News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Warrants for Ex-Iraqi Officials
Pre-vote bombers strike Iraq, dozens dead

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan Terrorists Kill GI
Suspected Taliban Militants Kill 19 Afghans

Homeland Security / War on Terror
NYC Scales Back Terror Alert
2003 Istanbul Bombing Suspect Stands Trial
Police Makes First Arrest in Bali Bombings
Shining Path Founder Rejects Terror Charge
U.S.: No sign bin Laden was a victim

Hurricane Season
Bush: La. Cleanup Advances
N.O. Cops Plead Not Guilty
Video: Cops Taped in Beating
New Orleans mayor seeks Bush's help
Bush on eighth trip to hurricane zone
Lobbyists dominate Gulf Coast reconstruction plans
Smaller firms to get Gulf Coast reconstruction projects

Pakistan Earthquake
Quake Victims Search for Help
Death toll highest in Kashmir
Hungry Looters Raid Stores
U.S. Muslims Raise Aid Money
Scramble for Aid
Latest disaster tests stamina of donors
Boy rescued from rubble is named "earthquake"
Hope for more survivors fading in Asia quake zone
World rushes aid to Pakistan
Kashmiri Separatists Dispense Quake Aid
Video: Toll Rising
Video: U.S. Mobilizes Aid for Victims
Video: Quake Death Toll Rising
Video: Rescuers Scour Debris for Survivors
Photo Essay: Earthquake Aftermath

Military News
In the Army's Sandbox, no Playing Nice
Army Unveils New Recruiting Initiatives
Rhein-Main Base Closing After Six Decades

Supporting our Troops
Cookie overdrive: Holiday project inspires many

Sports News
Yankees Eliminated by Angels
Steelers rally to beat Chargers; Big Ben hurt

Fox News
Merkel to Be German Leader
Eastern Floods Kill 10
Snowstorm Slams Colorado
Tsunami Warnings Readied
American, Israeli Share Nobel Prize in Economics
Boy, 9, Swims From Alcatraz to San Francisco
Millionaire Space Tourist Returns to Earth

Reuters: Top News
Police smash huge European people-smuggling ring
McCain chides Schwarzenegger over staged rallies
Snow wants progress on yuan flexibility
IBM won't use genetic info for hiring, benefits
Palestinians try to wean Gaza children from war
Bush Fed chief pick may come as early as November

AP World News
Liberians Set to Vote for President
Rwandan Militia Kill 15 in Congo Raid
Guatemala's Indians Refuse Flood Aid
Indians Clash With Police in Colombia
Morocco Defends Use of Force on Africans
Zanzibar Police Arrest 24 After Violence
Abbas-Sharon Meeting Postponed Again

The Seattle Times
Last-minute talks in Iraq fail to elicit accord
Anti-terrorism TV show assailed by some Arabs
Ex-child soldiers may sway Liberian election
Violence, pressure quash recall try in Chinese village
Vegas gets a leg up on sumo wrestling
Man takes over train with bow and arrow

Chicago Sun-Times
5th suicide bombing in 2 weeks kills ex-commander

Boston Globe: World
Space program to send 2 taikonauts into orbit
Rice signals rift with Uzbekistan
Sudan strife has escalated, UN aide says

Military.com
Death Toll Rises for Military Reservists
U.S. Helos Aid in Quake Relief
SEALs Launching Public Recruiting Effort
Chinook Destroyed in Hard Landing; Crew Unscathed
Ex-Official Fears Bill Will Weaken Saddam Tribunal
Aid Likely to Improve U.S. Image

CENTCOM: News Release
SOLDIERS DISCOVER WEAPONS CACHE

Department of Defense
U.S. Relief Supplies Arrive in Islamabad — Story Photos
Statement: Relief Efforts
Rumsfeld Pledges Aid in Relief Effort
Coalition Copters, Crews to Help Recovery
Soldier Killed by Bomber; Terrorists Detained — Story
Firefight Kills U.S. Soldier in Afghanistan — Story

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Hurricane Coverage
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
IED Kills Marine; Bomber Stopped
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps
Iraq Daily Update
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
Weekly Progress Report (pdf)

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Defense Officials Identify Casualties — 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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1737 - An earthquake kills 300,000 in Calcutta, India.
1776 - Brigadier General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet is defeated by the British.
1797 - British naval forces defeat the Dutch off Camperdown, the Netherlands.
1811 - The Juliana, the first steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation.
1864 - Slavery is abolished in Maryland.
1865 - President Johnson paroles CSA VP Alexander Stephens.
1890 - The Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1919 - The first transcontinental air race ends.
1922 - Alaska Davidson becomes the first female FBI "special investigator."
1945 - Chiang Kai-Shek and Mao Tse-Tung are pitted against each other, as a civil war begins in China.
1958 - Pioneer-1, the second U.S. Moon probe, reaches 113,810 km before it falls back.
1961 - USAF Major Robert M. White takes the X-15 to 66,100 m.
1968 - Apollo-7 makes 163 orbits in 260 hours; revolt begins in Panama.
1969 - Soyuz-6 is launched; Soyuz-7 and 8 follow in the next two days.
1975 - "Saturday Night Live" premieres, with guest host George Carlin.
1977 - Soyuz-25 returns to Earth.
1979 - Allan McLeod Cormack and Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win the Nobel Prize for medicine for developing the CAT scan.
1980 - Cosmonauts Popov and Ryumin set a space endurance record of 184 days.
1982 - The English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, is raised at Portsmouth, England.
1983 - The last hand-cranked telephones in the U.S. go out of service, as over 400 customers in Bryant Pond, ME, are switched over to direct-dial.
1984 - NASA launches the space vehicle S-208.
1985 - President Reagan bans the importation of South African Krugerrands.
1986 - Reagan and Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland.
1990 - Oil hits a then-record $40.42 per barrel.
1991 - Anita Hill testifies that Clarence Thomas sexually harrassed her.

Birthdays
1821 - Sir George Williams, founder of the YMCA
1844 - Henry John Heinz, founder of the prepared-foods company
1872 - Harlan Fiske Stone, Supreme Court Justice (1925-41); Chief Justice (41-46)
1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady
1897 - General Nathan F. Twining, USAF (Neither Liberty nor Safety)
1914 - Edward J. Day, U.S. Postmaster General (1961)
1962 - Joan Cusack, comedienne (SNL)
1969 - Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands

Passings
1779 - General Casimir Pulaski
1809 - Meriwether Lewis, Captain of the Lewis & Clark Expedition
1961 - Leonard "Chico" Marx (Marx Brothers)
1985 - Orson Welles, of a heart attack
1988 - Waylon Flowers, puppeteer
1990 - Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondant, of cancer
1991 - Redd Foxx, comedian, from a heart attack

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Ferguson, Willie C., Jr., USMC (OK); KIA in the crash of a UH34D, remains recovered February, 1973

Heller, Ivan Louis, USN (IL); KIA in the crash of a UH34D, remains recovered March, 1973