News of Note
London Bombings
London Reopens Bombed Subway Sections
20 quizzed over bungled London attacks

Bombings in Egypt
Suspect in Sharm attacks killed by police

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq's oil exports rise in July

Fallen Heroes
Georgia National Guard Unit Loses 8 Troops

News of the Weird
Smelly fungus sparks police hunt for corpse

Other News of Note
USS Boxer Firemen Save Crew, Earn Medals
Uzbeks Ask the United States to Leave
Officials Release Hundreds of Detainees

Fox News
Discovery's Crew Preps for Repair Mission
Dangling Material a Problem
Discovery Crew Practices Repairs
Astronomers Discover New Planet
NASA Chief: Foam Problem My Fault
Timeline: Discovery's Mission
Video: NASA Sets Repair Spacewalk
Video: Space Program Setback
Video: Foam Problem Persists
Bolton Gets U.N. Post
Fahd to Get Simple Grave
North Korea: No Progress Has Been Made in Nuke Talks
Iran Backs Off Nuke Threat
Ohio Vote May Portend for '06
Video: Special election
Immigration Laws Lead to Over 500 Gang Arrests
Riots After Sudan's VP Dies

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: War on Iraq
Iraq leaders urged to draft constitution
France urges U.N. intervention with Iran
Riots follow death of former Sudan leader
Iran to delay reopening nuclear plant
King Abdullah assumes Saudi throne
Israel begins preparations for Gaza plan
Issues blocking deal on Iraq constitution
Flags, posters used in Gaza credit battle
A brief look at the Saudi royal family
Leaders call Garang death a loss to Sudan
Israel warns of Iran nuclear plans
Turkey's Kurdish language schools to close
Saudis jockey for power after Fahd's death
Syria eases restrictions on transit trucks
King Abdullah: An effective reformer
Israel to use sand bullets during riots

Reuters: Top News
CNOOC likely to drop bid for Unocal - sources
Muslim leaders gather for Saudi king's funeral
Small bomb explodes outside BA, BP offices in Iran
Korea nuclear crisis talks deadlocked, to continue
Israel braces for rightist rally against Gaza plan
Muslim leaders gather for Saudi king's funeral
Sudan seeks peace post-Garang, riots kill 36
Bush: Rove has 'my complete confidence'

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
Car bomb rocks central Baghdad
Ohio Congressional Candidates Seek Voters
Saddam lawyer boycotts tribunal over court scuffle
Iraq 'to meet charter deadline'

CENTCOM: News Release
HELICOPTER CREW RESCUES 2 WOUNDED AFGHANS

Department of Defense
Iraqi, U.S. Forces Conduct Searches in Fallujah — Story
'Flying Pentagon' Used During Rumsfeld Trips — Story

ON THE GROUND
'Banshees' Protect Troops on the Battlefield — Story
Rhode Island Guardsmen Adjust to Iraqi Heat — Story
Vehicle Searches Hinder Insurgent Activity — Story
Army Finance Office First of Its Kind in Iraq — Story

IN IRAQ
Iraq Duty a Family Affair for Reserve Couple

IN AFGHANISTAN
Hawaii Guard Builds Kandahar Infrastructure

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
President Salutes Boy Scouts — Story
Alabama Sears Store Earns Award — Story

TOP NEWS
IN IRAQ
Security Adviser Talks Progress
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps
Afghan Reconstruction Group Recruiting

WAR ON TERRORISM
Congress Praised for Legislation
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
National Guard, Reserve Update

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
1492 - Jews are expelled from Spain.
1776 - The Declaration of Independence is formally signed.
1819 - The first parachute jump in the U.S.
1832 - 1,300 Illinois militiamen defeat the Sac & Fox indians, ending the Black Hawk War.
1858 - The firsst street mailboxes are placed in Boston, MA.
1876 - Wild Bill Hickok is shot dead from behind during a poker game - his hand was a pair of Aces and a pair of 8's.
1877 - The San Francisco Public Library opens.
1909 - The first Lincoln pennies are minted; the Army Air Corps is formed as the Army takes its first delivery from the Wright Brothers.
1934 - In the first airplane train, a plane tows three mail gliders.
1939 - The Hatch Act prohibits political activity by Federal workers.
1941 - Jews are expelled from Hungarian Ruthenia.
1943 - PT-109 (on which John F. Kennedy serves) is rammed and sunk.
1962 - NASA civilian test pilot Joseph A. Walker takes the X-15 to 32,600 m.
1964 - In the Gulf of Tonkin, North Vietnam fires on a U.S. destroyer.
1965 - Morley Safer sends the first Vietnam report indicating the U.S. is losing.
1985 - NASA launches the space vehicle S-209.
1989 - NASA confirms Voyager 2's discovery of three more Neptune moons.
1990 - Iraq invades Kuwait.
1991 - The Space Shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) is launched.

Birthdays
1696 - Mahmud I, Ottoman sultan
1754 - Pierre Charles L'Enfant, the architect who laid out Washington, DC.
1878 - Princess Ingeborg of Sweden
1922 - Paul Laxalt (Sen-NV)
1932 - Peter O'Toole, actor (Lord Jim, Beckett, Lawrence of Arabia)
1934 - Albert W. Hall actor (Apocalypse Now)
1934 - Valery Bykovsky, cosmonaut (Vostok 5, Soyuz 22, 31)
1949 - Bertalan Farkas, first Hungarian in space (Soyuz 36)

Passings
1876 - Wild Bill Hickok, shot
1923 - President Warren G. Harding
1934 - Paul Von Hindenburg; Hitler takes over the presidency

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Daughtrey, Robert Nolan, USAF (TX); F105 shot down, released (injured) by DRV February, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well as of 1998
Hail, William Warren, USAF (CA); A1H disappeared ten minutes after takeoff

1967
Cunningham, Carey A., USAF (AL); RF4C crashed while attacking convoy (radar navigator), remains returned 1989, ID'd April, 1998
Hynds, Wallace G., Jr., USAF (SC);RF4C crashed while attacking convoy (pilot)

1969
Talken, George Francis, USN (CA); A7A shot down, KIA, body not recovered