOP stressing Constitution in judge battle
Frist hardens effort to stop filibusters


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Insurgent bombings leave 21 dead in Iraq
Syria ending military presence in Lebanon
Iraq Cabinet to exclude Allawi's party
Mubarak aims for youngish, lively look


The US News: Iraq News
Car bomb attacks kill 21 in Iraq
At least 15 killed in Baghdad explosions
Cameraman killed in Iraq
Abbas mired in struggle
Pakistani Embassy Official Freed by Hostage-Takers in Iraq, Government Says
Lawmakers Say Iraq's Major Shiite Bloc to Form Cabinet Without Members of Allawi's Party
Iraq Suffers Bloodiest Day In Months
Iraqi Qaeda vows to kill Sunnis joining govt - Web
U.S. forces arrest four more suspects in downing of civilian helicopter in Iraq


Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Insurgent Bombings Leave 21 Dead in Iraq
UK's Blair Faces Election Pressure Over Iraq War


Fox News
Iraq Attacks Kill 29 Civilians
Pope Reaches Out to Faiths
Frist Defends Nuke Option
Lebanon Security Chief Quits
Dodd to Bolton: Step Aside
Six Killed in Afghan Battle
Clinton Stumps for Blair
Russian Space Capsule Lands
Ex-Israeli Prez Weizman Dies
Meteors Cause Panic in North
Bush, Saudi Prince to Meet


Department of Defense
Insurgents Hurt Innocent Afghan Civilians — Story

Pace Speaks on Leadership, Terror War

ON THE GROUND
IN IRAQ
Renovations on Fallujah School Complete
Australians Teach Logistics to Iraqi Army

IN AFGHANISTAN
Unit Assumes Afghan Border Province Duties
Reservists Keep Communications Connected
Soldiers Use Many Tools in Clearing Mines

Grand Ole Opry Shows Support — Story
'SemperComm' Connects Troops
Send Free Mother's Day Cards

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Medal of Honor
Two Years in Iraq

IN IRAQ
Troops Killed, Suspects Detained
Trained Iraqi Forces Top 155,000
Logisticians Tackle Tough Mission
Attacks Don't Undermine Progress
Australia Deploys More Troops
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Coalition, Insurgents Clash
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Coast Guard Confronts Threats
U.S. to Begin Training Georgians
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
3rd Corps Chief Salutes Troops
Navy Fleet Hospital Earns Award
Coastal Warfare Squadron Deploys
Soldier Found Guilty in Attack
Program Eases Homecoming Stress
Wounded Vets Generate Legislation
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
1590 - The Sultan of Morocco captures Timbuktu.
1644 - The Ming Chongzhen emperor commits suicide by hanging.
1707 - Franco-Spanish forces defeat Anglo-Portugese forces at the Battle of Almansa.
1792 - The guillotine is first used.
1859 - Work begins on the Suez Canal.
1862 - Admiral Farragut occupies New Orleans.
1864 - Union General Nathaniel Bank returns to Alexandria, Louisiana, after his unsuccessful Red River campaign.
- At the battle of Mark's Mills, Arkansas, Confederates capture a Union supply train for the second time in a week. Over half of the runaway slaves travelling with the supply train are massacred.
1867 - Tokyo opens to foreign trade.
1882 - Commander Henri Riviere of France seizes the Hanoi in Indochina.
1898 - The US declares war on Spain.
1915 - Australian and New Zealand troops land at Gallipoli, Turkey.
1925 - In Germany, General Paul von Hindenburg takes office as president.
1926 - Reza Kahn is crowned Shah of Iran, choosing the name "Pehlevi."
1945 - U.S. and Soviet forces meet at Torgau on the Elbe River, completely surrounding Berlin, and effectively cutting Germany in two.
1951 - In Korea, on "Gloucester Hill," Chinese Communist Forces wipe out the Gloucestershire Regiment. The battle had lasted three days.
1959 - The St. Lawrence Seaway opens to shipping.
1960 - A Triton submarine successfully completes the first submerged circumnavigation of the Earth.
1962 - A US Ranger spacecraft crash lands on the Moon.
1964 - President Johnson announces that General William Westmoreland will be the new head of US Military Assistance Command Vietnam, replacing General Paul Harkins.
1971 - Bangladesh is established.
1980 - President Carter tells America about the hostage rescue disaster in Iran.
1982 - In accordance with the Camp David agreements, Israel withdraws from the Sinai peninsula.
1990 - Violeta Barrios de Chamorro begins serving a six-year term as president of Nicaragua.

Birthdays
1214 - King Louis IX of France.
1284 - King Edward II of England.
1599 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord protector of England.
1874 - Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio.
1908 - Edward R. Murrow, war correspondent / newscaster.