JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
U.S. attack in Iraq kills 100 insurgents
WWII's victors, victims honored in Moscow
Iran confirms uranium-to-gas conversion
Marines recall combat vests after tests


The US News: Iraq News
US troops kill 75 insurgents in Iraq offensive
Iraqi president calls for Iran to write off debt
U.S. Hits Back In Iraq
US in border battle to curb Iraq insurgency
Iraqi Office Weeding Out Ex-Baathists
Iraqis injured in Erbil bombing treated in Turkey
A Look at Foreigners Held Hostage in Iraq
Deadline set by kidnappers of Australian hostage in Iraq expires
Iraqi president a rare Arab leader at Latin America summit
Mom's Call From Iraq Casts Glare on Black Student Treatment
U.S. Troops Launch Offensive Against Al-Zarqawi Followers Near Iraq's Border With Syria
US focusing more on fighting extremists than Saddam loyalists
Kabul's must-see TV heats up culture war in Afghanistan
Colombian villagers want own peace deal
Six Shiite Muslims Killed in Iraq
A tougher UN starts taming Congo
Japan Confirms Security Co Worker Kidnapped In Iraq-Kyodo
Iraq's leader asks Jordan's king to resolve issue of Ahmad Chalabi's past fraud conviction
Iraqi filmmakers' new artistic freedom
Suicide bomb kills 13 Iraqis who wanted to be soldiers
Tests confirm Iraq remains mix up
Japan pledges to do its best to save Iraq hostage
Former Iraqi minister to seek refugee status in NZ: report
Iraq president says militants funded from abroad
U.N. Wins Delay in Release of Papers on Iraq Inquiry


Fox News
Iraq Blast Kills Seven
Judge Blocks Oil-for-Food Docs From Congress
Hans Blix: U.S. Not Committed to Nuke Treaty
State Dept. Won't Turn Over Bolton Docs
N. Korea Dismisses Nuke Test Concerns
Afghan Pop Star Killed After Toronto Concert
Jury Finds Greenpeace Guilty of Negligence
Georgians Offer Bush Enthusiastic Welcome
Eager Crowds Raise Concerns
Georgians: Respect Our Democracy
Leaders Meet at Red Square WWII Parade
Most Japanese Say PM Should Stop War Shrine Visits
Raw Data: Text of Putin's Speech
Bush Sits Next to Putin at Parade


Department of Defense
Vice Chairman Nominee Visits Troops — Story
Afghan Soldiers Take Over Security Mission — Story
Troops Catch Abu Ghraib Attack Suspect — Story

ON THE GROUND
Battle Assessment Reviews Hero's Fight — Story
Soldiers Transform Bunker into Coffee Shop — Story
Infantry Soldiers Hunt for Weapons Caches — Story

IN IRAQ
U.S. Pilots Train Iraqis to Fly C-130 Hercules
Combat Medics Keeps Soldiers Healthy
Mechanic Reunites with Parents on Television
Coalition Helps Rebuild Mosque, Buildings
Soldiers Help Ensure Agricultural Success
Joint Force Eliminates Lines at Gas Pumps

IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Logistics Unit Wraps Up Deployment
Norway Donates Tent Kits to Afghan Army

FACE OF DEFENSE
Air Force Honors Couple for 55 Years of Service — Story

Youth Camp Deadline Approaches — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Three Marines Killed in Iraq
Forces Net 109 Terrorists
Second Soldier Killed in Samarra
Troops Capture Zarqawi Associate
Terrorist Leadership Diminishing
Success in Iraq - DoD Fact Sheet
Year in Review 2004 Fact Sheets (pdf)
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Two U.S. Marines Killed in Firefight
Insurgents, Afghan Soldiers Killed
Drugs Seized in Ghazni Province
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Military to Improve Training
DoD Committed to Childcare Needs
'Geospatial Intel' Saves Lives
War Game Contemplates 'What If'
National Guard, Reserve Update

TRANSFORMATION
Reorganization Will Maintain Edge – Story


Weather
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Iraq
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Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Today in History
1267 - Vienna's church orders all Jews to wear distinctive garb.
1278 - Jews in England are imprisoned on charges of coining.
1291 - Scottish nobles recognize English King Edward I as sovereign.
1427 - Jews are expelled from Berne Switzerland.
1497 - Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci sets sail on his first voyage to the New World.
1503 - Columbus discovers the Cayman Islands.
1655 - Jamaica captured by English.
1676 - Frontiersmen begin Bacon's Rebellion, against the government of Virginia.
1752 - Benjamin Franklins tests the lightning rod for the first time.
1774 - Louis XVI ascends to throne of France.
1775 - 2nd Continental Congress convenes in Pennsylvania, issuing paper currency for the first time, and naming George Washington as supreme commander.
- Ethan Allen's Green Mountain Boys capture Fort Ticonderoga, NY.
1796 - Napoleon defeats Austria in the Battle of Lodi Bridge.
1797 - The first Navy ship, the "United States" is launched.
1823 - The first steamboat to navigate the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling.
1861 - Union troops march on the state militia in St. Louis, MO.
1864 - Battle at Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
1865 - Confederate President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Irwinsville, GA.
- Major General 'Sam' Jones (CSA) surrenders to Union Brigadier General Edward M. McCook.
1869 - A golden spike is driven to mark the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
1872 - Victoria Woodhull becomes the first American woman to be nominated for president.
1915 - A German Zeppelin drops hundred of bombs on Southend-on-Sea.
1917 - Atlantic ships are given destroyer escorts to stop German attacks.
1918 - The HMS Vindictive is scuttled to block the entrance of Ostend Harbor.
1924 - J. Edgar Hoover appointed head of the FBI.
1933 - Nazis stage public book burnings in Germany
1940 - Nazi armies invade the Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg.
- Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British Prime Minister.
1941 - Hitler's deputy Rudolf Hess parachutes into Scotland.
- German bombs destroy England's House of Commons and the Holborn Theater.
1944 - Chinese launch an offensive in West-Yunnan.
1945 - The Allies capture Rangoon from the Japanese .
- Russian troops occupy Prague
1956 - French Government sends 50,000 reservists to Algeria
1959 - Soviet forces arrive in Afghanistan.
1960 - USS Triton (atomic sub) completes the first underswater circumnavigation of the globe.
1968 - Peace talks between the U.S. and North Vietnam begin in Paris.
1969 - Apollo 10 transmits the first color pictures of Earth from space.
- U.S. troops begin their attack on Hill 937 (Hamburger Hill).
1984 - The International Court of Justice rules on the U.S. blockade of Nicaragua.
1989 - General Manuel Noriega's government nullifies the country's elections, in which the opposition had won by a margin of 3-1.
1994 - Nelson Mandela sworn in as South Africa's first black president.
- Silvio Berlusconi forms the Italian Government with 5 neo-fascists.
1995 - Britain lifts a 23-year ban on talks with Sinn Fein.
1996 - 2 US Marine helicopters collided during joint U.S. and British war games.

Birthdays
1730 - George Ross, U.S. judge / signer of Declaration of Independence
1810 - James Shields, Union Brigadier General
1824 - Charles Henry Van Wyck, Union Brigadier General
1837 - Pinckney B.S. Pinchback, Lt. Governor (Louisiana)
1838 - John Wilkes Booth, assassin of Abraham Lincoln
1878 - Gustav Stresemann, German chancellor
1908 - Carl Albert (D), speaker of the House
1919 - Ella Grasso, Governor (CT)
1943 - James Earl Chaney, U.S. civil rights activist
1951 - Steve Gunderson (Representative-WI)
1958 - Ellen Ochoa, Ph.D / Astronaut (STS 56, 66)
1958 - Rick Santorum (Representative-PA)
1963 - Lisa M. Nowak, Lt. Commander, USN / astronaut