News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
German Archaeologist Kidnapped in Iraq
Iraqi official sees up to 30,000 US troops leaving
Clark Urges More Security at Saddam Trial
Saddam returns to courtroom; trial's slow pace frustrates many
U.S. troops turn more control over to battalions
Peoria native killed just shy of retirement
Iraqis' role in fight against insurgents said to grow
British Muslims, Sunni politicians slain in attacks

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Terror Chief Zarqawi Disowned (In case you didn't hear it the first time, Abu...)
Bangladesh Bombs Kill Eight
Govt lacks ways to gauge wins against terrorism
Europe, Israel, Arab nations agree on guide to combat terrorism

Troops on Trial
Marines Deny Filipino Rapes

Supreme Court
Alito backed tougher civil rights penalty

Hurricane Season
Tropical Storm Epsilon Forms in Central Atlantic
New Orleans school reopens — to anyone

Other News of Note
Canadian Government Falls
Defeated Canadian PM sets election date
Canada's Liberals could hit campaign trail with lead
U.S. pilot meets farmer who saved his life in '44

Fox News
Oct. Durable Goods Orders Higher Than Expected
Gay Clergy Papers Released
Cunningham Quits House
Video: Tearful Resignation
NYC Cop Shot Dead
Stocks to Watch, Nov. 29
Boyfriend's Kiss Kills Girl (Yikes!)
More Bird Flu in China
Winter Weather Wallops Great Plains - Snow, ice, wind claim six lives
Okla. Families Homeless After Fires
Video: Winter Havoc
Photo Essay: Nasty Weather

Reuters: Top News
Suspects in court over 'Jazeera bombing' leak
Bush tries balancing act on illegal immigration
US to hold 1,000th execution
Calif. Rep. resigns over bribes
Global warming talks eye U.S.
China offers help as toxic spill heads for Russia
Stress may raise cholesterol in some
Job exposure to pesticide may raise cancer risk
Black Sea pipelines look to bypass straits

AP World News
French Tighten Immigration Controls
Peres Would Leave Labor Party Under Deal
South Koreans Rally Stem-Cell Pioneer
Rescuers Search for Missing China Miners
Police Arrest N. Ireland Bank Employee
Two British Men in Court Over Leak
Weather Clears in Kashmir Quake-Zone
Tap Water in Chinese City Declared Safe
Honduras Candidate Won't Concede Election
Mexico to Let Police Pursue Drug Smugglers
Catholic Church Ordains Priests in Vietnam
U.S. Defends Decision Not to Join Kyoto
South Asia Earthquake
Search On for Missing in Chile Boat Accident

The Seattle Times
EU airs concerns on secret-jail issue
New CPR guideline: Push fast, push hard
Science stumped on food allergy trend in children
Fatah's first primary disrupted by violence
Arrest made in bogus news report of Chinese invasion
Big snowstorm closes highways

Chicago Sun-Times
Bank seeks foreclosure on Rush's house
Venezuela denies entry to Hyde, others
Powerball's new winner announced: U.S. Treasury
Assault rifle-wielding gunmen steal lion cub

Boston Globe: World
Venezuela, Spain set military accord
Prodemocracy leader's house arrest extended
Call for more Hindus spreads rage in India

Military.com
Patrol Uncovers Weapons, Bomb Materials
Rice Defends Prisoner Tactics
More Iraqi Forces Play Lead Roles
Recruits Tell why They Joined
Saddam Lashes out at US
101st Airborne Soldiers Find Huge Mortar Cache
U.S. Alters Nuclear Weapons Policy
Falcons Down Middies, 64-55
Couple Awarded Millions for Son's Brain Damage
Guard Soldiers Offered Recruiting Bonuses
Afghans Decry Accused Soldiers' 'Lenient' Treatment
Case Against Alleged Chinese Agents Resumes

CENTCOM: News Release
MUTIPLE CACHES UNCOVERED BY IRAQI AND U.S. FORCES
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES ALONG WITH MULTI-NATIONAL FORCES CONTINUE PARTNERSHIP TO F
SOLDIERS SEIZE WEAPONS CACHE, DETAIN 4 TERRORISTS
EXPEDITIONARY STRIKE GROUP 8 TRANSITS THE SUEZ CANAL
MASSIVE WEAPONS CACHE DISCOVERED NEAR KIRKUK

Department of Defense
Elections Will 'Stake Out' Future for Iraq -- Story
Army Secretary: Morale Key to Success -- Story
Iraqi Judge Grants Delay in Saddam Trial -- Story

ON THE GROUND
84th Engineers Prepare for Iraq Deployment -- Story
Nassau Strike Group Transits Suez Canal -- Story
Operation Atal Wali Lives Up to Its Name -- Story
Ghazni Farmers Make Profits From Potatoes -- Story

FACE OF DEFENSE
Molding Metal Motivates Deployed Soldier -- Story

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
Marines, Families Get Holiday Meal -- Story
Talk Show Hosts Marines
Troops Send Holiday Greetings

TOP NEWS
SPECIAL REPORTS
Iraq Transition of Power

IRAQ
Patrol Finds Weapons, Bomb Parts
Soldiers Nab 20 Terrorists
Baquba Rebuilds Its Future
Zarqawi Confidant Death Confirmed
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (pdf)
Multinational Force Iraq
Eye on Iraq Update (pdf)
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (pdf)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Daily Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
N.J., Ind. Guard Teams Certified
Conference: Joint Ops, Preparation
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
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

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1812 Napoleon's Grand Army crosses Berezina River in retreat from Russia
1847 Indians kill Marcus & Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore
1864 Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians
1877 - Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph.
1887 - The U.S. receives the rights to Pearl Harbor (Oahu, Hawaii).
1890 - In the first Army-Navy football game, Navy wins 24-0 at West Point.
1916 - The U.S. declares martial law in the Dominican Republic.
1929 - Lt. Colmmander Richard E. Byrd sends the message: "My calculations indicate that we have reached the vicinity of the South Pole" (He hadn't)
1944 - Albania is liberated from Nazi control; John Hopkins hospital performs the first open heart surgery.
1945 - The monarchy is abolished as Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic.
1947 - The U.N. General Assembly partitions Palestine between Arabs and Jews.
1951 - The first underground atomic explosion occurs at Frenchman Flat, Nevada.
1952 - President-elect Eisenhower visits Korea to assess the war.
1961 - Freedom Riders are attacked by a white mob at a bus station in Mississippi; Mercury-Atlas 5 carries a chimp (Enos) to orbit.
1963 - LBJ sets up the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of JFK.
1965 - Dale Cummings does 14,118 consecutive sit-ups.
1967 - British troops withdraw from Aden; U.S. Secretary of Defense McNamara becomes President of the World Bank.
1975 - Kilauea erupts in Hawaii.
1978 - The U.N. observes an "international day of solidarity with the Palestinian people," boycotted by the U.S. and 20 or so other countries.
1987 - Korean Air Boeing 707 disappears off Burma, on route to Seoul. All 115 lost
1990 - UN Security Council sets Jan 15th military deadline against Iraq
1994 - Russian aircraft bomb Chechen capital of Grozney

Birthdays
1781 - Andres Bello, Venezuelan poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas)
1803 - Christian Doppler, discoverer of the Doppler Effect (color shift)
1811 - Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer
1818 - George Brown, Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe), PM (1858)
1832 - Louisa May Alcott, author (Little Women)
1849 - Sir Ambrose Fleming, inventor (diode)
1874 - Antonio Egas Moniz, lobotomist (Nobel 1949)
1895 - William V.S. Tubman, 17th Liberian President (1943-70)
1898 - C.S. Lewis, English writer/scholar
1923 - Frank Reynolds, news anchor (ABC Evening News)
1928 - Paul Simon (Sen-IL), presidential candidate
1949 - Kenneth D. Cameron, Lt. Colonel USMC / astronaut (Sked:STS-37)

Passings
1530 - Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, adviser to England's King Henry VIII
1780 - Maria Theresa, leader of Austria
1924 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer
1981 - Natalie Wood, actress, drowns off Santa Catalina, CA
1986 - Cary Grant, actor
1987 - Howard Pyle (Gov-AZ, 1951-55)

Reported Missing in Action
1952
Downey, John T., Civilian - CIA; released by China March, 1973 - alive as of 1999

Fecteau, Richard, Civilian - CIA; released December, 1971

1967
Jones, Louis F., USAF (TX); F4C shot down

Millner, Michael, US Army SF (CA); disappeared when his unit was ambushed