News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Report: WMDs Found in Iraq
Video: Did U.S. Troops Find WMDs?
Family, Friends Remember Soldiers Slain in Iraq
Pentagon Held Info in 2 Soldiers' Deaths (not the two who were abducted)
Iraqi Factory Workers Abducted
GOP, Dems Debate Iraq
Four Marines, Soldier Killed in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Four US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
Military Convoys Attacked in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
NYC, D.C. Mayors Want Terror Funds Restored
Call to Resistance - Zawahiri issues new video
Bush tells Europeans he wants to shut Guantanamo

Troops on Trial
Marines Charged - Troops could face death penalty
Report: Haditha 'Red Flags' Missed
New Witness Testifies in Cadet Rape Trial

Worldwide Wackos
Bush Brushes Aside North Korean Talks Offer
Video: Tensions Mounting
Bush warns N.Korea amid missile tensions
China concerned over N. Korea missile test
North Korea Talks Nixed
Iran seriously considering nuclear offer: Annan (And he's reliable, right?)
Olmert, Abbas to meet in coming weeks

Homegrown Moonbats
Al Gore's documentary wins special award

Politics / Government
With eye on elections, Senate debates Iraq war
Bush commemorates Hungary communism revolt
GOP-run Senate kills minimum wage increase

Oddities
Chinese Orchid Found to Have Sex With Itself
Sweatiest U.S. Cities Listed
World Cup madness
Parents pinch pennies from piggy banks
Uganda police ban playing pool in the daytime

Other News of Note
Sinkhole Gulping Florida Lake
Video: Disappearing Act
International Red Cross Admits Israel, Palestinians
Study Warns of Imminent California Quake
Pluto's newly found moons named Nix, Hydra

Fox News
Arizona Blaze Rages
Video: Firefighters Battle
Photo Essay: Wildfire
Stocks to Watch: Oracle
Proponents of Estate Tax Repeal Accept Deal
Aaron Spelling Home After Suffering Stroke
Plan to Axe Nuke Worker Safety Agency Opposed
Two Dead in Federal Florida Prison Shooting
Mexico Advances, Angola Out
FULL WORLD CUP COVERAGE
Flood Kills 190 in Indonesia

Reuters: Top News
Bird flu may have been mistaken for SARS
Presbyterians ease Mideast divesting policy
Episcopal Church votes to curb gay bishops
NASA safety chief won't appeal shuttle launch order
Toshiba says to launch HD DVD recorder in July
AT&T revises privacy policy
Russia pragmatic on arms but is trade healthy?
Myanmar minorities fear being dammed, and damned
Drug, blood provide clues to healthy aging
Aerosmith, Crue turn back time for joint tour
Reese Witherspoon sues magazine over baby story
US, UK investigate airlines price fixing
Allianz cuts 7,500 jobs, restructures Dresdner
Wyeth upbeat as Enbrel in Europe tops $1 bln
Mobilcom may sell freenet if merger fails -report
Adobe to be Google's latest Web search distributor
US stock futures up
Ford says on track toward 2008 profitability goal
Morgan Stanley earnings more than double
Investors buy upside Silicon Lab calls: analyst
Arcelor to decide on suitors' proposals Sunday - Video
REUTERS SUMMIT: CONSUMER & RETAIL
Guitar Center seeks small-town rockers
Tesco goes Hollywood to mask US ambitions
Smooth road for guzzlers
On the Radar: Neogen Corp

AP World News
Ariz. firefighters work to protect park
British Airways being investigated
Reyes' cycle for naught as Reds rally
Safety experts: MySpace changes not enough
Blue Jays hand Braves 9th straight loss
Bedard, Orioles end Marlins' streak
Chicago gang targeted in heroin deaths
Condoms proven to protect against virus
Group said to offer $10.7B for Univision
Blige to make 'One Life to Live' cameo
Ford unveils 2007 automobile lineup
Judge: 'Railroad Killer' to be executed
FedEx, Morgan Stanley help Dow gain 100
Lawmakers to crack down on data brokers
Argentina, Netherlands play to 0-0 tie

Military.com
VA Offers Free Credit Monitoring

Department of Defense
Afghan Officers Complete Course - Story

ON THE GROUND
Iraqis Take Lead in Northern Baghdad Region - Story
Villagers Benefit from Rejecting Terrorism - Story
Soldier Reenlists Hours After Being Wounded - Story

IN IRAQ
Casey: Secure Environment Essential
Soldiers Upgrade Humvees With New Armor
Army Reservists Assemble 'FOB in the Box'
Renovated Yusufiyah Playground Reopens

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Villagers Get Medical Care
Squadron Monitors Sky Over Afghanistan

IN THE HORN OF AFRICA
Hospital Corpsmen Celebrate 108th Birthday
Task Force Rebuilds School, Clinic in Yemen

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
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
1772 - Slavery is outlawed in England.
1775 - The first Continental currency is issued.
1807 - The British board the USS Chesapeake, one of the events leading to the War of 1812.
1815 - Napoleon abdicates for a second time (after Waterloo).
1847 - The doughnut is created.
1868 - Arkansas re-enters the U.S.
1870 - Congress creates the Department of Justice.
1873 - Prince Edward Island joins Canada.
1911 - King George V of England is crowned.
1918 - in Ivanhoe, Illinois, a troop train rams a circus train, killing 68.
1936 - The Virgin Islands receive a constution from U.S. (Organic Act).
1940 - France falls to Nazi Germany; Finland invades Karelia.
1941 - Germany declares war on the Soviet Union.
1944 - FDR signs the "GI Bill of Rights" (Servicemen's Readjustment Act).
1959 - Vanguard SLV-6 is launched; it fails to achieve an Earth orbit.
1970 - President Nixon signs the 26th amendment, lowering the voting age to 18.
1978 - Neo-Nazis call off plans to march in the Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.
1981 - Mark David Chapman pleads guilty the murder of John Lennon.
1983 - The Space Shuttle makes the first retrieval of a satellite from orbit.
1990 - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a thong bathing suit.

Birthdays
1837 - Paul Morphy, greatest chess player of all time
1896 - Francis C. Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea)
1903 - John Dillinger, one of America's Most Wanted
1920 - Paul Frees, the voice of "Bullwinkle"
1941 - Ed Bradley, CBS news correspondent ("60 Minutes")

Passings
1874 - Howard Staunton, world chess champion, designer of chess pieces
1922 - British Field Marshal Sir Henry H. Wilson, murdered
1954 - Don Hollenbeck, newscaster (CBS Weekend News)

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Smith, Warren P., Jr., USAF (TX); O1F shot down

1967
Pirie, James Glenn, USN (AL); A4E shot down, released by DRV February, 1973 - deceased, May 1998

1969
Engelhard, Eric Carl, USAF (OH); O2B shot down, remains recovered April, 1974

Roberson, John W., US Army (TX); Presumed drowned while crossing a stream, body not recovered

Seagroves, Michael Anthony, USAF (IL); O2B shot down, remains recovered April, 1974

1970
Earle, John S., USNR (MA); A4C crashed in water shortly after takeoff, Killed, body not recovered

Gumbert, Robert W., Jr., US Army (OH); likely KIA, body not recovered

1971
Strohlein, Madison A., US Army (PA)