News of Note
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Judges postpone verdict in Saddam trial
Violence in Iraq leaves at least 52 dead

Operation Enduring Freedom
Up to 90,000 Afghans said displaced by war

Homeland Security / War on Terror
Terror Inmates' Mail Unread
Turk Hijacker Surrenders, Passengers Released
Turkish hijacker was alone and unarmed - Video
Britain says IRA now poses no security threat

Troops on Trial
AWOL soldier surrenders in Ky.

Other Military News
Rumsfeld defends war on terrorism, rejects talks

Mid-East Ceasefire / Israel at War
Gunmen kill Hamas leader in West Bank; Rice to visit
Rice calls for Hamas to work with Abbas

Immigration / Border Control
Justices hear arguments on deportation

Worldwide Wackos
North Korea's Neighbors Caution Against Testing Nuclear Weapons
GOP Report: N. Korean Test Could Encourage Others
South Korea Warns of Policy 'Shift' Over North Nuke Threat
China urges calm after N.Korea triggers alarm - Video
Rice: Nuclear test a 'provocative act'
Ahmadinejad Opens Iran's Nuke Sites to Visitors
US may Back Iran on Nuke Alliance
Hugo Chavez Calls Rumsfeld 'Mr. Dog,' Defends Arms Deals

Politics / Government
Foley Claims He Was Molested By Clergyman
Bush Backs Hastert Investigation of Foley
Pressure builds on Republicans - Video
W. Va. lawmaker embarasssed by photos

U.N. News
Annan's Financial Form to be Secret

Mother Nature
Typhoon Xangsane Kills 59 in Vietnam
Oxfam sees 1.8 mln Pakistanis at risk in quake zone

Oddities
And the most requested funeral song is...
Boxer goes naked to make weight for world title fight
Parents charged with abducting bride
Public smitten with dancing Springer

Other News of Note
American Roger D. Kornberg Wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Killer Revealed Secret Torment - VIDEO
Gunman may have planned sex assault at Amish school - Video
'Innocence is gone' at Pa. Amish school
Brazil Probes Two U.S. Pilots in Crash Probe

Fox News
Dow Jones Industrials Surge to New All-Time High
Yankees, Cards, A's Win MLB Playoff Openers
Lone Comair Crash Survivor Leaves Hospital
Two Americans Share Nobel Prize in Physics
Eric Clapton: 'I'm Definitely on the Decline'
Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio Set for 'Titanic' Year
Stocks to Watch: Tivo, Lawson Software

Reuters: Top News
Post-coup Thai cabinet expected in next two days
Japan's "team Abe" faces leadership test on reform
Tight U.S. security turning off tourists: WTTC
New Orleans touts Chinese homes, goods for recovery
AOL to launch new version of software
DoCoMo to add Yahoo search on mobile phones: source
Asians seek to break western literary stranglehold
Scorsese's "Departed" sets scene for Oscar rematch
U.S. to stop seizing Canadian drug imports: WSJ
Have bonus, will botox - U.K. financiers splurge out
Barbra is back! Streisand launches her biggest tour
"Game" over for another Carrey movie
Gold steadies but seen pressured by oil, dollar
Oil falls near $58, awaits U.S. inventory data
EADS shares open 11 pct down on profit warning
Stock futures flat, Dow set to extend record
Dollar gains vs. majors as oil prices fall
Reuters Wealth Management Summit
Foreign bankers eye young Japanese
More interviews from the Wealth Management Summit
Who's afraid of earnings season?
Harrah's options trade before offer is questioned
Fed's Hoenig sees economy slowing at end of year
Airlines shudder at new delay for Airbus superjumbo
Software giants shut as strike hits Indian tech hub
Fujitsu to recall 287,000 Sony-made batteries
BAE Systems shareholders back Airbus stake sale

AP World News
Toyota trounces Big 3 in Sept. sales
Jeter ties record as Yankees top Tigers
Brown Widow makes its home on Gulf Coast
Dow surges to new closing high
Pujols answers bell as Cards beat Padres
Dow soars to new closing high of 11,727
Costner casino battle to S.D. top court
Urban schools improving security
Defense: Evidence withheld in Karr case
'Cold Mountain' author promotes new book
Pollen produces new clue in 1979 slaying
Agency to re-examine stem cell patents

Military.com
Bill Would Boost Guard and Reserve GI Bill
Army Guard Barely Misses Recruiting Goal
Eisenhower Strike Group Leaves for 7 Months
Studying a Navy Relic
Commandant Reenlist Marines in Combat Zone

CENTCOM: News Releases
COMBINED OPERATION YIELDS CACHE, DETAINEES

IA SOLDIERS PREVENT ATTACK, DETAIN 27 SUSPECTS

MND-B TRANSFERS CONTROL OF FOB DUKE TO ISF

USS COLE MAKES FIRST 5TH FLEET PORT CALL SINCE TERRORIST ATTACK
USJFCOM
USJFCOM sends support teams to CENTCOM - podcast
Newsmaker Profile: Col. Eugene V. "Gene" Bonventre - podcast
Command working to meet the warfighter's needs with focused efforts - podcast
Command seeking information from industry on access management

Department of Defense
NEWS UPDATES
Officials Say New Iraqi Plan Aims to Combat Sectarian Violence - Story
For Top News Visit DefenseLink

ON THE GROUND
Iraqi Security Forces Assume Control of Base - Story
Soldiers Conduct Medical Ops in Mushada - Story
Afghan NCOs Complete Drill Sergeant Course - Story
Iraqi Air Force Moving Towards Control of Ops - Story

IN IRAQ
Iraqi Forces Train to Combat IED, Explosives Threat
‘Retired’ Engineer Oversees 30 Al Anbar Projects
Voices of Freedom Make Way onto Airwaves
Army Engineers Help to Rebuild Infrastructure
Corpsmen Test Combat Skills, Prepare for Iraq
Combat Cooks Provide Hot Meals in Field
U.S. Marines Aid in Police Station Makeover

IN AFGHANISTAN
Afghan Laborers Continue Work on Local Dam
Harriers Complete Combat Runs in Afghanistan

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 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

Gitmo

National Hurricane Center

Today in History
1636 - Plymouth Colony sees its first code of law.
1648 - Peter Stuyvesant establishes Americas first volunteer firefighters.
1777 - Battle of Germantown.
1824 - Mexico becomes a republic.
1830 - Belgium secedes from the Netherlands.
1862 - The Battle of Corinth ends.
1883 - The Orient Expressmakes its first run, linking Turkey to Europe.
1910 - Portugal becomes a republic; King Manuel II flees to England.
1931 - The comic strip "Dick Tracy" (Chester Gould) debuts.
1940 - Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps.
1955 - Reverend Sun Young Moon leaves prison in Seoul.
1957 - "Leave It to Beaver," debuts on CBS-TV; the U.S.S.R. Sputnik I, the first artificial Earth satellite.
1958 - Transatlantic commercial jet passenger service begins (BOAC).
1959 - The U.S.S.R.'s Luna-3 sends back the first photos of the Moon's far side.
1960 - The Courier-1B, first active repeater satellite in orbit, is launched.
1962 - USAF Maorj Robert A. Rushworth takes the X-15 to 32,300 m.
1963 - Gambia achieves full internal self-government.
1965 - Pope Paul VI becomes the first Pope to visit the Western Hemisphere (UN); the U.S.S.R. launches Luna-7; it crash-lands on Moon.
1966 - Lesotho (Basutoland) gains independence from Britain.
1969 - The U.N. starts issuing postage stamps at its Geneva headquarters.
1970 - Herbert Schmidtz makes the highest parachute jump from a tower by leaping from a 1,984 ft TV tower in Tulsa, OK.
1976 - Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns over telling a racial joke.
1977 - In San Francisco, Pier 39 opens.
1978 - Funeral are services held for Pope John Paul I.
1983 - Richard Noble reaches a record 1019 kph in a jet-powered car.
1984 - The U.S. government closes down due to budget problems.
1985 - Shite Muslims claim to have killed hostage William Buckley.
1987 - In the first "Scrub Sunday" of the NFL, replacement players take the field.

Birthdays
1289 - King Louis X (the Stubborn) of France (1314-16)
1626 - Richard Cromwell, lord protector of England (1658-59)
1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes,19th U.S. President (1877-81)
1850 - John W. McGraw (Gov-WA) (1893-97)
1892 - Engelbert Dollfuss, Austrian Fascist chancellor, killed by Nazis
1922 - Malcolm Baldrige, U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1981-87)
1923 - Charlton Heston, actor (10 Commandments, Ben Hur, Planet of the Apes)
1943 - Buddy Roemer (Gov-LA)
1946 - Susan Sarandon, actress (Bull Durham)
1949 - Armand Assante, actor (Private Benjamin, Unfaithfully Yours)

Passings
1904 - Frederic Auguste Bertholdi, French sculptor ("Statue of Liberty")
1970 - Janis Joplin, rock singer, at 27

Reported Missing in Action
1966
Burns, John D., USN (FL); A4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - alive and well as of 1998

1967
Lillund, William A., USAF (CA); F105F shot down (w/McDaniel)

McDaniel, Morris L., Jr., USAF (GA); F105F shot down (w/Lillund)

Schoeffel, Peter V., USN (VA); A4C shot down, released by DRV March, 1973 - retired as a Captain - alive as of 1998

Zook, David H., Jr., USAF (OH); U10B crashed while on leaflet mission; reportedly collided with larger plane