News of Note
London Bombings
Blair and police to discuss anti-terrorism measures

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Gunmen kidnap Algerian envoy in Baghdad
Iraq holds moment of silence for victims
For Marines in Iraq, humor offers escape

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Saudi Terror Warning
AP: Feds Shut U.S.-Canadian Border Drug Tunnel
Feds Bust Huge Fake ID Ring
Report: 3,400 Airspace Violations Since 9/11

Rove-ing Reporters
Ex-Officers Slam CIA Leak

Other News of Note
Sudan apologizes to Rice over scuffle

Fox News
Report: Georgia Grenade Toss Suspect Confesses
Baghdad Attacks Kill 14
Pakistani Cops Question Al Qaeda Leader
Canada OKs Gay Marriage
'Very Angry' - (Condoleeza Rice on the trip to Sudan and how the delegation was treated)
Rice: End Darfur Violence
Tuesday Launch
Electrical grounding problem cited
Gearing Up in D.C.
Interest Groups Join Fray
Video: Bush Picks Roberts

Reuters: Top News
Sharon deputy says pullout could be brought forward
Democrats unlikely to block Bush nominee-analysts

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Israel weighs moving up Gaza pullout date
King Fahd said expected to leave hospital
Yemen protests leave 4 dead, 7 injured
Sunni Arabs continue constitution boycott
Egyptian demonstrators demand reforms
Official: Disarming Hezbollah hurts Syria
Shiites push ideas for Iraq constitution
Saudi Arabia's ambassador to U.S. resigns
Orange stirs up controversy in Israel
9 dismissed from tribunal trying Saddam

Weather
Iraq
Al Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar GhurianHeratKabulQandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1588 - The English fleet defeats the Spanish Armada.
1861 - The CSA is victorious at the first battle of Bull Run (Manassas), the first major battle of the Civil War.
1873 - Jesse James commits his first train robbery.
1898 - Spain cedes Guam to the U.S.
1930 - The U.S. Veterans Administration is established.
1940 - The Soviet Union annexes Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia.
1944 - U.S. forces liberate Guam from the invading Japanese.
1949 - The U.S. Senate ratifies the North Atlantic Treaty.
1954 - In Geneva, France agrees to independence for North and South Vietnam.
1955 - The Seawolf, the first submarine powered by a liquid metal-cooled reactor, is launched
1966 - Gemini X returns to Earth.
1969 - Neil Armstrong steps on the Moon at 2:56:15 AM (GMT)
1969 - Russia's Luna 15 impacts on the moon after 52 lunar orbits.
1973 - The U.S.S.R. launches Mars 4 for a fly-by of that planet.
1976 - 29 are killed in Philadelphia, in the first outbreak of "Legionnaire's Disease."
1978 - The U.S. Postal Service and the unions agree on a contract, averting a mail strike.
1983 - The Polish government ends 19 months of martial law; the U.S. announces that Lebanon has freed American hostage David Dodge
1984 - Harry Allen, a worker at Diecast Corp. in Jackson, MI, has the dubious honor of becoming the first person killed by a robot in the U.S. when he is pinned between the back of the industrial robot and a factory pole.

Holidays
Guam - Liberation Day (1944)

Birthdays
1804 - Victor Schoelcher, French humanitarian, sat on the commission that abolished slavery in France, later elected Senator for life.
1816 - Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founder of Reuters news service
1856 - Louise Blanchard Bethune, first female American architect
1899 - Ernest Hemmingway, writer, Nobel Prize winner
1924 - Don Knotts, actor (Amdy Griffth Show, Three's Company)
19-- - My Mom - Happy Birthday, Mom!!!!
1947 - Cat Stevens aka Yusuf Islam, rocker ("Peace Train," "Father & Son")
1952 - Robin Williams, comedian

Passings
1796 - Robert Burns Scottish poet
1957 - Bernard Spooner, American inventor of the bulletproof jacket
1972 - Jigme Dori Wangchuck, King of Bhutan
1976 - Christopher Ewart-Biggs, British ambassador to Ireland, assassinated
1982 - Dave Garroway, TV host (Today Show)
1984 - Harry Allen, first human killed by a robot in the U.S.

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Tiffin, Rainford, USAF (CA); F105D shot down

1967
Flora, Carroll E., US Army (MO); CH47 shot down, released by PRG March, 1973 (injured)

1968
Flanagan, Sherman E., Jr., USAF - NG(MD); F100D shot down, believed to be the first Maryland National Guard member KIA, body not recovered

Willing, Edward A., USMC (DE); disappeared while on guard duty, presumed KIA, body not recovered

1970
Schultz, Ronald J., US Army (KS); presumed killed, body not recovered