News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
A Dubious Assumption (Saddam thinks we'll ask him for advice)
Iraqi Prime Minister Offers Amnesty to Insurgents- Video: Encouraging Dialogue
Iraq insurgents claim to kill 4 Russians
U.S. lawmakers denounce Iraq amnesty plan

Operation Enduring Freedom
Afghan President: Taliban Is 'No Match for Our Power'

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Talks, threats over Israeli soldier held in Gaza - Video
Olmert orders military operation in Gaza
Top Sri Lanka general killed in suicide attack - Video
Court ruling could halt Guantanamo trials

Troops on Trial
Trial Shows Another Coast Guard Academy

Other Military News
VA Credit Counseling Promo Halted After ID Thefts
Japan agrees to US deployment of missiles

NSA / CIA
Specter: Agreement Over Wiretap Legislation Near

Worldwide Wackos
South Korea: North 'Volatile'

Homegrown Moonbats
Rep. King: Charge Papers Over Terror Reporting
Rep. King on 'FNS'
Video: Congressman's Call

Politics / Government
Bush should consider direct N. Korea talks: senators
Bush may allow wiretapping review: Specter

Oddities
88-year-old woman loves triathlons

Other News of Note
European Muslims resort to virginity ploys
Northeast Floods Cause Evacuations in Maryland
Video: Storms in Northeast

Fox News
Buffett's Billions
'Unsafe' Work Conditions - One killed in Denver workplace shooting
Moscow Surpasses Tokyo as World's Most Expensive City
U.S. Population to Hit 300 Million Likely This Fall
Stocks to Watch: Walgreen
England, Portugal Advance
FULL CUP COVERAGE

Reuters: Top News
East Timor PM quits
Gunman opens fire in Denver Safeway warehouse
Hunter kills first Bavarian bear seen in 170 years
Coming soon -- mind-reading computers
Garcia Marquez hometown rejects name change
Study links pesticides with Parkinson's
Cell phone signals excite brain, study finds
Nicole Kidman weds Keith Urban in Australia
Look, up on movie screens, "Superman Returns"
Pfizer to sell consumer health business for $16.6 bln
Phelps Dodge to acquire Inco, Falconbridge
Mittal heads for Luxembourg to toast Arcelor deal
Hynix shares jump after $1.5 bln stake sale
Saudi Telecom cuts prepaid card, phone call costs
Bollore wants to call Aegis AGM in Sept -report
Stocks to rise, Phelps Dodge eyed on bid report
Nikkei at highest close in 3 weeks, steel gains
Stocks in Fed countdown mode
Australia OneSteel to buy Smorgon
Hynix shares jump after $1.5 billion stake sale
Portfolio ideas
Gerstein: In Wal-Mart's shadow
Too slick for hedge funds

AP World News
Beavers force deciding game against UNC
Study eyes obesity-prostate cancer link
9-man Portugal team staggers past Holland
Gay pride parades held across nation
Yates retrial to test mental illness views
Test may help answer Alzheimer's question
Crazy Horse sculptor's wife runs memorial
`Railroad Killer' faces execution Tues.
Congressman wants island open to hunting
Japanese look to export octopus dumplings

Military.com
New War Demands New Training

Department of Defense
ON THE GROUND
Medics Always On Call, Ready to Provide Aid - Story
Marines Nab Insurgents, Train Iraqi Troops - Story
New Fire Department Opens in Husseniya - Story

IN IRAQ
Marines, Insurgents Clash in Recent Firefights
Airmen Train Soldiers for Protection Mission
Iraqis Take Lead in Northern Baghdad Region

IN AFGHANISTAN
Agriculture Day in Afghan Province Brings Hope
C-130 Crew Evacuates Wounded Afghan Girl
Uruzgan Governor Visits District

IN KUWAIT
'Operation Thin Mint' Delivers Cookies to Troops

BACKGROUND
IRAQ
Renewal In Iraq
Iraq: Security, Stability
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
Weekly Reconstruction Report (PDF)
Iraq Reconstruction
Maps

AFGHANISTAN
Afghanistan Update
Maps

WAR ON TERRORISM
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

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

Today in History
1483 - Richard III seizes the English throne.
1862 - Union troops repel Confederates at the Battle of Beaver Dam Creek.
1917 - The First American Expeditionary Force arrives in France.
1924 - U.S. troops withdraw from the Dominican Republic, after 8 years of occupation.
1940 - The U.S.S.R. ends use of its experimental calendar, and readopts the Gregorian one a day later.
1941 - Finland enters WW II, against Russia.
1945 - Fifty nations sign the UN Charter.
1948 - The U.S. denounces the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
1958 - Vanguard SLV-2 is launched for an Earth orbit; it fails.
1960 - Somalia gains independence from Britain.
1963 - President John F. Kennedy visits West Berlin, making his "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech.
1968 - The U.S. returns Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands to Japan.
1978 - Brittany separatists bomb France's Palace of Versailles.
1982 - The U.S. vetos a UN Security Council resolution for a limited withdrawal of Israeli and P.L.O. forces from Beirut.
1984 - The first flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery (41-D) isscrubbed at T -4 seconds.


Birthdays
1742 - Arthur Middleton, signer of the Declaration of Independence
1901 - Stuart Symington (Sen-Mo)
1925 - Pavel Belyayev, cosmonaut (Voskhod 2)
1934 - John V. Tunney (Rep/Sen-Calif)
1939 - Charles Robb (Sen-Va)/Lynda Bird Johnson's husband
1964 - Zeng Jinlian Hunan China, tallest woman known (8'1")

Reported Missing in Action
1968
Cornelius, Johnnie C., USAF (AZ); O2A shot down, KIA, body not recovered

Woods, Robert Francis, USAF (UT); O2A shot down, KIA, body not recovered