JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Sunni Arab elected Iraq parliament speaker
Millions worldwide mourn Pope John Paul II


Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison attacked; 56 hurt


The US News: Iraq News
44 U.S. troops wounded in Iraq prison attack
No cushy duty for Texas reservists in Iraq
Last of the 1st Cavalry returns to Fort Hood
Area Marines come home after 7 months in Iraq
Army report cites flaws in troop transporter
Fiji to deploy more toops to Iraq


CENTCOM
BULGARIAN INVESTIGATION RESULTS ANNOUNCED
MNF-I REPELS ATTACK ON CAMP ABU GHRAIB


Fox News
Obituary: Pope John Paul II
Americans Mourn John Paul II
Abu Ghraib Prison Attacked; 57 GIs, Prisoners Hurt
Lawmakers Choose Speaker
Envoy: Syria to Pull All Troops From Lebanon by April 30
Saudis Behead Terrorists
3 Die in Afghanistan Attack
Australian Navy Copter Crash
Abbas Fires Security Chief
Mugabe: I'll Rule 'Til I'm 100


CNN
Pope John Paul remembered
Iraqi parliament speaker named
Mugabe celebrates 'flawed' victory
Nine die in quake relief crash


Department of Defense
Bush: Intelligence System Needs Change — Story
Anti-coalition Attacks Increase in Afghanistan — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Two Years in Iraq
'Gitmo' Detainee Camp

IN IRAQ
Ops Yield Suspects, Weapons
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Year in Review 2004 Fact Sheets (pdf)
Iraq Daily Update
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Power of Freedom Evident
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Marine Killed, Suspects Detained
Insurgents Launch Attacks
War Promotes Transformation
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Bush Nominates Navy Secretary
Wolfowitz Wins Confirmation
OPM Extends Veterans' Preference
Airman Designs New EOD Vehicle
National Guard, Reserve Update


Today in History
1367 - John of Gaunt and Edward the Black Prince are victorious at the Battle of Najara, in Spain.
1559 - Philip II of Spain and Henry II of France sign the peace of Cateau-Cambresis, ending a long series of wars.
1860 - The Pony Express connects St. Joseph, MO and Sacramento, CA.
1862 - Slavery is abolished in Washington, D.C.
1865 - Union forces occupy the Confederate capital of Richmond.
1882 - Jesse James is shot in the back and killed by his cousin, Bob Ford.
1910 - Alaska's Mount McKinley, (highest in North America) is climbed.
1936 - Bruno Hauptmann, convicted killer of Charles' Lindbergh's infant son, is executed.
1942 - The Japanese begin their all-out assault on U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan.
1944 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules that black citizens have the right to vote in all elections, including primaries.
1948 - President Harry Truman signs the Marshall Plan.
1966 - Three-thousand South Vietnamese Army troops lead a protest against the Ky regime.

Birthdays
1823 - William Macy "Boss" Tweed, New York City political boss.
1930 - Helmut Kohl, German chancellor.