News of Note
Israel at War
Hezbollah Rockets Rain on Haifa
Photo Essay: Mideast Meltdown
Videos: Has Hezbollah Been Underestimated?
G8 Urges Restraint
Does Iran Want War?
MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT
Israel Bombs Palestinian Foreign Ministry Again
Video: Tunnel Destroyed
Iranian Minister: Cease-Fire, Prisoner Swap Fair
Evacuation Planned for 25,000 Americans Living in Lebanon
Video: Eyewitnesses Report
Lebanon Accuses Israel of Using Banned Weapons
Major Damage to Infrastructure
Bush, Blair Call for Action Against Hezbollah
G8 Leaders Agree on Statement About Mideast Fighting
Putin Defends Hamas Meeting
Mideast crisis drives Bush to colorful language - Video
Oil falls $1 on report that assault may end
Blair, Annan call for troops in Israel
Strains Emerge as US Supports Israel's Campaign

Operation Iraqi Freedom
Iraq Market Attack Kills 41; U.S. Soldier Killed
Military Leaders Foresee Iraq Exit in 2016
In an About-Face, Sunnis Want US to Remain in Iraq

Operation Enduring Freedom
Coalition forces kill 4 al-Qaida suspects
Afghan Forces Maturing

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Homeland Security urges heightened vigilance

Troops on Trial
U.S. military fears outcome of rape trial

Other Military News
Three Rescued After Hours in the Pacific

Worldwide Wackos
Report: Japan Mulls Sanctions as N. Korea Nixes Resolution
Bush, Putin concerned Iran has not responded - Video

Politics / Government
Arkansas Lt. Gov. Win Rockefeller dies

Hurricane Season / Wild Weather / Mother Nature
Indonesian Tsunami Kills 20
Storms May Spark Calif. Fires
Temperatures hit upper 90s coast to coast

News from My Neck of the Woods
Commuters delayed by Big Dig ramp closure

Oddities
Two guys really miss the boat
Guy confuses sumo with American TV wrestling
Irish face fine for dropping chewing gum

Other News of Note
Shuttle Discovery makes safe landing in Florida
Foreign companies buy U.S. roads, bridges
Cowboys safety Keith Davis shot twice

Fox News
Three University of Wyoming Students Found Murdered
Hooters CEO Found Dead
Stocks to Watch: Citigroup
Small Plane Crashes Into Three Oregon Homes

Reuters: Top News
G8 give trade a push amid strains over MidEast - Video
Trade Rep to Geneva to seek Doha breakthrough
Wildlife shares NASA launch site
Intel to introduce long-delayed chip: report
HP Labs touts tiny wireless chip
Amsterdam clinic offers gamers path back to reality
Directors tell Gen X'ers to grow up
Campaigners say G8 AIDS pledge not enough
Key to stem cells lies in their power
Death no obstacle for Johnny Cash
Citigroup profit rises 4 pct on trading, fees
Global growth strong and broadly based: G8
Airbus announces relaunch of A350 mid-sized jets
Citigroup profit rises 4 pct on trading, fees
Mattel posts quarterly profit, boosted by movie toys
Dutch TV firm in hunt to buy 'Millionaire' rights
McDonald's shares rise on Inet
Apple shares up on Inet - Video
Business Objects shares fall on Inet
Infineon to supply phone chips to LG Electronics
Acambis up as patent transcripts look favorable
Worker shortage sends companies to middle school
To inflate or appreciate, that's China's question

AP World News
'Pirates' becomes year's top-grossing film
Mets hit 2 slams in inning, rout Cubs
Mets, Cardinals post impressive wins
New data may yield clarity for investors
Teen sues L.A. after decade in foster care
Obituaries in the news
Crazy Horse expanding donor base

Military.com
Civilians Mull Whether to Follow Base Jobs
You're Still That Little Girl
Islamabad Seeks to be Energy Hub
India Demands Pakistan Rein in Terrorists

CENTCOM: News Releases
GHAZNI OFFICIALS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON MURDERED WOMAN

COALITION SPOKESPERSON TO DISCUSS OPERATIONS IN SOUTHERN AFGHANISTAN

MEN WEARING BURKAS SHOOT AFGHAN CIVILIANS

Department of Defense
Coalition, Iraqis Capture, Kill Terrorists - Story
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ON THE GROUND
Soldiers Destroy Terrorist Safe-route - Story
Marines Beef-up Operations in Habbaniyah - Story
Iraqi Forces Assume Security Responsibility - Story

IN IRAQ
Tactical Operations Center Runs 24/7
Soldiers Recall Actions After IED Detonation
New Yorkers Take Over Helicopter Squadron
Air Force Security Forces Complete Tour
Jazz Club Offers Solace for Combat Marines

IN AFGHANISTAN
'Ammo' Airmen Arm Bagram's Warfighters
Troops Coordinate Delivery of Supplies
Reconstruction Team Molds Afghan Police

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 KutAn Nasiriyah Baghdad Baqubah Mosul Najaf Nineveh Tall Kayf

Afghanistan
Bost/Laskar Ghurian Herat Kabul

Gitmo

Today in History
1549 - Jews are expelled from Ghent, Belgium.
1775 - The first military hospital is approved.
1850 - Harvard Observatory takes the first photograph of a star (Vega).
1861 - Congress authorizes paper money.
1862 - The U.S. Army is first authorized to accept blacks as laborers.
1863 - Battle of Honey Springs, largest battle of the war in Indian Territory.
1864 - CSA General Joe Johnston is replaced by John Bell Hood.
1879 - The first railroad opens in Hawaii.
1897 - The first ship arrives in Seattle carrying gold from the Yukon.
1898 - The Spaniards surrender to the U.S. at Santiago, Cuba (Spanish-American War).
1917 - The British Royal family officially changes its name from Hanover to Windsor.
1938 - Infamous aviator Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan leaves NY bound for LA - he ends up in Ireland.
1944 - In Port Chicago, CA, two ammunition ships explode, killing 322.
1946 - Resistance leader Mikhailovich is executed by the Tito regime.
1948 - The Republic of (South) Korea adopts its constititution.
1954 - For the first time in major league baseball, the majority of a team is African-American (the Dodgers); construction begins on Disneyland.
1955 - Disneyland opens its doors in Anaheim, CA.
1959 - Dr. Leakey discovers what was then the oldest humanoid skull (600,000 years old); Tibet abolishes serfdom.
1962 - Robert White flies to X-15 to a record-setting altitude of 108 km (354,300 ft); the Senate rejects medicare for seniors.
1964 - Don Campbell sets a record for a turbine vehicle, at 429.31 mph.
1966 - Pioneer 7 is launched
1968 - In Iraq, the Ba'ath party (which advocates a single Arab Socialist nation) seizes power, with Saddam Hussein playing a key role in the coup (Revolution or National Day).
1972 - The FBI's first two females begin training at Quantico.
1975 - Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 make the first US/USSR space link-up.
1980 - Ronald Reagan formally accepts the Republican nomination for president.
1984 - Soyuz T-12 carries three cosmonauts to the Salyut-7 space station.
1990 - Saddam Hussein's Revolutionary Day speech claims that Kuwait stole oil from Iraq.

Holidays
Iraq - Revolution Day / National Day (1968)
South Korea - Constitution Day (1948)

Birthdays
1487 - Esma'il I, shah, converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah Islam
1744 - Elbridge Gerry, 5th VP, Governor of MA, invented gerrymandering
1763 - John Jacob Astor, richest man in US/banker/fur trader
1900 - James Cagney, actor ("Yankee Doodle Dandy")
1920 - Bill Monroe, NBC-TV newscaster ("Congressional Report")
1934 - Donald Sutherland, actor ("M*A*S*H")

Passings
1928 - Mexican president Álvaro Obregón Salido, assassinated by a Roman Catholic seminary student
1946 - Draja Mikhailovich, anti-Soviet resistance leader, executed by the Tito regime
1959 - Billie Holiday, blues singer, of liver failure at age 44
1961 - Ty Cobb, Detroit Tiger hall of fame baseball player
1975 - Modoc the elephant, the oldest known non-human mammal, dies at age 78

Reported Missing in Action
1965
Copeland, H.C., USAF (TX); F105 shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive as of 1998

1968
Cross, Ariel L., USMC (IA); EF10B shot down, presumed KIA, body not recovered.

Cassell, Harley M., US Army (VA); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;Released December, 1968

Chevalier, John R., US Army (NJ); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;Released December, 1968

Crowe, Winfred D. US Army (GA); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;Released December, 1968 - alive as of 1998

Grigsby, Donald E., US Army (OH); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;Released December, 1968 - alive as of 1998

Henry, Lee D., US Army (LA); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;released December, 1968

Kramer, Terry L., US Army (WI); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn; released December, 1968

McCullough, Ralph, US Army (GA); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;released December, 1968 - deceased

Parra, Lionel, Jr., USMC (CA) - EF10B shot down, presumed KIA, body not recovered

Price, Donald E., US Army (OH); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;released December, 1968

Simms, Harold D., US Army ; captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn;released December, 1968

Wilmoth, Floyd A., US Army (NC); released December, 1968 - alive as of 1998

Zupp, Klaus H., US Army (NY); captured by Cambodia after LCU 1577 (Sunset Strip), took a wrong turn - released December, 1968

1972
Brown, Wayne G. II, USAF (WA); F4D shot down (pilot was rescued)

Haas, Leon F., USN (NJ); A7B crashed, killed, body not recovered