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'Surfable tsunami' hits Japanese city World's top cloner blasted for ethics Police blame al-Qaida in Kabul suicide blastsCar bomb explodes outside KFC in PakistanWounded defense lawyer in Saddam trial flees IraqBoston Globe: WorldPolitical parties back coalition government (Germany)
Uzbekistan court convicts 15 for role in May uprisingUS researcher cites a 'breach of trust,' quits stem cell teamPutin moves 3 in Cabinet shake-upMilitary.comIraqis Say Troops Caged Them With LionsU.S. Forces Attack InsurgentsBush on Friendly Terrain in JapanCENTCOM: News ReleasesARREST WARRANTS ISSUED FOR TWO LEADERS IN THE INSURGENCY; ONE HAS TIES TO AL ZARCOALITION FORCES CAPTURE HIGH LEVEL BA'ATH PARTY LEADERSTEEL CURTAIN CONTINUES IN UBAYDIDepartment of DefenseRumsfeld: Iraq Intel Errors Were Honest --
Story VideoON THE GROUNDSchool Renovations Benefit Southern Iraqis --
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Iraq Transition of Power IRAQ
Forces Nab Baath Party Leader Iraqis Expand Basic TrainingCasey Commentary: The Big PictureSteel Curtain Moves Into UbaydiCarrier Aircraft Support OperationRice Reaffirms U.S. CommitmentIraq Daily UpdateThis Week in Iraq (pdf)Multinational Force IraqEye on Iraq Update (pdf)State Dept. Weekly Report (pdf)'Boots on the Ground' Audio ArchiveIraq ReconstructionMapsAFGHANISTANNew Radios Aid Border Police OpsRoad Projects Near CompletionMilitary Courts Nearly in SessionAfghanistan Daily UpdateMapsWAR ON TERRORISMUnity Vital in Terror Fight, Rice Says Bush: U.S. Resolute in War on Terror Rice: World United Against Terror Waging and Winning the War on TerrorTerrorism TimelineTerrorism Knowledge BaseMILITARY NEWS
Army Trains Deploying MarinesChertoff Pledges SupportIron Soldiers Prepare to DeployNational Guard, Reserve UpdateCASUALTIESOfficials Identify Marine Casualties --
StoryWeatherIraqAl Azamiyah Al Basrah Al Hillah Al Karkh Al Kazimiyah Al Kut An Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall KayfAfghanistanBost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul QandaharGitmoNational Hurricane CenterToday in History1532 - Pizarro seizes Incan emperor Atahualpa after securing victory at Cajamarca.
1676 - In Nantucket, MA, the first colonial prison is organized.
1776 - Hessians capture Fort Washington, on Manhattan.
1798 - Kentucky becomes the first state to nullify an act of Congress.
1841 - N.E. Guerin of NY patents the cork-filled life preserver.
1864 - Union General William T. Sherman begins his march to the sea.
1894 - 6,000 Armenians are massacred by Turks in Kurdistan.
1907 - Oklahoma becomes the 46th state.
1914 - The Federal Reserve System formally opens.
1918 - The Hungarian People's Republic is declared.
1920 - For the first time in the U.S., the postage meter is used in lieu of postage stamps.
1925 - The American Association for the Advancement of Atheism is formed in NY.
1933 - Roosevelt establishes diplomatic relations with U.S.S.R.
1950 - The U.N. receives U.S. government approval to issue postage stamps.
1965 - Venera-3 is launched (the first to land on another planet - crashes into Venus).
1966 - Dr. Sam Sheppard is freed by a jury after 9 years in jail.
1973 - President Nixon authorizes construction of the Alaskan pipeline; Skylab-4 is launched into Earth orbit.
1974 - The Arecibo telescope sends the first intentional interstellar radio message - towards M 41, a cluster of stars some 25,000 light years away.
1982 - The fifth Space Shuttle Mission (Columbia-5) lands at Edwards AFB.
1984 - The 14th Shuttle Mission (51A - Discovery-2) lands at Kennedy Center.
1988 - Benazir Bhutto wins the first free Pakistani elections in 11 years; Estonia declares sovereignty in internal affairs.
1989 - In El Salvador, six Jesuit priests are killed by troops.
1990 - Manuel Noriega claims the U.S. denied him a fair trial.
Birthdays
42 BC - Tiberius Cesar, second Roman emperor (14-37 AD)
1941 - Ann Dore McLaughlin, U.S. Secretary of Labor (1987-1989)
1950 - Carl J. Meade, Major USAF / astronaut (STS 38, sk:STS-50)
Passings1885 - Louis Riel, French rebel who fought against Canada, executed
1960 - Clark Gable, actor
1961 - Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House for 17 years
Reported Missing in Action
1965 Green, Donald George,
USAF (CA); F105D shot down, KIA, body not recovered
1966Pittman, Allan D.,
USAF (IA); A1G shot down, possibly killed on ground by VC
Note: multiple spellings of his name in government records.
1967Schulz, Paul H.,
USN (PA); F4B shot down (pilot), released March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive and well as of 1998
1968Copley, William M.,
US Army SF (CA); known severely wounded when patrol was ambushed
Karst, Carl F.,
USAF (KS); O1F shot down, remains returned April, 1994
Wiechert, Robert Charles,
USAF (UT); F100 shot down, KIA, body not recovered
Marines from Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369 fly an AH-1 Cobra out of Taqqadum, Iraq, and into combat, Oct. 30. The Gunfighters take the U.S. flag with them on combat missions in Iraq and send it back to family and loved ones in the United States. Photo by: Cpl. Cullen J. Tiernan
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