News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
British Forces Kill Al Qaeda Leader in Iraq
Judge Ejects Hussein for Second Straight Day
Saddam, aides ejected from genocide trial - Video
Army Extends Iraq Duty for 4,000
Lieberman Calls for Having More U.S. Troops Training Iraqi Forces

Operation Enduring Freedom
Bomber Kills 18 in Afghanistan
Blast kills nine soldiers, nine civilians
Army Investigates Afghan Prison Deaths
Female Sergeants Graduate ANP'S Satanman Course
24TH MEU Harriers Complete Combat Runs in Afghanistan

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Negroponte Defends White House Anti-Terror Record
Intel chief rejects claims from leaked report
Interrogation methods open to question
Wiretap Bill Moves Closer to Passage
U.S. Relaxes Rules on Air Travel Carry-On Items
Bush to discuss terrorism fight with Afghan Karzai
New bin Laden claims - Video
Clinton did not leave al Qaeda plan: Rice
Rumsfeld in Montenegro to discuss NATO, war on terrorism

Troops on Trial
Three Marines to face courts-martial

Other Military News
Military Pay Raise Threatened

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
Israel seeks rules of engagement before Lebanon exit

Worldwide Wackos
EU, Iran close to deal for nuclear talks: report

Homegrown Moonbats
Clooney shrugs off talk of candidacy

Politics / Government
Bill Clinton: Play It As It Lies
Professor says senator used racial slur

In the Courts
Judge Halts Land Sales in Alaska's Oil Reserves

Media in the Media
Iraq, Katrina, terror dominate News Emmy Awards

Mother Nature
California Wildfires Prompt Voluntary Evacuations

Oddities
Plucky boy gets Miss Universe dream date
Three-year-old buys pink convertible on Internet

Other News of Note
Rape law reform lays bare Pakistan's political morass
Comair crash survivor has leg amputated
Pope says 2 faiths must overcome enmity
Man charged in dragging death in Colo.

Fox News
Japan Elects New Prime Minister
Katrina Victims Hail Reopening of Superdome
Chicago 5-Year-Old in Coma After Dental Visit
Psych Exam Ordered for Fetus Murder Suspect
Rocket Crashes After Launch in New Mexico
Stocks to Watch: Lowe's, Red Hat and PMC-Sierra

Reuters: Top News
Ex-WTO boss tipped as Thai PM, coup concerns emerge
Rescuers struggle to recover Nepal crash bodies
Britain's Blair to urge members to focus on reforms
Hungary's opposition keeps pressure on PM to quit
Fastow to be sentenced
Earth may be at warmest point in 1 million years
IBM bundles products, targets smaller businesses
Nokia needs device revamp to regain U.S. ground: analysts
U.S. firms eye Hispanic execs to tap growing market
New vaccine would target ear, sinus infections
Diabetes link with cancer seen in Japanese study
Actor Crowe doesn't "do charity work" for studios
Gold rises 1.3 pct on higher oil, awaits U.S. data
Oil holds near $61, looks to OPEC for direction - Video
Clariant shares rise on 4-6 pct global price increase
Euro falls as Ifo casts doubts over 2007 outlook - Video
Stock futures point flat; crude oil dips
Reuters Summit: Venture Capital
New entrepreneurs harder to unearth
Audio: How many YouTube-like companies are there in China?
"Irrational" mortgage bond prices polarize market
Ideas & Screening: Coach shows up on two stock screens
Renault exec says GM must confront Toyota: reports
IBM bundles products, targets smaller businesses
U.S. drops to 6th in world competitiveness ranking
Universal Music, WPP team up to link bands, brands
Airbus parent EADS appoints new M&A boss

AP World News
Few may speak at Enron CFO's sentencing
Private rocket falters after N.M. launch
Twins' remarkable run leads to playoffs
AK Steel union workers reject contract
Oprah says her lawyers overreacted
Seahawks' Alexander out with broken foot
NYC judge dismisses Gest's assault case
Dow ends up 68 on Fed official's remarks
'Saint Reggie' latest savior for Saints
Many Patients quit medicine too early

Military.com
Facility Lets SEALs Stay Closer to Home

CENTCOM: News Releases
BORDER SECURITY SUBCOMMITTEE HOLDS MEETING

ANP, ANA, COALITION FORCES CONDUCT JOINT TRAINING

COALITION FORCES KILL 10 TALIBAN REBELS IN PAKTIKA PROVINCE

USJFCOM
USJFCOM, Polish armed forces strengthen ties - podcast
Urban Resolve 2015 leaders meet with the media - photos - podcast

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Navy Strike Group Contributing to Iraq, Afghanistan Security - Story
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ON THE GROUND
Caldwell: Iraq's Transformation is Subtle - Commentary
Coalition Routs Taliban, Extremists in Ghazni - Story
Soldiers, Marines Help Upgrade Iraqi Police Station - Story
Medics Provide Aid to Baghdad Neighborhood - Story

IN IRAQ
Giambastiani Focuses on IEDs in Afghanistan
British, Italian Forces Hand Over Dhi Qar to Iraqis
Helicopter Recovery Mission Successful in Al Anbar
Field Surgical Team Excels at Saving Lives
Iraqi Government Assumes Control in Dhi Qar

IN AFGHANISTAN
10th Mountain Division Soldiers Thwart Extremists
Legacy of Fallen Citadel Graduate Lives On

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
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 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

Gitmo

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1687 - The Parthenon is destroyed in a war between the Turks and the Venetians.
1777 - British troops occupy Philadelphia.
1789 - Thomas Jefferson is appointed as the first U.S. Secretary of State; John Jay becomes the first Chief Justice; Samuel Osgood becomes the first Postmaser; Edmund J. Randolph becomes the first Attorney General.
1890 - The U.S. stops minting the one- and three-dollar gold coins and the three cent piece.
1914 - The Federal Trade Commission is formed to regulate interstate commerce.
1918 - The Meuse-Argonne offensive against Germany begins.
1934 - The British luxury liner Queen Mary is launched.
1950 - Because of a forest fire in British Columbia, a blue moon appears in England; U.N. troops in Korean War recapture Seoul.
1954 - A typhoon strikes Kakodate Bay, Japan, killing over 1,600.
1960 - Nixon and Kennedy have the first of 4 TV debates; Fidel Castro gives the longest speech in U.N. history (4 hrs, 29 min).
1962 - "The Beverly Hillbillies" premiers on CBS-TV; the Yemen Arab Republic is proclaimed.
1972 - The American Museum of Immigration is dedicated.
1980 - The Cuban government closes Mariel Harbor, ending the "freedom flotilla"; Soyuz-38 returns to Earth.
1983 - Cosmonauts Titov and Strekalov are saved from their exploding Soyuz spacecraft.
1984 - President Reagan vetoes sanctions against South Africa.
1986 - Antonin Scalia becomes a U.S. Supreme Court Justice; William Rehnquist becomes Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
1988 - NYC's Rockefeller Center is declared a national landmark; the U.S. space shuttle STS-26 is launched.
1990 - The Motion Picture Assn of America creates a new NC-17 rating.

Birthdays
1774 - John Chapman, better known as "Johnny Appleseed, frontier nurseryman
1888 - T.S. Eliot, poet/dramatist/critic, Nobel Prize winner (1948)
1889 - Martin Heidegger, German Existentialist (Being & Time)
1897 - Pope Paul VI, 262nd Roman Catholic pope (1963-78)
1898 - George Gershwin, composer (Rhapsody in Blue)
1914 - Jack LaLanne, exercise mogul
1932 - Clifton C. Williams, Jr., Major USMC/astronaut
1948 - Vladimir Remek, first Czechoslovakian space traveler (Soyuz-28)

Passings
1820 - Daniel Boone, frontiersman

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Ballard, Arthur T., USAF (SC); F105D shot down (pilot), released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Lt. Colonel - alive as of 2000

Mosburg, Henry L., US Army (OK); UH1B shot down (pilot w/Phillips); KIA, body not recovered

Phillips, Marvin F., US Army (TN); UH1B shot down (gunner, w/Mosburg); KIA, body not recovered

1967
Geist, Stephen J., US Army SF (MD); O1D shot down (observer, w/Huddleston)

Huddleston, Lynn R., US Army (TX); O1D shot down (pilot, w/Geist)

Moe, Harold John, USMC (Wi); F4B shot down (pilot)

1968
Olson, Barry A., US Army (MN); riding on top when M113 hit by anti-tank round

1972
Walsh, James P., USMC (CT); A4E shot down, released by PRG (from Cambodia) February, 1973, alive as of 1999