JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Cardinals convene ahead of vote for pope
50 insurgents hurt in attack at Abu Ghraib
Kyrgyz president signs resignation
Congress weighs money for missile defense
Crude futures near record-high levels


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Grave of slain Israeli leader defaced
Iraqi Parliament To Meet To Pick President
Al Qaeda says 7 suicide bombers hit Iraqi prison
Iraqi lawmakers elect speaker but no president
President Will Award First Medal Of Honor In Iraq War


The US News: Iraq News
Britain reportedly prepares Iraq pullout
From France to Iraq, World Mourns Pope
Iraq Takes Step Toward New Government


Fox News
Abu Ghraib Attack Injured 50
Medal of Honor for Iraq Hero
Saudis Fight Al Qaeda Thugs
Indonesian Aid Continues
Pols Mull Missile Defense
Kyrgyz President Resigns
Israeli Leader's Grave Marred


CNN.com
Gorbachev honors anti-communist pope
Asia remembers emissary of peace
Poll: U.S. supports change
Australia, Indonesia boost ties
Syria sets deadline for Lebanon pullout
New elections demanded in Zimbabwe


Department of Defense
Bush: Intelligence System Needs Change — Story
Anti-coalition Attacks Increase in Afghanistan — Story
Myers: Total-Force Concept Successful — Story

ON THE GROUND
Deployed Troops Opt to Extend Service — Story
'Bobcats' Search Oruzgan Province for Enemy — Story
Romanian President Visits Camp Phoenix — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Ops Yield Suspects, Weapons
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Power of Freedom Evident
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
U.S. Soldier, Marine Killed in Iraq
Marine Killed, Suspects Detained
Insurgents Launch Attacks
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Bush Nominates Navy Secretary
OPM Extends Veterans' Preference
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
527 - In Constantinople, Justin, seriously ill, crowns his nephew Justinian as his co-emperor.
1581 - Francis Drake completes his circumnavigation of the world.
1812 - The territory of Orleans becomes the 18th state -- Louisiana.
1818- The United States flag is declared to have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars.
1841 - Only a month after being sworn in, 68-year-old President William Henry Harrison becomes the first president to die in office.
1862 - The Battle of Yorktown begins as Union General George McClellan approaches Richmond, Va.
1917 - The U.S. Senate votes 90-6 to enter World War I on Allied side.
1918 - The Battle of the Somme ends.
1941 - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel captures the British held town of Benghazi in North Africa.
1949 - The NATO treaty is signed.
1968 - Rev. Martin Luther King is assassinated in Memphis.
1979 - Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, president of Pakistan, is executed.
1985 - A coup in Sudan ousts President Nimeiry, replacing him with General Dahab.

Birthdays
1792 - Thaddeus Stevens, U.S. Republican congressional leader.
1884 - Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese WWII naval commander.