News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Closing Time (Saddam's trial)
Shiites Kill 41 in Ambush
Bombs blast Shiite area after Baghdad rampage - Video
Lawmakers Cite Shells as WMD Proof

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Suspect in New York Transit Bomb Plot Visited U.S. in 2000
Israel Continues Gaza Push
Olmert Rejects Prisoner Swap
Palestinians Support Abduction
Olmert says will press ahead with Gaza raids - Video
Al Qaeda Link to July 7 Sought

Troops on Trial
GIs Charged in Rape, Murders
Filipino woman hits Marine accused of rape in court

Other Military News
Marines Want Spaceplane
Missing USS Kitty Hawk Sailor Identified

NSA / CIA
Pol: Bush Intel Briefing Failure May Have Been Illegal

Worldwide Wackos
U.S. Urges China to Pressure North Korea
Japan still pushing for UN resolution on North Korea - Video
U.S. Envoy Arrives in Japan
Important to restart 6-party N.Korea talks: Hill
Japan mulling action over N.Korea missiles
U.S. standoffs with Iran, N.Korea continue
US Warns Iran to Halt Nukes

Hurricane Season / Wild Weather
Tornado touches down in Colorado

Oddities
Present-Day Wrath of Khan - Photos: 800th Anniversary
Limo driver gets big tip: a kidney
Tongues are big business in the meat trade
62-year-old British woman gives birth

Other News of Note
World Cup Returns to Italy - Photos
Discovery Space Shuttle Cleared for Return Home
Lopez Obrador Begins Legal Challenge of Mexican Election
Slavery reparations gaining momentum
Barbaro has surgery after 'complications'

Fox News
Plane Crashes in Pakistan;All Passengers Dead
Private Memorial for Ken Lay
Siberian Plane Crash Kills 122
China Chlorine Leak Hurts 164
Stocks to Watch: MetLife

Reuters: Top News
World Bank urges global trade breakthrough at G8
Discovery gets clean bill of health
China panda, born to be wild, coping well
EU discusses amount to fine Microsoft on antitrust
Matsushita to sell record 103-inch plasma TVs
Eisai launches snail venom pain drug in Britain
"Pirates" plunders box office
"Dupree" a tired comic tale lamely told
Airbus redesign leaves gap in Q2 jet orders
Kraft buys European unit of United Biscuits: report
Australia's Centro Properties to buy Heritage
TSMC June sales up 36 pct, more gains ahead
Roche files Avastin in Europe for breast cancer
Sanctuary drops legal action against former staff
Nikkei rises after better-than-expected machinery data
Stocks set for higher start, Alcoa eyed
Standard Life shares rise on market debut
Stocks' mantra now earnings
Lions Gate shares ready to rise: Barron's

AP World News
Astronauts to make fixes during spacewalk
U.S., South Korea open free trade talks
Cardinals beat Astros 7-5 in 12 innings
Brakes eyed in deadly Siberia plane crash
Co-pilot suspected of intoxication
Antidepressant used by Yates questioned
ChiSox nip BoSox in 19-inning marathon
Gordon spins Kenseth to win at Chicagoland
Earnings could bring Wall Street relief
Federer tops Nadal for 4th Wimbledon title
Obituaries in the news
Steinbeck's son wins rights to dad's work
Families demand changes for firefighters

Military.com
Spotlight on Academy Abuse
India Reports a Long-Range Missile Test
Pieces Come Together for Carrier
Cheney Lauds Troops for Aid they Provided

CENTCOM: News Releases
1-22 INFANTRY FINDS TWO AMMO CACHES

IRAQI FORCE RAID NETS 7 INSURGENTS IN BAGHDAD

TERRORIST BLAST KILLS FIVE IRAQIS, INJURES TWO

RAPE, MURDER CHARGES PROFERRED AGAINST SOLDIERS

IRON WARRIOR STRIKES TERRORISTS

Department of Defense
Enterprise Concludes Ops in Gulf - Story

ON THE GROUND
Marines Reflect on Combat Operations - Story
Troops Coordinate Delivery of Supplies - Story
Reconstruction Team Molds Afghan Police - Story
Marines Raise Morale with Mess Night - Story

IN IRAQ
Competition Tests Troops' Warfighting Skills
Mechanics Earn Reputation as 'Go To' Guys
U.S. Soldiers Bring Smiles, Toys to Children

IN AFGHANISTAN
Aircrews Drop Treats to Soldiers on Fourth
Engineers Move Mountains to Improve Roads
KC-135 Aircrew Vital Part of Mission Success

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
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
1775 - Horatio Gates issues an order excluding blacks from werving in the Continental Army.
1832 - President Jackson vetoes proposed legislation to re-charter the 2nd Bank of the U.S.
1850 - Vice President Millard Fillmore becomes President in the wake of Zachary Taylor's death.
1890 - Wyoming becomes the 44th U.S. state.
1892 - The first concrete-paved street is built, in Bellefountaine, OH.
1918 - The Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic is established.
1919 - President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the U.S. Senate.
1923 - Italy dissolves all non-fascist political parties.
1925 - Jury selection occurs in the in John T. Scopes evolution trial (The "Monkey Trial").
1925 - TASS, the U.S.S.R.'s official news agency, is established.
1926 - An arsenal in Lake Denmark, NJ explodes, killing 21, and causing $75 million in damage.
1929 - The U.S. issues newer, smaller-sized paper currency.
1934 - FDR visits Columbia, becoming the first sitting U.S. President to visit South America.
1940 - The Battle of Britain begins, as Nazi forces are attacked by air.
1943 - U.S. and British forces invade Sicily.
1951 - Armistice talks to end the Korean War begin at Kaesong.
1962 - Martin Luther King, Jr., is arrested during a demonstration in Georgia.
1973 - The Bahamas gain independence after three centuries of British rule (National Day)
1985 - The Coca-Cola Co. announces it will resume selling old formula Coke; French agents sink Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior in New Zealand.

Birthdays
1792 - George Mifflin, 11th U.S. Vice President Dallas
1856 - Nikola Tesla, physicist, developed alternating current
1920 - David Brinkley, NBC News anchor
1920 - Owen Chamberlain, codiscoverer of the antiproton, Nobel Prize winner
1927 - David Dinkins (Mayor-NYC)
1942 - Pyotr I. Klimuk, cosmonaut (Soyuz 13, 18, 30)

Passings
1692 - Bridget Bishop, first to be hanged as a witch in Salem, MA.
1863 - Clement Clarke Moore, author of "A Visit from St. Nick" ("Twas the Night Before Christmas")
1910 - Johann Galle, discoverer of Neptune
1927 - Kevin O'Higgins, Irish Free State VP, assassinated
1945 - Robert Goddard, pioneer of modern rocketry
1989 - Mel Blanc, voice of Bugs Bunny and other Looney Toons characters

Reported Missing in Action
1972
Green, Frank C., Jr., USN (TX); A4F shot down, crash site located, no sign of CDR Green