News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq Bomb Kills 4 U.S. Soldiers
Iraq enjoys some of world's cheapest gas
Compromise sought on Iraq constitution

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Bomb Kills Two GIs
Airborne, Enemy Clash in Operation Neptune

Gaza Withdrawal
Soldiers Storm Gaza Synagogues
White House Keeps Eye on Pullout
Tears, Rage as Settlers Evicted
Children on Front Line of Pullout
Gaza Palestinians Welcome Pullout
Video: FNC: Hardline Settlers Evicted
Video: Israeli Ambassador on Pullout
FOX Talks to Mom Being Evicted
Photo Essay: Israel Begins Forcible Evacuations
Gaza evictions wrench settlers and troops
Woman sets herself on fire in Israel
Palestinians cheer Gaza Strip withdrawal
Pullout revives exiles' hopes to go home
Rice calls Gaza withdrawal 'dramatic moment' - NYT

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Saudis: Country's Al Qaeda Leader Killed in Shootout
Moroccan to learn fate at Hamburg 9/11 retrial
Muslim Prison Gang May Have Plotted Terror Attack
Police Question 50 in Bangladesh Bombings

News of the Weird
Fisherman dies chasing fish that stole his pole

Fox News
ABA Endorses Roberts

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Libya urges Bulgaria to pay for medics
Philippine maids seek shelter from abuse
U.N.: Sudan rebel group committed to peace
Palestinian banners fuel U.N. dispute
Aspiring Egypt leaders launch campaigns
Group criticizes Iraq constitution panel
Iraq leader paves way for legal hangings

Reuters: Top News
Foreign diplomats press Iraq talks; 4 US troops killed
Lawyer for Brazilian urges UK police chief to quit
U.S. lawyers group gives Roberts highest rating

JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Russia, China kick off military exercises
Panel challenges NASA over shuttle safety
Infection rates in new Windows worm low

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Iraq's Aziz lawyer says expects his release soon
US to send 700 extra troops to Iraq to reinforce prisons
Japan party to pull Iraq troops

Department of Defense
Rumsfeld in Peru for Security Talks — Story
Rumsfeld Wraps Up Paraguayan Visit — Story Transcript Photos
Rumsfeld, Paraguayan President Reaffirm Ties
Chairman Encouraged by Meetings in Iraq — Story
Myers: Expectations Not Lowered in Iraq
Constitution Delay Will Not Affect Operations
Casey Predicts Success in Iraq Mission

ON THE GROUND
Coalition 'Team Village' Assists Afghans — Story Photos
Australian Commodore Turns Over Command — Story
Task Force Thanks Local Iraqis for Support — Story

IN IRAQ
Scouting Program Grows in Iraqi Community
Task Force Baghdad Visits Children's Hospital
101st Airborne Div. Headquarters Nears Completion

IN AFGHANISTAN
Medical Outreach Visit Treats Afghan Villagers

IN KUWAIT
Airmen Focus on Work to Move Supplies

FACE OF DEFENSE
Injured Soldier Returns to Iraq -- Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Wounded Troops Join Powwow — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Ad Diwaniyah Police Get New Cars
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed
Car Bombs Kill Dozens Photos
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)
'Eye on Iraq' (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Fact Sheet: Helping Women in Iraq

IN AFGHANISTAN
Canadians to Command PRT
Forces Kill 6 Enemy Combatants
Afghanistan Daily Update

WAR ON TERRORISM
UAV Use Expands in Terror War
Exercise Tests Attack Response
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
DoD Recognizes Top Installations
Troops, Families Enjoy Cookout
Initiative Focus: Preparedness
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army Casualty — Story

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
1587 - Virginia Dare becomes the first English child born in the New World.
1686 - Cassini reports seeing a satellite orbiting Venus.
1817 - Gloucester, MA, newspapers report the offshore sighting of a wild sea serpent.
1834 - Mt. Vesuvius erupts.
1846 - General Stephen W. Kearney's U.S. forces captures Santa Fe, NM.
1864 - Day 1 of 3 of the Battle of Weldon Railroad (Petersburg campaign).
1894 - Congress establishes the Bureau of Immigration.
1914 - President Woodrow Wilson issues the Proclamation of Neutrality.
1920 - Tennessee ratifies the 19th Amendment, guaranteeing women the right to vote.
1930 - Eastern Airlines begins passenger service.
1938 - F.D.R. dedicates the Thousand Islands Bridge, connecting the U.S. and Canada.
1943 - The final convoy of Jews from Salonika, Greece arrive at Auschwitz.
1954 - Assistant Secretary of Labor James Wilkins becomes the first African American to attend a Cabinet meeting.
1961 - Construction on Berlin Wall is completed.
1976 - The U.S.S.R.'s Luna 24 soft-lands on the Moon.

Birthdays
472 - Flavius Ricimer, general of the Western Roman Empire, kingmaker
1587 - Virginia Dare, first American born of English parents
1778 Fabian Gottlieb von Bellinghausen, first to circumnavigate Antarctica
1792 John, first Earl Russell, British Whig PM (1846-52, 1865-66)
1904 Sterling W. Cole (Rep-NY)
1917 Casper Weinberger, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1981-87)
1919 Walter J. Hickel (Gov-Alaska) / U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1969-71)
1924 - Mohammad Zia Ul-Haq, president of Pakistan (1978-88)
1927 - Rosalynn Carter, First Lady to President Jimmy Carter

Passing
1227 - Genghis Khan, Mongol conqueror
1961 - Learned Hand, Chief judge of US court of Appeals
1990 - B.F. Skinner, psychologist

Reported Missing in Action
1964
Uom, Chem Barung (Thailand); released - deceased

1966
Rykoskey, Edward J., USMC (PA); disappeared when his patrol was ambushed, KIA, body not recovered

1968
Davis, Daniel R., USAF (GA); O1A shot down over Laos, remains ID'd August, 1995

1971
Kuykendall, Willie C., US Army (MS); drowned during attempt to recover track vehicle in river, body not recovered
Weaks, Melvin L., US Army (NC); drowned trying to reach Kuykendall, body not recovered