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Sunday, October 23, 2005

In Today's News - Sunday, October 23, 2005

Quote of the Day
"The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name
and the inheritance of a great example."
-- Benjamin Disraeli

News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
U.S. Troops Maintain High Morale in Iraq
U.S. Operation Targets Iraqi Insurgents Near Border
Referendum Vote Probed
US says kills 20 insurgents in western Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Secretary Urges Resolution of Allegations
8 Police, 4 Taliban Killed in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Woman Found Hiding Grenade Under Baby

Hurricane Season
Relentless Wilma
Three dead; Expected to make landfall in Florida Monday
Hurricane Watch for Fla. Keys
Video: Fla. Official on Evacuations
Video: Wilma's Wrath
Photo Essay: Hurricane Hammers Mexico
Photo Essay: Riding Out the Storm

Politics
Times Editor: Miller May Have Misled on Leak Information

Sports News
Clemens vs. Contreras in Game One of World Series
Four Ex-Yanks on Deck
White Sox strike first in World Series

Fox News
Plane Reported Missing After Takeoff From Nigerian City
Teen Suspect in Vitale Murder Charged as Adult
Mother of San Francisco Bay Victims on Suicide Watch
Hariri's Son: World Court Should Try Alleged Killers
Video: Syrian Link?
Croatia Begins Bird Flu Cull

Reuters: Top News
Suriname denies UK bird flu parrot infected there
Bush pushes for guest worker program
India, Pakistan inch toward quake aid cooperation
Brazil foot-and-mouth outbreak crosses state lines

AP World News
India, Pakistan Propose Setting Up Camps
Mom: Russia Afraid of Khodorkovsky Clout
Pakistan Gang Rape Victim Heads to U.S.
Mayor, Lawmaker Vie in Poland Vote Runoff
Somalia Faces Threat of New Civil War
20 Inmates Escape From Guatemala Prison
Fundamentalist Arrested in Hariri Killing
Egypt Police Guard Churches After Riots
Blast Rocks Street in Salzburg, Austria

CENTCOM: News Release
SIGNIFICANT STRIDES MADE IN OPERATION RESTORING RIGHTS
STRYKER BRIGADE UNCOVERS HUGE WEAPON CACHES NEAR EUPHRATES RIVER
COALITION FORCES RAID HUSAYBAH FOREIGN FIGHTER SAFE HOUSES

Department of Defense
Rumsfeld Thanks Mongolian Army Soldiers — Story Photos
Rumsfeld's Mongolia Visit Focuses on Peacekeeping
U.S. Troops Die in Iraq; Insurgents Killed — Story

IN IRAQ
New Substation Improves Service for 20,000
Big Easy 5K Run Aids Hurricane Victims

IN AFGHANISTAN
Vehicle Armor Kits Add Safety, Peace of Mind
Logistical Task Force Supports Warfighters

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Terrorist Safe House Destroyed
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Iraq Progress Fact Sheet (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Detainees' Dietary Needs Observed
Search, Seizure Training Tougher
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
Rumsfeld in Korea Video
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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1679 - James II of Scotland is the target of the Meal Tub Plot.
1775 - The Continental Congress approves a resolution barring Blacks from serving in the army.
1790 - Slaves revolt in Haiti; it is later suppressed.
1805 - The sailing ship Aeneus sinks off Newfoundland, killing 340
1864 - Battle of Westport, Missouri.
1910 - Blanche Scott becomes the first woman to solo on a public airplane flight.
1915 - 25,000 women march in NYC, demanding the right to vote.
1927 - The city of Netanya, Israel is founded.
1942 - Britain launches a major offensive at El Alamein, Egypt.
1944 - The Soviet army invades Hungary.
1946 - The U.N. General Assembly's second session convenes - the first in NYC.
1947 - The NAACP petition on racism, "An Appeal to the World," is presented to the U.N.
1954 - Britain, England, France and the U.S.S.R. agree to end the occupation of Germany.
1956 - The first video recording on magnetic tape is televised coast-to-coast;a revolt against Stalinist policies begins in Hungary (Hungarian Revolution).
1957 - The first test firing of the Vanguard satellite launch vehicle, TV-3, takes place.
1958 - The U.S.S.R. lends money to the U.A.R. to build the Aswan High Dam.
1962 - USAF Major Robert A. Rushworth takes the X-15 to 40,800 m.
1970 - Gary Gabelich sets an auto speed record of 622.4 mph (1,002 kph).
1973 - Nixon agrees to turn over White House tape recordings to Judge Sirica; The U.N.'s revised International Telecommunication Convention is adopted.
1977 - Panamanians vote 2:1 to approve the new Canal treaties.
1980 - Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin resigns, due to illness.
1983 - A suicide terrorist truck bomb kills 241 U.S. servicemembers in Beirut.
1984 - NBC airs BBC footage of the Ethiopian famine.
1989 - The U.S.'s 62nd manned space mission (STS-34, Atlantis 5) returns from space.
1990 - Iraq announces the release of 330 French hostages.
1991 - Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills two women.

Birthdays
1752 - Nicolas Appert, inventor (food canning, bouillon tablet)
1868 - Rama V (Chulalongkorn), leader of Thailand (-1910)
1905 - Felix Bloch, U.S. physicist, Nobel Prize winner (1952)
1923 - Frank Sutton, actor (Sgt. Carter-Gomer Pyle USMC)
1925 - Johnny Carson, comedian (Tonight Show, Who Do You Trust)
1938 - John Heinz (Sen-PA)
1942 - Michael Crichton, novelist (Andromeda Strain, Congo, Looker)
1956 - Dwight Yoakum, country singer (If There Was a Way)
1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, parody singer (Eat It, UHF, Naked Gun)
1962 - Doug Flute, WFL/NFL QB (Generals, Bears, Patriots)
1963 - Katherine Hushaw, Playboy playmate (Oct, 1986)

Passings
1983 - Jessica Savitch, newscaster (NBC Weekend)

Reported Missing in Action
- None listed -
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