News of Note
Hurricane Katrina
New FEMA Director
Veteran firefighter selected
New Orleans Slowly Recovers

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq Rebels Shell Green Zone
US could withdraw 50,000 troops by year end: Talabani
SECURITY FORCES AIRMEN PREVENT ATTACK ON IRAQI BASE

Operation Enduring Freedom
US urges NATO allies to drop Afghan mission limits
Orgun-E Opens First Paved Road in Province

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Colombia Jet Hijacking Ends
Terror Tape Doesn't Faze L.A.
Video: Terror Threat
Briton Gets 47 Years in Jail for Missile Smuggling Plot

BRAC News
Mass. Base Spared Closure

Supreme Court
Senate Dems to Grill Roberts

Football
Falcons defeat Eagles 14-10

Fox News
Ophelia Storms Closer
Workers Caused L.A. Outage
Pakistan Wants Afghan Fence
N. Korea Talks to Resume
Cops Free 11 Caged Ohio Kids
FBI Analyst Charged With Passing Secrets to Filipinos
Israel Completes Gaza Pullout
40 Bodies Found at Hospital
New Orleans Slowly Recovers
FEMA Chief Brown Resigns
Video: New Orleans Mayor in Dallas?
Video: Families Reunited, Torn Apart
Video: Brown Steps Down as FEMA Chief
Video: Bracing for Ophelia
Photo Essay: Hurricane Katrina: Day 13
Video: Roberts: 'Justices Are Like Umpires'
Transcript: Roberts' Statement
Videos: Kennedy Biden Hatch Specter

Reuters: Top News
Sharon taking UN world stage after image makeover
Tropical Storm Ophelia keeps US coast guessing
N.Korea adamant on nuclear power as talks resume
UN scales down ambitious overhaul plans for summit
The filmmaking show must go on, Louisiana says
Canada doesn't see breakthrough at post-Kyoto meet
Astronomers detect most distant cosmic explosion
S. China: perfect incubator for bird flu pandemic?

JuneauEmpire.com: Associated Press
Bush balancing agenda with storm response
Roberts vows to judge cases by rule of law
Talks on N. Korea nuclear program resume
Investigators to monitor Katrina contracts

The Seattle Times
FEMA will get bulk of aid
Muck bogs down recovery process
Ethnic media report, help their own

Chicago Sun-Times
Bush: No racism in response
Churches urged to 'adopt' families
Roberts: 'I have no agenda'
N. Ireland Protestants riot for 3rd night

Washington Post: World News
Capricious U.S. Justice in Iraq
(gotta love the Washington Post. Objective, unbiased reporting - HA!)
Palestinians Pour Into Settlements
Tall Afar Offensive Continues
Musharraf: No Challenge From Bush On Reversal: Pakistani President Still Leading Army
21 Afghan Candidates Disqualified for Ties to Militias
(militias? Ohhhhh, you mean terrorists....)
Jakarta court sentences embassy bomber to death
Polish Solidarity parties head for landslide win
Somali Militia Takes Over UNICEF Office

Yahoo! News: War with Iraq
US, Iraqi troops in house-to-house hunt for Tal Afar rebels
Iraqi killed, seven wounded in minibus bombing
Bush Balancing Agenda With Storm Response
Under Pressure, Rebels Abandon an Iraqi Stronghold

CENTCOM: News Releases
COALITION FORCES DETAIN, RELEASE SUSPECTED TERRORISTS
TASK FORCE LIBERTY JOINT OPERATIONS CAPTURE TERRORISTS AND WEAPONS
MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES CAPTURE AL-QAIDA TERRORIST BRIGADE LEADER
OPERATION CYCLONE BEGINS
TIP LEADS SOLDIERS TO CACHE IN DIYALA PROVINCE
OPERATION RESTORING RIGHTS CONTINUES IN TAL AFAR
TASK FORCE FREEDOM DETAINS 13 TERROR SUSPECTS IN NORTHERN IRAQ
AIR STRIKE DESTROYS TERROR CONSULTANT'S SAFE HOUSE

Department of Defense
U.S. Ambassador: Stakes in Iraq 'Huge' — Story
Memo Seals Support for Anti-Terrorism Center 5 — Story
Munitions Clearance Program Makes Iraq Safer — Story

ON THE GROUND
Joint Effort Rebuilds Iraq’s Police Stations — Story
Corps of Engineers Works to Pave 'Silk Road' — Story
Deployed Soldiers Still Hit Schoolbooks — Story

IN IRAQ
Corps Team Builds Iraqi Ammo Supply Point
Army Veterinary Program Aids Iraqi Livestock
Headset Saves Soldier’s Hearing in IED Blast
Army Mechanics Keep Copters Battle Ready
U.S.-Iraqi Teamwork Key to Reconstruction

IN AFGHANISTAN
Geek Squad Faces Future of Modern Battle
Paratroopers Beat Back Taliban Ambush

FACE OF DEFENSE
Mother’s Courage Changes Daughter’s Plans — Story

HOMECOMING
Navy Customs Inspectors Return from Kuwait, Iraq
Photos: 908th Airlift Wing Returns Home

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Katrina

IN IRAQ
Soldiers Kill Terrorist Sniper
Troops Seize Anti-Terror Initiative
Joint Effort Nabs Terrorists
Iraqi Army Conducts Operation
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Governors Confer
Meeting Focus: Food Crop Growth
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
President Praises American Spirit
Iraq, Afghan Education Progresses
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Team Aids Storm-Affected Troops
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
0122 - Building of Hadrian's Wall commences.
1625 - Rabbi Isiah Horowith 15 others are arrested in Jerusalem.
1788 - New York City becomes the capital of the United States.
1789 - NYC banks make the first loan to the U.S. Government.
1867 - General E. R. S. Canby orders SC courts to impanel blacks as jurors.
1882 - Britain invades Egypt.
1906 - Europe sees its first airplane flight.
1922 - A temperature of 136.4° F (58° C) is recorded in El Aziziyah, Libya, in the shade - a world record.
1942 - German forces attack Stalingrad.
1943 - Chiang Kai-shek became president of China.
1948 - Margaret Chase Smith (ME) is elected Senator, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
1959 - The U.S.S.R's Luna-2 becomes the first probe to contact another celestial body.
1961 - "Car 54 Where are You?" premiers on TV; the unmanned Mercury-Atlas 4 is launched into orbit.
1963 - "The Outer Limits" premiers on TV.
1965 - For the first time, the "Today Show" is broadcast entirely in color.
1970 - IBM announces its System 370 computer.
1971 - A takeover at Attica results in the deaths of 9 hostage and 28 prisoners.
1973 - Congress passes a bill to football's blackout.
1974 - The Phillies set a NL record, using 27 players in one game (St Louis uses 24, tying the total record of 51); the Phillies win the game.
1977 - TV's first viewer discretion warning is given, for "Soap."
1979 - South Africa grants independence to Venda; it is not recognized outside of South Africa.
1983 - The U.S. mint strikes its first gold coin in 50 years (the Olympic Eagle).
1990 - In Kuwait, Iraqi troops storm the French ambassador's residence; David Souter's confirmation hearing opens.

Birthdays
1739 - Grigory Potemkin, Russian army officer, statesman, Czarina Catherine II's lover
1755 - Oliver Evans pioneered high-pressure steam engine
1851 - Walter Reed, US Army Surgeon, proved mosquitoes transmit yellow fever
1860 - General John J. (Blackjack) Pershing, U.S. commander in WW I.
1863 - Arthur Henderson, British socialist/disarmament worker, Nobel Prize winner (1934)
1866 - Adolf Meyer, psychiatrist/neurologist (pioneered mental hygiene)
1937 - Fred Silverman, broadcasting executive (ABC/NBC)
1938 - Judith Martin (Miss Manners)
1941 - Oscar Arias Sanchez, president of Costa Rica (1986- ), Nobel Prize winner (1987)

Passings
1321 - Dante Alighieri, author of "The Divine Comedy"
1598 - King Philip II of Spain (1556-98)
1759 - James Wolfe, British general (Plains of Abraham)
1803 - John Barry, first American Commodore
1991 - Joseph Pasternak, movie producer

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Mossman, Joe R., USNR (PA); A4E shot down, KIA, body not recovered

1966
Coakley, William F., USN (MA); A4C shot down, KIA, remains retrned May, 1989

1967
Reid, Harold Erich, USMC (UT); disappeared from guard post; KIA in firefight - remains ID'd March, 1999

1968
Brigham, James W., US Army (FL); released January, 1969 - died after his return, of wounds sustained in capivity

1970
Miller, Wyatt, Jr., US Army (PA); Killed while surfing in South China Sea - body not recovered