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News of Note
London Bombings
Two London Bombers ID'd
Kin Protest Mistaken Shooting
Blair urges public to help catch London bombers

Bombings in Egypt
Bush Condemns Deadly Attacks in Egypt
Egypt Seeks 5 in Bombings
American Citizen Killed in Attack
Egyptian police fight battles as blast probe widens
Dad of American killed in Egypt mourns
Egyptian tells of escape from hotel blast

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Troops Become U.S. Citizens During Iraq Tour
New Iraqi Police Officers Express Determination
'Chemical Ali' questioned by Iraq tribunal
Al-Qaida statement warns Muslims in Iraq
Iraq constitution draft links Islam, law

Operation Enduring Freedom
Southern Afghan Governors Discuss Elections
U.S., Afghan Soldiers Killed

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Embassy in Saudia Arabia warns Americans
Egyptians: Is global group behind blasts?

Foot-in-Mouth Disease
Pa. Governor: Apology Sent to Marine's Family

Soldiers on Trial
Guilty Plea From Guardsman

Other News of Note
Korea Nuke Talks Open
Marines Unveil Commemorative Coin
Division of Labor (AFL-CIO, Unions split)
Labor Pained as It Struggles With Purpose
Video: Labor Pains

Fox News
White House Hints at Recess Appointment for Bolton
Roberts Meets With Feinstein
Iraq Constitution Boycott Over
Pope's Prayer Offends Israel
'An Acceptable Risk'
Video: Second Time a Charm?
Video: NASA Administrator on Safety Issues
Video: NASA to Launch Even With Glitch
Scout Leaders Killed
Tragedy at Virginia Jamboree

Reuters: Top News
Congress plans to scrutinize Plame-related issues
Clinton, Democrats try to forge optimistic agenda
NASA defends possible shuttle safety rule waiver
U.S. lawmakers vote to delay CNOOC bid for Unocal
Supreme Court nom Roberts gives assurances -senator

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Israeli officials want to hasten pullout
Israel proficient at preventing attacks
Farmers prepare for Gaza pullout
Musharraf: No al-Qaida center in Pakistan
Israel upset pope did not condemn attacks
Roadside bomb kills U.S. soldier in Iraq
Two said detained in Algeria kidnappings

Department of Defense
Nation Must Maintain Will in Terror War
Myers: Defense Review Must Look at Range of Missions
Rumsfeld Discusses Kyrgyzstan Election

ON THE GROUND
Marine Commandant, Top NCO Visit Al Asad
Marine Military Police Patrol Local Roadways

IN IRAQ
Supply Soldiers Keep Brigade Well Stocked
Marine Brings Rugby to Camp Taqaddum
Marine Seahawks Wrap Up Iraq Deployment
New Sadr City Water Treatment Plant Opens

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Officers Learn How to Operate Army

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Group Helps Wounded, Families

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Attacks Kill U.S. Soldier, Iraqis
Iraqis Force Car Bomb Detonation
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update

IN AFGHANISTAN
Fighting Kills U.S., Afghan Soldiers
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Leaders Praise Warfighters
Attacks Won't Derail Support
N.M. Guard Ready to Respond
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Reservists Begin Customs Training
U.S. Addresses Chinese Embargo
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Marine Casualty

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 Ghurian Herat Kabul Qandahar

Gitmo

Today in History
1775 - Benjamin Franklin becomes the first Postmaster General.
1788 - New York becomes the 11th state to ratify the Constitution.
1908 - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is established.
1947 - The National Security Act establishes the CIA.
1948 - President Truman issues Executive Order No. 9981, directing "equality of
treatment and opportunity" in the U.S. armed forces.
1953 - Fidel Castro leads an attack on Moncada Barracks, beginning the Cuban Revolution.
1956 - Egypt seizes the Suez Canal.
1957 - The U.S.S.R. launches the first intercontinental multistage ballistic missile.
1958 - The Army launches the 4th successful U.S. satellite, Explorer IV.
1963 - US Syncom 2, the 1st geosynchronous communications satellite, is launched.
1965 - The Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Nat'l Day).
1971 - Apollo 15 is launched to the Moon.
1974 - The U.S.S.R.'s Soyuz fails to dock with the Salyut 3 space station.
1975 - Soyuz 18B returns to Earth.
1991 - Paul Reubens (a.k.a. Pee Wee Herman) is arrested for exposing himself at an adult movie theater.

This Day in Terrorism
1986 - Lebanese kidnappers release Reverend Lawrence Martin Jenco.

Birthdays
1739 - George Clinton, 4th U.S. Vice President
1799 - Isaac Babbitt, invented babbitt's metal for bearings
1829 - Auguste Beernaert Belgium (Nobel Peace Prize-1909)
1875 - Dr. Carl Gustav Jung, founder of analytic psychology
1908 - Salvador Allende Gossens, Chile's last elected president (1970-73)
1928 - Stanley Kubrick, director (2001, )
1940 - Mary Jo Kopechne, killed when Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge in Chappaquiddick
1949 - William M. Shepherd, Captain, USN / astronaut (STS-27, 41)
1951 - William Surles "Bill" McArthur Jr., Lt. Colonel / astronaut

Passings
1863 - Sam Houston, president of Texas
1941 - Marx Dormoy, French socialist, killed by a time bomb
1952 - Eva "Evita" Peron, Argentina's First Lady

Reported Missing in Action
1967
Brazik, Richard, USAF (OH); F4C shot down, presumed KIA, body not recovered
Claflin, Richard Ames, USAF (KS); F4C shot down, presumed KIA, body not recovered

1969
Brenning, Richard D., USNR (NE); A4C crashed in water soon after take-off, Killed, body not recovered