News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Bomb Blasts Kill 24 in Iraq
Parliament forms cabinet amid chaos
Iraqi Parliament Approves New Cabinet
Agents Seize Mercedes That May Be Saddam's

Operation Enduring Freedom
American Soldier Killed, 6 Wounded in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
6 Gitmo Detainees Hurt

Other Military News
Coast Guard tipping ships about searches: NYT

Immigration
Troops on Border at Least 2 Years
Bush sends memo to Pentagon
Bush: Hablas Ingles, Por Favor
US Attorney Gen in 'linguistic snare' over English

Hamas Rising
Palestinian Intelligence Chief Wounded in Elevator Blast

Worldwide Wackos
South Korea's Main Opposition Leader's Attacked
US and Europeans split over offer to Iran: NYT

Homegrown Moonbats
McCain Finds Unfriendly Audience in NYC

Politics
New Orleans Votes
Race a Likely Factor in Vote
House OK's Measure to Stop Wild Horse Slaughter

U.N. News
Senate Probes Torricelli Oil-for-Food Allegations
U.N. envoy meets Myanmar's Suu Kyi: govt source

News from My Neck of the News
NE Not Ready for Hurricanes

Oddities
Women Accused of Killing Homeless for Insurance Cash
This must be why they call it a cell block
Christie's to hold 'Star Trek' garage sale
8-Foot-Tall Statue of Bob Wills Vandalized

Fox News
Bush Promotes Global Competition in Kentucky
Hoffa Informant Reportedly Passes Polygraph Test
'American Idol' Center

Reuters: Top News
Signs of feeding prehistoric birds found in Alaska
NASA hopes shuttle's next move won't be its last
Symantec sues Microsoft in contract dispute
Sony Ericsson launches five new mobile phones
East German wounds reopen as Stasi men speak out
Birders vie for World Series glory in N.J. swamp
Benzene found in some soft drinks, FDA says
CDC report supports Bausch & Lomb recall
"Dreamgirls" casts spell over Cannes audience
Crowds, protests expected as "Da Vinci Code" opens
GM brings $1 bln RSA lawsuit dispute to UK: paper
Kenya annuls Shell buyout of BP j-v stake
Treasury's Snow says inflation in check
Nasdaq raises LSE stake, making rival bids harder
AnnTaylor 1st-qtr profit up; raises forecast
VNU takeover wins support from vocal dissenter
Stocks to take fresh look at inflation
Stocks rise on techs, oil; break week-long fall - Video
Jones Apparel eyed by private equity firms: report
Intel drops on fears of gains by rival AMD
Ins and Outs for the week
On the Radar: Three giants of Biotech
No easy fix for dollar on yuan revaluation

AP World News
Number of Deaths From Katrina Rises
Judge Strikes Down Okla. Gay Adoption Law
Spurs Force Game 7 With Win Over Mavericks
PETA Seeks Records of Horn Tiger Attack
Rare Devils Hole Pupfish Moved to Hatchery
Evel Knievel Slowed by Illness and Pain
Iowa Co. Hopes to Make Gasoline Obsolete
FBI Revisits 1976 Lead in Search for Hoffa
Pistons Nip Cavaliers, Force Game 7
Nearly 90 Dead From Tropical Storm Chanchu
Pope Disciplines Legionaries' Founder

Military.com
FBI Investigating $50M Air Force Contract
Conservatives Cut $500M off Vet Bill
U.S. Soldier Killed, Six Wounded
Senate Panel Votes for More C-17s

Department of Defense
Rumsfeld, Pace: Uncle Sam Needs You - Story
Support Key to Ending Violence in Iraq - Story - Video - Transcript
Coalition Finds Weapons, Targets Taliban - Story
Forces in Afghanistan Kill 61 Enemy Fighters, Nab 20
Strike Targets Insurgent Support Base - Story
Detainees Skirmish With Guantanamo Guards - Story

IRAQIS TAKE THE LEAD
Grads Join Police Ranks, Support Blood Drive - Story
Iraqi Army Humanitarian Mission Aids Villagers

ON THE GROUND
Security Mission Unit Keeps Sheikh Informed - Story
Combat Support Hospital Still Saving Lives - Story
Bulletproof Jacket Keeps Troops Afloat - Story

IN IRAQ
84th Engineers Build Bridges for Anaconda
U.S. Marines, Iraqi Troops Hold Medical Clinic
Airmen Keep Fleet Rolling Through Dust, Mud

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Soldiers Get In-Depth Airdrop Training

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Marines Help Rebuild Djiboutian Soccer Field
Pakistani Admiral Visits Camp Lemonier
Task Force Troops Visit African Orphanages

AMERICA SUPPORTS YOU
ASY Welcomes New Member - Story
Troops, Families Stay Connected

TOP NEWS
IRAQ
General: Iraqi-Run Ops Increasing
Forces Stop Terrorists, Disarm Bomb
Forces Respond to Ramadi Activity
Sailor, Four Soldiers Killed
Command Procedures Change
Tank Unit Assumes Responsibility
Renewal In Iraq
Fact Sheet: Progress and Work Ahead
Report: Strategy for Victory in Iraq
Iraq Daily Update
This Week in Iraq (PDF)
Multinational Force Iraq
State Dept. Weekly Iraq Report (PDF)
'Boots on the Ground' Audio Archive
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Taliban Fighters Killed in Operation
New Radio Station Opens
Enemy Rockets Injure Afghans
IED Injures Two Afghan Civilians
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
Conference Topic: Security Efforts
Detainee Transfer Announced
Pentagon Tests Bio-Attack Response
U.S., Australia to Share More Info
Bush, Howard Focus: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Budget Request
Fact Sheet: War on Terror
Fact Sheet: Terror Plots Disrupted
Waging and Winning the War on Terror
Terrorism Timeline
Terrorism Knowledge Base

MILITARY NEWS
U.S. Relinquishes IADB Position
Leaders Discuss Guard at Border
Rumsfeld Urges Support of Budget
Pace: Encourage Military Service
Guard Border Role Has Limits
Film Examines Combat Hospital
National Guard, Reserve Update

CASUALTIES
Officials Identify Army 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

Today in History:
1303 - The Treaty of Paris restores Gascony to the British, following the 100 Years War.
1310 - Shoes are first made for both right & left feet.
1704 - Elias Neau forms a school for slaves in New York.
1775 - Mecklenburg County, North Carolina declares its independence from Britain.
1845 - The first legislative assembly convenes in Hawaii.
1861 - Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in the Civil War.
1864 - Battle at Ware Bottom Church VA, results in 1,400 killed or injured.
1868 - The Republican National Convention meets in Chicago, and nominates Grant for President.
1874 - Levi Strauss markets blue jeans with copper rivets - cost is $13.50 / dozen.
1875 - International Bureau of Weights & Measures established by treaty
1892 - German, Italy, and Austria-Hungary form the Triple Alliance.
1902 - The U.S. military occupation of Cuba (since January, 1899) ends.
1916 - Codell, KS is hit by a tornado; it is also hit on the same date in 1917 & 1918)
1917 - The Turkish Government authorizes Jews to return to Tel Aviv & Jaffa.
1918 - Launch of the first electrically propelled warship, the New Mexico.
1926 - Congress passes the Air Commerce Act, requiring licensing of pilots & planes.
1927 - Charles Lindbergh takes off from New York to cross the Atlantic; the Treaty of Jedda grants Saudi Arabia independence from Great Britain.
1932 - Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland; the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic.
1939 - Pan Am begins regular transatlantic airmail and passenger service across the North Atlantic.
1940 - Igor Sikorsky unveils his invention, the helicopter.
1941 - Germany invades Crete.
1942 - The U.S. Navy first permits black recruits to serve.
1944 - The U.S. Communist Party dissolves.
1948 - The Israeli Air Force is first used, and achieves its first war victory against Syria.
1954 - Chiang Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist China.
1959 - Japanese-Americans regain their citizenship.
1961 - A white mob attacks "Freedom Riders" in Montgomery, AL.
1969 - In Vietnam, U.S. troops capture Hill 937 - Hamburger Hill.
1970 - 100,000 march in New York in support of U.S. policies in Vietnam.
1971 - The Pentagon reports that blacks constitute 11% of the U.S. soldiers in southeast Asia.
1978 - 3 PFLP members kill a police officer near El Al airlines in Orly Airport, Paris.
1980 - 710 families in the Love Canal area, near Niagara Falls, are evacuated.
1985 - The FBI arrests John A. Walker, Jr., later convicted of spying for the U.S.S.R.
1985 - Israel exchanges 1150 Lebanese/Palestinian prisoners for 3 Israeli soldiers; the U.S. begins broadcasts to Cuba on Radio Marti.
1989 - China declares martial law in Beijing.
1990 - The Hubble Space Telescope sends its first photographs from space.
1991 - The Soviet parliament approves a law allowing citizens to travel abroad.
1992 - India launches its first satellite independently.
1993 - 1993KA, a ten-meter meteor, comes within 150,000 km of Earth.

Birthdays:
1759 - William Thornton, architect, U.S. Capitol building
1768 - Dolley Dandridge Payne Madison, U.S. First Lady
1828 - Union Brigadier General James William Reilly
1881 - Wladyslaw Sikorski, Polish Premier, WWII general
1895 - Reginald J. "R" Mitchell, English aviation manufacturer (Spitfire)
1908 - Jimmy (James Maitland) Stewart, actor (Mr Smith Goes to Washington, It's a Wonderful Life)
1913 - William Hewlett, co-founder of Hewlett-Packard Co
1921 - John Harrison, British Vice Admiral/surgeon; John Marchi (Representative-R-NY)
1923 - Hugh Beach, British General
1925 - D. French Slaughter, Jr. (Representative-VA)
1934 - Alexei A. Leonov, cosmonaut (Voskhod 2, Apollo-Soyuz)
1942 - Carlos Norman Hathcock II, "Whitefeather," legendary USMC sniper
1944 - David M. Walker, Captain USN/astronaut (STS 51-A 30, 53, 69)
1945 - Harold E. Ford (Representative-TN); Nikolai Nikolayevich Fefelov, Russian colonel/cosmonaut; Wally Herger (Representative-CA)
1948 - John R. McKernan, Jr. (Representative / Governor-ME); Samuel Gejdenson (Representative-CT)
1949 - Nick Joe Rahall II (Representative-WV)
1951 - Michael D. Crapo (Representative-ID); Thomas D. Akers, Major USAF/astronaut (STS 41, 49, 61, 79)
1954 - Galina Vasilyevna Amelkina, doctor/cosmonaut

Passings:
1471 - Henry VI, King of England / France
1506 - Christopher Columbus, explorer, dies in poverty in Spain
1622 - Osman II, Sultan of Turkey
1648 - Wladyslaw IV, King of Poland
1834 - Marquis de Lafayette, French general
1996 - Lewis B. Combs, Naval commander/civil engineer

Reported Missing in Action:
1967
Frits, Orville B., US Army (CA); KIA (w/Grammar) - remains recovered May, 1967

Grammar, William Michael, USMC (OK); KIA (w/Frits) - remains recovered May, 1967

Keefe, Douglas O’Neil, USMC (SC); KIA / BNR

Maddox, Notley Gwynn, USAF (IL); RF101 shot down

Milligan, Joseph E., USAF (NJ); F4C shot down (w/Vanloan), released by DRV February, 1973 – retired as a Colonel - alive in 1998

Smith, Homer L., USN (WV); A4C shot down - remains returned March, 1974

Vanloan, Jack L.,USAF (OR); F4C shot down (w/Milligan), released by DRV March, 1973 – alive and well in 1998

1968
Lehrman, Ronald J., US Army (OK); captured on tugboat (w/Tester) - released by Sihanouk June, 1968

Robertson, John H., US Army SF (AL); CH34 shot down

Tester, Jerry A., US Army (NC); captured on tugboat (w/Lehrman) - released June, 1968

1972
Williams, James W., USAF (TN); F4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 – retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive and well in 1998

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