November 10, 2004

Kabul in Touch With Captors of U.N. Aides

Sudan, Rebels Reach Accord On Darfur

Pentagon Widens Procurement Investigation

Europeans Lobby in Washington for Military Work

Moscow complains of lack of financing for destruction of chemical weapons

Rightist Militias Are a Force in Colombia's Congress

U.S. Forces Battle Into Heart of Fallujah

Rebuilding What the Assault Turns to Rubble

Rebel Fighters Who Fled Attack May Now Be Active Elsewhere

U.S.-Led Forces Gain More Ground in Falluja as Battle Rages

Goliath Beats David In Fallujah

Israeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians

Israel Will Allow Arafat Burial in West Bank, After Cairo Funeral

Netanyahu Drops Resignation Threat

U.S. to defend use of Guantanamo war tribunals

A provision of the No Child Left Behind Act

November 9, 2004

West African state edges near to civil war again

Ivoirian Throngs Assemble to Shield President From the French

7 Said Killed in Ivory Coast Violence

Halliburton, the Second-Term Curse?

Lockheed CEO Sees a World of Potential

Air Force Seeks Contract Reviews

US official leading Iraq WMD hunt narrowly escapes suicide bombing

'Scores of civilians' killed in Falluja

U.S. and Iraqi Troops Push Into Fallujah

In Hideout, Foreign Arabs Share Vision of 'Martyrdom'

Rumsfeld Says Fallujah Attack Won't Go Halfway

Wild Firefights as U.S. Soldiers Swarm Northern Edge of City

Urban Warfare Deals Harsh Challenge to Troops

U.S. ground forces hit Fallujah

Allawi includes Fallujah strike in war on terror

Arafat's Major Organs Still Functioning, Aide Says

Sharon Weathers Showdown Over Gaza Withdrawal

CIA Officer Criticizes Agency's Handling of Bin Laden

November 8, 2004

Sudanese Rape Victims Find Justice Blind to Plight

French Unleash Force Against Chaos in Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast Loyalists Confront French Troops

Macedonians Defeat Bid to Block Rights for Albanian Minority

CONTRACTS AWARDED

China to accelerate nuclear power construction

With Jets and Armor, Thousands of Troops Enter Rebel-Held City

Fighting Around Fallujah Intensifies

Defense Minister Exhorts Iraqis: 'Liberate This City'

ATTACK BY JOINT FORCE

Netanyahu Reportedly Backs Down in Bout With Sharon

Palestinian Delegation Hoping to See Arafat

Palestinian Aides Try to Unravel Mystery of Arafat's Condition

LAST CALL FOR COMMENTS ON BUSH STAR WARS PLAN

Veteran Sues Over Reactivation 13 Years After Army Discharge

November 7, 2004

US defies protests to poison Afghan poppies

Afghan Militants Hold Talks on Hostages, but No Deal Yet

Eritrean authorities deny reports 20 died in prison "incidents"

Ivory Coast erupts in attacks on French

Exercise Displays Japan's Ambitions

PM says Japan military must contribute to global safety

As Falluja Waits in Despair, Rebels Attack in Samarra

US warplanes hammer Iraq's rebel-held Fallujah overnight

Terrorists kill dozens in Iraq attacks

52 Killed In Spate Of Attacks

U.S. Forces Begin Moving Into Falluja

Bickering Iraqis Strive to Build Voting Coalition

Arafat's No. 2 Is Set to Assume Leadership

Philippine defense minister leaves for China

Russians Mark Revolution Day With Protests

US ready to put weapons in space

Officer Who Says She Was Raped at Base Is Classified as AWOL

November 6, 2004

Sudan Peace Talks Stall Over the Issue of Flights Over Darfur

AU condemns Ivory Coast air raids

U.S. Expands List of Lost Missiles

US triples global estimate of shoulder fired missiles

Banzai! Debunking the kamikaze myth

Ethnic Rivalries Still Bitter in Balkans

China: Damage Control After Criticizing Bush

EU, India eye counterterrorism

Fallujah and Those Mass Graves

'It's nothing personal. We don't want you here'

Fallujah pounded ahead of assault

Battle Near, Iraqi Sunnis Make Offer

Iraqi Rules for Candidacy Spur Some U.S. Concern

Annan's Warning On Fallujah Dismissed

All Sides Prepare for American Attack on Falluja

Five Palestinians Killed by Israeli Troops

Arafat on brink sparks burial debate

With Arafat in Coma, Near Death, Conflict Mounts Over Burial Site

U.S. tightens military alliance

US ready to put weapons in space

U.S. Air Force launches a GPS satellite

C.I.A. Is Said to Choose a No. 3

Russian Jury Convicts Scientist in His Retrial

Abolish the CIA!

Annan protests Fallujah strategy

2 GIs defend their killing of wounded Iraqi

National Guard Agrees to Halt Exercises After Strafing School

Veteran Wins His Discharge After Taking Army to Court

November 5, 2004

Karzai Vows to Crack Down On Warlords, Drug Dealers

KABUL Afghan Leader Promises Security and Stability

Darfur Increasingly Unstable, U.N. Envoy Warns

Japan: Bush Reelection Means Even Closer Ties

U.S. Awards Anthrax Vaccine Deal

Three British Troops Killed In Iraq Attack

Hoon Fury at Black Watch Deaths 'Duplicity' Charge

U.S. military gear on sale at dangerous Baghdad bazaar

Raytheon To Continue NASA Contract

Bush win seen lifting drug, defense, oil stocks

Colombia: Bush's Triumph Gladdens Uribe, Scares Others

'My brother died for oil'

Bush laments coalition of the unwilling

G.I.'s Itch to Prove Their Mettle in Falluja

U.S. Warplanes Pound Targets in Fallujah

UN Warns on Iraq, U.S. Urges Civilians to Flee City

Arafat Wants to Be Buried in Jerusalem

Palestinians Choose Two To Assume Arafat Roles

Brazil minister quits in army row

NATO chief hails alliance relations with Armenia

New Russian army chief appointed

Clarke: Nations using internet to spy

CIA's Goss Names Undercover Officer To No. 3 Position

Retired Official Defends the CIA's Performance

Jury in Siberia Convicts Physicist of Spying for China

Air Force report calls for $7.5M to study psychic teleportation

Warplane Strafes a School in New Jersey

F-16 fighter jet accidentally fires on New Jersey school

Injured Troops Look for Courage, Face Fears

November 4, 2004

Karzai Officially Declared Winner

Karzai Vows Crackdown on Warlords, Drugs

Sudanese Troops Attack and Destroy Camp in Darfur

Liberia Disperses Warring Factions but Violence Persists in Capital

Weapons of microelectronic destruction

Don't extend GSDF's Iraq aid mission, most in poll say

EADS more than doubles net profit, raises forecasts

WMC Expects Other Mining Companies to Consider Bids

Civil Unrest Challenges China's Party Leadership

German Papers Grasping the Second Coming of Bush

EU plans mission, aid in Iraq

Hungary Joins Others in Pulling Troops From Iraq

U.S.-Led Coalition Could See Desertions

A Volley of Fire From a Fast-Moving Target

U.S. Forces Pound Parts of Fallujah

Bomber Hits Near Baghdad Airport

Stubborn Violence Shadows Buildup to Falluja Invasion

Rising Concerns About Insurgents' Weaponry

Iraqis say U.S. should talk more, shoot less

Iraq calls on 'spectators' to act

MSF aid agency ends work in Iraq

Israeli military commander of Gaza quits

Sharon Wins Approval to Fund Pullout but Is Set Back on Budget

Questions Grow About Arafat's Health and Palestinian Leaders

U.S. Grant to Aid Removal of Land Mines

NATO chief to meet with Georgian leader during visit

Planned talks with Muslims on track despite clashes

Russia Test-Launches Two Ballistic Missiles

Annan Urges Security Council to Act on Growing Violence in Sudan

U.S. Deserter Took Plea Bargain

November 3, 2004

Karzai Win Gives Chance to Cleanse Afghan Government

Afghan Militants Extend Hostage Deadline

Karzai Formally Named Winner of Afghan Presidential Election

U.N. Accuses Sudan of Moving Refugees

UC Regents lose control of nuclear weapons program

BAE investigated over Saudi fraud allegations: two arrested

Britain warns EADS it could lose multi-billion dollar aircraft order

Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Key Technologies

Lockheed to Take Charge on Court Decision

Defense stocks surge after Bush win

Sarin 'Gulf war syndrome cause'

Chemical weapons disposal behind schedule

Hungary Will Withdraw Troops From Iraq

Hungary to withdraw troops from Iraq by March 2005: Gyurcsany

Hungary abandons conscription as it joins European

Marines' 'Night Walkers' Watch Over Dark Skies

Gunmen Seize Five in Two Iraq Kidnappings

Insurgents Blow Up an Iraqi Oil Pipeline

Israeli Lawmakers Back Settlers' Funding

Sharon's Gaza Pullout Plan Faces Key Vote

Israel Parliament Clears Payoffs for Gaza Settlers

India Test-Fires Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile From Warship

Ball Aerospace Proud Of ERBS Spacecraft That Keeps Going And Going

Annan Urges New Security Council Steps on Darfur

Air, marine operations merged

Guard revamps recruit incentives

Abu Ghraib Prison MP Pleads Guilty to Reduced Charge

G.I. in Abu Ghraib Abuse Is Spared Time in Jail

G.I. Gets Light Sentence for Desertion in '65

EU will keep the heat on war crimes suspects in Bosnia: commander

Ex-Yugoslav capitals pressed over warcrimes suspects

November 2, 2004

Abductors Say 3 Hostages in Afghanistan Are Separated

Sudan Denies Surrounding Refugee Camps

China's Advanced Military Missiles Take Centre Stage At Airshow

Suicide theory on female soldier

Lockheed Must Pay for Failed Dump Cleanup

Ethnic Fighting Flares in China

Ethnic strife kills seven in China

Ethnic Clashes Are Confirmed by Beijing; Toll Is Unclear

Germany names 100 army bases to close

Oil Pipeline Blown Up in Iraq; Violence Kills at Least 12

Gunmen kidnap six in Baghdad

Suicide bomber kills three, injures 32

Palestinians Killed by Israelis at 21/2-Year High

Iraqi PM to hold talks with NATO

SEAL says CIA abused prisoner

Marines in Iraq want better gear, exit strategy

National Guard recruit goals fall short

Milosevic Is Allowed To Defend Himself

November 1, 2004

U.N. Hostages Seen Alive on Videotape

Lockheed Martin Buys Naval Electronics Firm

Local Contract Stanley Associates Gets Army Software Contract

Contracts Awarded

Rebels vow to use chemical weapons

Looters breached Iraq sarin bunker

Martial Law Declared as Nearly 150 Die in Clashes in Central China

Attack Kills 15 as Allawi Warns Falluja Rebels

American, 5 Others Kidnapped in Iraq

Allawi threatens 'military solution'

Rocket Kills 15 Iraqis at Tikrit Hotel

The Creaky Coalition

Study: Iraq Invasion Has Killed 100,000 Civilians

A Question of Conscience: How Many More?

Arafat possibly poisoned: doctors

Can Pakistan Work? A Country in Search of Itself

ElBaradei Presses N.Korea, Iran on Nuclear Threat

Vietnam veteran seeks Agent Orange benefits

Copters Maxed in Counterinsurgency War

Japanese cities grow uneasy as U.S. military weighs shifting troops

U.N. Court: Milosevic May Defend Himself

October 31, 2004

Afghan militants threaten to kill three U.N. workers

Afghan Militants Release Video of Hostages

100 Are Reported Killed In Violence in Somalia

Algeria marks 50th anniversary of launching independence war

Army Tactics Anger Thai Muslims

Three-day protest to block Taiwan's special defense budget begins

Looters overran sensitive Iraq desert site;

Suicide Attack Kills 8 Marines Near Baghdad

Car bomb kills eight Marines, wounds nine in Iraq

Attacks Kill Nine Marines In Iraq

Allawi Warns Falluja Rebels That Time Is Running Out for Talks

Allawi Vows to Clear Fallujah of Rebels

U.S. Hopes To Divide Insurgency

Palestinian leaders close ranks in Arafat's absence

After Gaza Win, Sharon Fights Political Doubt

Israelis and Palestinians Address Arafat's Absence

Military Intelligence chief: Arafat's death may end intifada

Uncovering The Bush Plan For Regime Change In Cuba

Pakistan perturbed by tapes of al Qaeda

At Least 15 Injured in Blast Outside Chechen Hospital

Deputy chief of Russia's strategic air force killed: report

Message from the people of Fallujah

Need for Draft Is Dismissed by Officials at Pentagon

GIs Lack Armor, Radios, Bullets

Pentagon suppresses details of civilian casualties, says expert

October 30, 2004

KABUL Afghan Militants Threaten to Kill Hostages

Liberian mobs bring curfew to Monrovia

China to showcase military might in air show

U.S. awaits word to attack Fallujah

Marines Await Orders to Attack Fallujah

Abbas chairs PLO while ailing Arafat is in Paris

U.S., Israel Discuss Internal Growth in West Bank Settlements

2 Russian generals given awards in Iraq on war eve

Collins Eyes the Powers Bush Gave to CIA

Pentagon Extends Tours of Duty for About 6,500 U.S. Soldiers

Along With Prayers, Families Send Armor

Need for Draft Is Dismissed by Officials at Pentagon

October 29, 2004

'Nervous and angry', the Black Watch arrive in the Triangle of Death

'Political' merger of Snecma, Sagem leaves analysts cold

Curbs On Sonar Use Sought In Europe

Georgia: A Meltdown of Weapons, or of Responsibility?

100,000 Civilian Deaths Estimated in Iraq

11 local soldiers killed on video

Video Shows Slaying of 11 Iraqi Guardsmen

Study Puts Iraqi Deaths of Civilians at 100,000

Arafat approves Abbas as deputy

Putin enters Ukrainian election row by attending army parade

Putin has an eye on the future as he looks back on Soviet glory victory

Iraq Casualties

Navy Drops Charges Against Commando in Abuse of Prisoners

US troops refused requests to protect explosives store

This GI Joe Won't Go

Wives of U.S. Troops Share Pain -- and Often Politics

October 28, 2004

Fewer guns, but tensions persist in Liberia

Biological Weapons Pose Major Threat, Say U.K. Scientists

British troops move closer to Baghdad

Powell's Comments in China Rile Taiwan

The Chinese Dragon submerges

Study: 100,000 Excess Civilian Iraqi Deaths Since War

Militants Slaughter 11 Iraqi Soldiers

Fallujah Talks, and Battle Planning, Continue

Provincial Capital Near Falluja Is Rapidly Slipping Into Chaos

Rumsfeld 'ignored Fallujah warnings'

Palestinians Debate Significance of Israel's Gaza Withdrawal

Arafat collapses; condition 'serious'

Israeli peace camp hails Sharon the hawk

Osama and his Shi'ite nemesis

NATO chief says it hopes to train 1,000 senior Iraqi officers a year

Another Side of the Georgian-Russian Conflict

CIA can't authenticate alleged al Qaeda tape

Nuclear watchdog chief advocates tougher, broader Non-Proliferation Treaty

U.S. Barred From Forcing Troops to Get Anthrax Shots

October 27, 2004

Taiwan's controversial arms deal

Scientists warn of 'ethnic weapons'

Halliburton says profit in Iraq is weak

Lending military equipment to US causes headache for Norwegian PM

Turkey's top security body meets for the first time with civilian head

Poland signs defense deal with Iraq

British Troops in Iraq Begin Redeployment

Signs Point to Imminent Showdown in Iraq

Shells point to police in guardsmen slayings

Allawi Accuses Foreign Troops Of Negligence In Massacre

Military Assault in Falluja Is Likely, U.S. Officers Say

Parliament OKs Sharon's withdrawal plan

Sharon Wins Vote For Gaza Pullout

Sharon Rejects Calls for Referendum on Pullout

Settlements Are Emptied for a Day of Protest

Israel's Coming Civil War

Netanyahu, Livnat threaten to quit unless poll held on pullout

The Struggle to Pry Open Brazil's Military Archives

Zarqawi attains mythic status in his Jordanian hometown

Six NATO warships anchor off Montenegro

Ex-CIA Official Defends Detention Policies

Russia To Build South Korean Launch Pad

UN Terrorism Treaty Deadlocked

Small Minority Says Draft Could Happen

Pentagon denies detainees' torture charges

Judge Bars Military from Forced Anthrax Shots

October 26, 2004

Officials Say Karzai Is Clear Winner

Politics Delay U.S. Airlift Of Peacekeepers to Sudan

Attacks on Women in West Sudan Draw an Outcry

Report Warns of Failure to Control Biological Weapons

Pentagon Probes Halliburton's Iraq Contracts

Whistle-Blower Asks for Halliburton Investigation

Powell's China Comments Anger Taiwanese

Beijing Rebuffs Powell on Taiwan

France and Germany to set up rapid reaction 'battle group'

U.N., U.S. confident in Iraqi elections

Allawi Blames Ambush on'Negligence'

Flurry of Violence Kills At Least 15

Allawi Faults U.S.-Led Forces on Execution of Iraqi Soldiers

At Tense Syria-Iraq Border, American Forces Are Battling Insurgents

Sharon defends plan to cede settlements

Israeli Parliament Begins Debate on Gaza Withdrawal

Israeli Parliament Approves Sharon's Gaza Withdrawal Plan

Analysis: Jordan's cold peace with Israel

Russian warships to join NATO exercise

NATO says no "firm evidence" of terrorist activity in Bosnia

U.S. Action Bars Right of Some Captured in Iraq

F.B.I. Saw Inmates Treated Harshly at Abu Ghraib

Carry on spying

U.S.-Led Afghan Coalition Critcized

Beijing boosts Delhi's bid for UN council seat

Pentagon responds to missing-explosives report

Inquiry ordered in massacre case

GI Janes battle Iraqi insurgents, M-60 in one hand

Embedded Reporter Saw No Explosives Search

A Soldier Speaks: Robert J. Acosta

Veterans' Voices Rise in Protest

China official asks Japan, US to consider neighbours in troop deployment

October 25, 2004

Of the Evil Empire

Karzai Effectively Wins Afghan Vote as Count Nears End

Karzai Is Clear Winner, Afghan Vote Results Show

Second round of Darfur peace talks begin

New Guerrilla Factions Arise in Sudan Ahead of Peace Talks

Pacifist leader claims victory in Kosovo elections

Biological threat greater than nuclear or chemical

Israeli companies tout security gear

Top Army Official Calls for a Halliburton Inquiry

Colin Powell's Agenda in China

Huge Cache of Explosives Vanished From Site in Iraq

U.N.: Tons of Explosives Missing in Iraq

Insurgents Massacre 49 Iraqi Recruits

New Violence Flares in Iraq, After Executions Leave 49 Dead

Terrorists massacre 50 Iraqi soldiers

Insurgents in Latifiyah eager to battle British

Sharon: Gaza Plan Only Way to Security

Sharon Opens Parliamentary Debate on Removal of Settlements

Sharon Wins Cabinet Vote for His Gaza Pullout Plan

Israel targets resistance fighters' kin

Colombia Destroys Stockpiled Land Mines

US to keep small force in Bosnia after NATO-EU handover

India's military commanders meet to revamp war doctrine

Abu Ghraib Guards Kept a Log Of Prison Conditions, Practices

U.N. tallies new security costs

Army Captain Granted Reprieve After Suing U.S. Gvt.

Military Fighter Jet Drops Errant Bomb

Veteran says modern draft would include elite

"Explosive" Revelations

October 24, 2004

Karzai is unofficial winner of Afghan vote

Yusuf to request security forces

Somali Leader Seeks African Peacekeepers

Dismay as Serbs shun Kosovo poll

Black Watch will not blindly follow US orders

British officers lobbied US to send troops to danger zone

Suicide bombers kill 22 Iraqis

50 Iraq Soldiers Apparent Ambush Victims

Rebels Mount Grisly Ambush, Executing 49 Iraqi Soldiers

Car Bombings Kill 17 Iraqis;

Rebel Attacks Kill 18 Iraqis; G.I.'s Injured

Iraqis protest after silence greets plea for hostage

Why America Has Waged a Losing Battle on Fallouja

Israel Cabinet OKs Settlers' Compensation

EU: Israel's pullout from Gaza Strip will not suffice

NATO's New Colonial Order:

Memo Lets CIA Take Detainees Out of Iraq

Report on CIA Action Concerns Senators

Analysis: Military expert wants better U.S. policy

Army Badge Of Honor Now In Contention

Army Captain Sues U.S. To Block Iraq Deployment

U.S. army has denied most compensation claims by Iraqis

Former soldier remembers near-invasion of Alabama

U.S. dead in Iraq honored

October 23, 2004

How 'Ugly Americans' Forced Muslims Into a Wrong War

New Somali President Asks for 20, 000 AU Peacekeepers

Navy Commissions Fast - Attack Submarine

Over 18,000 armaments handed over in Baghdad's Sadr City

Hostage Begs the British to Remove Troops in Iraq

Memos Warned of Billing Fraud by Firm in Iraq

Agent Orange: An Ongoing Atrocity

Officials Fear Iraq's Lure for Muslims in Europe

EU troops prepare for Bosnia swap

Suicide Bombers Kill 20 Iraqi Security Personnel

U.S. Makes Inroads Vs. Iraq Insurgents

Army Reserve unit to train Iraqis

Iraqis tried by al Sadr for aiding U.S. remain missing

Iraqi PM says no deals over Care hostage

Why it's different in Basra

PM to dismiss ministers, deputies who vote against pullout

NATO sends troops to guard key election

Further abuse at Abu Ghraib detailed

Russia Steps Up Antiterror Drive as Chechen War Spreads

CIA withdraws Iraq WMD claim

U.N. Refuses to Assist Iraqis With War Crimes Trials

October 22, 2004

Released Detainees Rejoining The Fight

Second-Guessing Actions in Afghanistan

Northern Uganda 'world's biggest neglected crisis'

Miami gun dealer, others charged in weapons trafficking to Colombia

No shooting please, we're British

Britain to move troops to hot spot

Deepcut Army sex attacker jailed

Firms in Iraq's Oil-for-Food Program Revealed

Halliburton may keep disputed money

U.S. to Aid Albania in Destroying Chemicals

Nervous System Anomaly Seen in Gulf War Syndrome

Estimates by U.S. See More Rebels With More Funds

Religious Leaders Ahead in Iraq Poll

CARE Official Held Hostage in Iraq Pleads for Her Life

Falluja Sheiks Demand End to Airstrikes to Save Talks

U.S., Iraqi Forces Detain Sunni Muslim Cleric

Israeli army faces a revolt from the right

Ex-ally calls Sharon 'disloyal' and warns of Israeli civil war

Israel May Have Iran in Its Sights

Bin Laden is located, says 9/11 panelist

Documents Shed Light on Iraq Prison Abuse

Russian prosecutor office rejects HR report

Russia's recruits wrecked by abuse

Goss Vows to Rebuild, Expand CIA

Aide for Times Revealed Secrets, China Charges

Pentagon Reportedly Skewed C.I.A.'s View of Qaeda Tie

DoD breaks with Bush over intel reform

U.N. hurt by scandal, Annan says

Iraqis Not Ready for Trials; U.N. to Withhold Training

Female soldiers eyed for combat

Abu Ghraib abuser sentenced

MP Gets 8 Years for Iraq Abuse

Trial Date Set for Another Reservist in Prison Abuse Case

Off to War

U.S.: Soldiers Failed to Report for Duty

October 21, 2004

3,200 Peacekeepers Pledged on Mission to Darfur

India opposes sale of F-16 jets

Indian navy denies submarine deal

About 4.5 million dollars spent on arms buyback in Baghdad: Iraqi PM

Meditations on Okinawa

Burmese generals reinvent dark days

Myanmar power play leaves India smiling

Blair sees battalion for Iraq, not Bush

Britain to Send 850 Troops Toward Baghdad

Britain agrees to send 850 troops into US-controlled zone in Iraq

Defense Work Gives CACI Boost In Earnings

Romania Makes Pitch to Host US Military

US Lifts Haitian Arms Embargo as Tensions Mount

Falluja Chiefs Demand Halt to U.S. Airstrikes

Debate Lingering on Decision to Dissolve the Iraqi Military

Abolishing Iraq Army: the fallout

1000 Al-Qaeda 'warriors' inside Iraq

Rabbis tell troops to disobey orders

In Gaza, Debate Over Pullout Plan Pits Settler Against Settler

Russian military prosecutor blasts rights group report on bullying

"Starfleet Academy" - The Beginning

CIA Refuses to Release "Dynamite" Report on 9/11 Accountability

Pentagon exaggerated risk posed by Iraq: US senator

Tenet: CIA made errors

Iraq rips U.N. help for elections

Iraqi Faults U.N. on Lack of Staff to Aid in Voting

Frederick Gets 8 Years in Iraq Abuse Case

MP Pleads Guilty to Abuses at Iraq Prison

U.S. Soldier in Abu Ghraib Scandal Gets 8 Years in Jail

Commander of Transport Unit Is Relieved of Duties

Commander of supply company relieved of duty

Pentagon Says No Medical Draft Is Needed

Pentagon says 200,000 who started anthrax-shot regimen must continue

The Unknown Soldiers

October 20, 2004

Bin Laden's al Qaeda control questioned

Celebrity Draft Dodgers Face Conscription Next Month

Serbia & Montenegro: Let the Fun Begin: Elections in Kosovo

Gunman forces shutdown of British air force base

NEC launches world's fastest supercomputer

Colombia's bullet-proof tailor

Iran Uses Russian Technology to Increase Range of Ballistic Missiles

CARE director abducted

Kidnappers Seize a Relief Official Working in Iraq

US air strikes hit Iraqi rebel city

300 Iraqi soldiers abandon unit in Samarra

Israeli defence chiefs bid to crush calls to disobey Gaza pullout orders

Israel arrests 2,500 Palestinian children

Turkish Cypriot government quits

Russia must end 'appalling' military hazing: HRW

Russian army bullying 'horrific'

CIA backs away from Al Qaeda tip

Poor Intelligence Misled Troops About Risk of Drawn-Out War

Unit first to balk in 175,000 Iraq convoy missions

Iraq Casualties

Army Reservist in Abuse Scandal Pleads Guilty to Five Charges

October 19, 2004

Blast Kills 5 in Jeep Used by Afghan Vote Board

'Why Does the War Keep Chasing Us?'

US offers sale of Patriot missile system to India

India softens on Xinjiang

Officials don't want to fail U.S.

Blair Plan To Shift Iraq Force Assailed

TSA Deal Overpaid Boeing, Report Says

Titan Wins $170 Million NORAD/NORTHCOM IT Support Contract

Report: Russia, Brazil Plan to Swap Fighters, Airliners

Rebuilding costs soar in Iraq -Iraqi officials

Use of civilian contractors in war zones is at record levels

Secret Papers About China Are Released by the C.I.A.

Taiwan must acquire submarines to head off China blockade: minister

Washington Votes for War in Colombia

How Many Iraqis Are Dying? By One Count, 208 in a Week

Chief negotiator for Fallujah released

Zarqawi Is Said to Swear Allegiance to Bin Laden

U.S. Frees Fallujah Negotiator

The Strategy to Secure Iraq Did Not Foresee a 2nd War

Attack on Iraqi National Guard Headquarters Kills Four

US air strikes on Fallujah,

Baghdad needs 10,000 more policemen - U.S. general

This is a Massacre, Not a War in Iraq

Israeli Demolitions Deemed Excessive

China feels threat to its engineers

SI International Awarded ID/IQ Air Force Space Command Contract

The 9/11 secret in the CIA's back pocket

Limited U.N. Role Hinders Iraq Vote

Reservists Who Refused Order Tried to Persuade Superiors

Army Is Told to Plan for Shorter Tours in Iraq

U.S. Has Contingency Plans for a Draft of Medical Workers

Rewarding Bad Behavior

Reservists Doubt Their Combat Readiness

October 18, 2004

New Afghan Army a Match for Taliban, U.S. Says

Sudan's Darfur 'safer than Iraq'

Turkish FM denies plan to buy tanks from Germany: report

Britain Denies Troops Plan to Help Bush

No. 10 did not tell truth about Iraq, says diplomat who quit

Libyan mustard gas plant may be converted into pharmaceuticals factory

U.S. Buyers of Hussein's Oil Acted to Assist Iraq

U.S. asks Britain to move troops

As U.S. Forces Pound Fallujah, Fighting Rages on City's Edge

Iraqi PM to extend arms-for-cash scheme nationwide

Iraqi Officials Plan to Extend Buying of Arms

Deadly mortar attack marks end to failed Mehdi Army weapons exchange

Killing Drives Wedge Between Troops

Soldiers fear that they are 'sleeping with the enemy'

A War Without Reason

Settlers Say Israel Leader Rejects Vote on Pullout

Sharon Says Nothing Will Stop Gaza Plan

Official warns of Gaza upheaval

Israelis Kill 5 Palestinians

'When we came back they had destroyed all the houses'

Presbyterian Church May Pressure Israel

NATO chief starts tour of Central Asia

Brazil Signs Space Agreement With Russia

War in Iraq Did Not Make World Safer, Annan Says

U.S.: Too Early to Tell Iraq Unit's Fate

Unit balked at unarmored trucks

General Reported Shortages In Iraq

Japan committed to reducing U.S. military presence

The Reserve Mutiny How the Iraq war is crippling the Army Reserve.

Iowa police donate body armor to troops

Pentagon Rewards Abu Ghraib Accomplices

October 17, 2004

Two GI's Killed in Afghanistan; Vote Tally Proceeds

British troops in Iraq won't be redeployed to Baghdad, Fallujah

In Iraq Chaos, Uphill Struggle to Bring Power

Iraq Commanders Warn That Delays in Civil Projects Undermine

Blasts rock 5 Christian churches in Iraq

U.S. Continues Major Attack on Fallujah

Violence, Crash in Iraq Kill 6 Troops

Mortar Hits Baghdad Stadium Just Before Prime Minister Visit

109 Palestinians dead at end of army campaign

Redeploying In Gaza Strip, Israel Finishes Its Pullback

Sharon Rejects Referendum Over Pullout

Killing children is no longer a big deal

Cyprus again protests entry of IAF jets into its airspace

Kerry could heal NATO's wounds but tensions to linger: analysts

Annan: Iraq War Hasn't Made World Safer

Troop Number in Iraq Too Low, Military Poll Says

Soldiers released in Iraq after refusing orders

US soldiers who refused Iraq fuel mission

More Papers on Bush's Guard Duty

'All of us refused to go'

October 16, 2004

Taliban leaders were the big losers in vote

Canadian Sees a Long Haul in Afghanistan

Two American G.I.'s Die in Afghanistan Blast

US trying to speed up creation of 70,000 strong Afghan army

U.N. Says Sudan Death Toll Reaches 70,000

Turkey negotiating purchase of 350 German tanks

Students' freedoms eyed in China

Aristide backers clash with police

Car bomb kills 10 as Ramadan starts

Fallujah Strikes Herald Possible Attack

Two American Soldiers Killed in Helicopter Crashes in Baghdad

U.S. Intensifying Bombing Attacks on Falluja Sites

Israeli Military Forces End Gaza Attack After 17 Days

Desolation and Vengeance Reckoning Deaths in an Agitated World

Security Council elections buttress interests of U.S.

Army probes unit's refusal of mission

Inquiry Opens After Reservists Balk in Baghdad

October 15, 2004

This week's casualty: the legal case for war in Iraq

U.S. backs plans to convert chemical-arms plant

Ex-Troops Fill Haiti's Security Vacuum

Blasts Inside Green Zone Kill at Least 5

U.S. Military Pounds Targets in and Around Falluja

Marines begin raids on Fallujah

Rockets Deliver Daily Terror To Residents of Israeli Town

Sharon Agrees to Pull Back Troops in Gaza

Israel Ends Deadly Gaza Offensive

Palestinian children are not terrorists

Syria agrees to patrol border

Army Official Backs Ex-Abu Ghraib Officer

Army Probes Whether G.I.'s Refused a Mission in Iraq

U.S. Army Inquiry Implicates 28 Soldiers in Deaths of 2 Afghan Detainees

U.S. troops likely to face charges

Chemicals Sickened '91 Gulf War Veterans, Latest Study Finds

October 14, 2004

Panel Clears Way for Afghan Vote Count

Bush strategy of multifront war weakens rebels in Afghanistan

Blair denies duping Britain on Iraq data

Va. Firm Denies Kickbacks To Iraq

Carlyle Disavows Plan to Get Kuwait Business

Canada Buries Sailor Killed in Sub Fire

Beijing Lambastes Chen On Offer of New Talks

Six U.S. Soldiers Are Killed in Iraq

5 Killed as 2 Bombs Explode Inside Baghdad Green Zone

Iraq Demands Falluja Give Up Its Militants From Abroad

U.S. Marines Launch Attacks in Fallujah

Allawi threatens Fallujah over Zarqawi

Sharon Heads Into Showdown With Own Party Over Gaza Pullout

Israeli Military Kills 4 Palestinian Militants in Gaza Operation

Sharon Says Gaza Settlers to Leave Homes

Israeli report sees EU confrontation

NATO Considers Joint Mission in Afghanistan

NATO Vows to Speed Sending 300 Troops to Train Iraqi Forces

France, Germany buck U.S. on NATO role

U.S. Considers Reopening Inquiry Into Possible Abuse

October 13, 2004

15 Afghan Candidates to File Vote Complaints With Panel

'Growing threat' of bio-attack on coalition in Iraq

Blair Apologizes Over Iraq;

Boeing Competitors Protest

Chinese information warfare threatens Taiwan

Bomb Blasts and Suicide Attack Kill 6 U.S. Soldiers in Iraq

Insurgent Alliance Is Fraying In Fallujah

Allawi Threatens Military Action

Radical Sunni, Shi'ite groups help free U.S. photographer

Official: 2 Attempts Made to Rescue Hostages

Arafat Relative Unhurt in Gaza Car Bombing

Israel Seizes Hamas Leader Accused of Organizing Attacks

Sectarian Tensions Simmer in Lebanon

Rumsfeld To Appeal For NATO Aid in Iraq Training

NATO Agrees to Deploy 300 Trainers to Iraq

Ex-U.S. Detainee Now Leading Kidnappers

Chechen terrorists probed

A Bosnian Serb Leader Faces War-Crimes Court

October 12, 2004

Election Touted as Model for Iraq -- to a Point

Main Afghan Challenger Drops Election Boycott

Security Deteriorates in Darfur - U.N. Official

Guinea-Bissau mediators suggest overhaul of armed forces

Indian Mirage-2000 crashes during joint exercises with Singapore

Britain Withdraws Iraq Weapons Claims

Boeing Expects Air Force Contract

Air Force Asks for Broader Inquiry Into Boeing Contracts

Canada may sue over its second-hand submarines

Romania Lobbies to Host U.S. Military Base

Disarmament Process Starts In Sadr City, Albeit Slowly

Cleric's Militia Begins to Yield Heavy Weapons

Terror Command in Falluja Is Half Destroyed, U.S. Says

U.S. Says It Hit Terror Targets, but Iraqi Civilians Disagree

A Look at Foreigners Taken Hostage in Iraq

U.S. Urges NATO to Take Afghan Mission

NATO Considers How to Raise Forces Faster

NATO planning for takeover of Afghanistan military operations likely: US

After School Siege, Russians' Grief Turns to Anger

Britain Withdraws Iraq Weapons Claims

October 11, 2004

Afghan Election Concerns Subside

Candidate Drops Boycott of Afghan Election

Junk missiles, bomb dumps threat to Indian cities

EU not likely to lift China arms ban this year

Poland eyes arms deal with Iraq

EU could lift China arms ban 'in sensible way': British FM

Sudan accuses Uganda of supplying arms to southern rebels: report

Contracts Awarded

Scrapping submarine program a possibility if boats not safe: Graham

Taiwan's Chen Seeks to Restart Cross-Strait Talks

In an Overture, Taiwan's President Calls for Opening Peace Talks

Plan for Investigation Into Afghan Election Eases Dissent

Romanians Pitch Rumsfeld on Base Location

Violence Persists as Rumsfeld Visits Iraq

Rebels Loyal to Shiite Cleric Begin Handing In Arms in Iraq

Israeli Troops Probed for Killing Gaza Schoolgirl

EU agrees plans to replace NATO in Bosnia

Indonesia missed opportunity to restore military ties

Spies "lap up" info from torture

New Scrutiny of the Flow of Iraqi Oil to American Consumers

North Korea warns against attempts to bring nuclear issue to U.N

American Deserters Find a Mixed Reception in Canada

U.S. to double military in Colombia

October 10, 2004

Afghan Election Disputed

Questions About Afghan Vote Appear to Fade a Day Later

Afghan Poll Is Mostly Calm, but Challengers Cry Foul

Afghan Irregularities Prompt Candidates' Protests

Politics Puts Hold on Taiwan Arms Purchase

Boeing Loses Out on Air Force Tanker Deal

Militia to Give Up Arms Under Sadr City Plan

Iraqi Cleric's Militia in Sadr City Promises to Hand Over Arms

Two Car Bombs Kill at Least 11 as Rumsfeld Visits Iraq

At Least 8 Killed in Explosion in Baghdad

Rumsfeld: Pullout Not Likely Before Vote

The High Cost of Israel's Gaza Mission: Innocent Victims

Lost boys of Gaza

The CIA 'old guard' goes to war with Bush

For Marines, a Frustrating Fight

Bliss gets $19.4 million for upgrades

Ex-DAFB commander says troops used as guinea pigs

Rumsfeld Updates Counterparts on Wars

October 9, 2004

Afghan Opposition Alleges Fraud in Voting

U.S. Congress approves $422 billion arms bill

Japan to cut ground troops by one-fourth within 10 years

Lawsuit Accuses a Contractor of Defrauding U.S. Over Work in Iraq

Rightist Militias in Colombia Offer to Disarm 3,000

British Hostage Beheaded in Iraq

Video Shows Beheading of Kidnapped British Engineer

Israelis Trudge Home, in Shock After Bombings

Symbol of peace becomes a mass grave

NATO military chief criticises member states over Afghanistan

Inmates Were Reportedly Kept Off Books to Speed Transfer

U.N. Approves Anti-Terrorism Initiative

Report Cites U.S. Profits in Sale of Iraqi Oil Under Hussein

Naval Academy Policies On Sex Assault Studied

Rumsfeld Says More Troops May Be Asked For

Defense bill would kill tanker lease deal

October 8, 2004

Rumsfeld Comes to Macedonia: Give US More Soldiers for Iraq

Afghan Vote Is a Referendum on Karzai

U.S. Report Says Hussein Bought Arms With Ease

Many Helped Iraq Evade U.N. Sanctions On Weapons

Ministers 'sorry' for Iraq error

As head of Halliburton, Cheney sought to do business with Iran

Deal Would Bar Lease of Boeing 767s

Boeing loses $23.5bn US Air Force contract

Beheadings Mark Haiti's Latest Misery

UN oil-for-food:

Inspector's Report Says Hussein Expected Guerrilla War

U.S. Releases Senior Aide to Sadr

British Hostage Is Beheaded by Militants in Iraq

Pentagon Sets Steps to Retake Iraq Rebel Sites

An Ominous Drone in the Gaza Sky

Rescue Workers Pick Through Wreckage at Egyptian Resort

Death Toll Is Uncertain After 3 Explosions Strike Resort Towns

NATO agrees plans for Iraq training mission

Vieques Supporters Ask Superfund Cleanup of Weapons Area

US spy vs Indian spy

Many Helped Iraq Evade U.N. Sanctions On Weapons

U.S. Delaying Action on Violators of Iraq Sanctions

Pentagon Leaders Tell Ranks to Get Ballots and Use Them

October 7, 2004

Sailor dies as crippled Canadian submarine keeps drifting off Ireland

Blair: Sudan Agrees to Withdraw Troops, Militias in Darfur

France, Germany vie for Indian submarines deal: report

U.S. warns EU against arms trade with China

Northrop Grumman Conducts First Flight of First Navy Global Hawk

French anger at Duelfer report charges over Iraq corruption

Sadr militia offers arms-for-prisoners exchange with Iraqi government

Lies, Damned Lies, and Bush's Iraq Statistics

Fallujah Group Comes to Table Talks Also Underway in Sadr City

Rockets strike Baghdad hotel housing foreigners

Rockets Hit Hotel in Baghdad;

Sharon Aide Says Goal of Gaza Plan Is to Halt Road Map

Israeli Aide Hints That Gaza Exit Would Freeze Peace Plan

NATO Obstacles Delay Training of Iraqi Force

US to press allies for quicker action on meeting NATO mission requirements

Car Bomb Kills 39 in Pakistan

Separate Space Military Force Has Few Supporters at Pentagon

Brazil In Space: Gaudenzi Plots A Strategy

Israel Holding 25 U.N. Workers

CIA releases oil for food 'secret lists'

Pacific Command Nominee Withdraws; Army Pick Questioned

Water Probe Backs Marine Corps Defense

U.S. Extends Troops' Exit From South Korea

October 6, 2004

Afghan Race Shaping Up as Battle of the Modern and Traditional

Afghanistan's Drug Boom

NATO Expects Rush of Taliban Attacks in Afghanistan

Japan Plans to Press U.S. on Troops

U.S. to Slow Pullout of Troops From S. Korea

How bad is Iraq report for Blair?

Iran's Missiles Can Now Hit Europe, Ex-Official Says

Funds to Rebuild Iraq Are Drifting Away From Target

Raids Focus on Insurgents South of Baghdad

Car Bomb Kills 10 Iraqis Near Baghdad

Hundreds of Sunken Vessels Block Access

64 percent of Palestinians support resuming peace talks with Israel: poll

Israeli Aide Hints That Gaza Exit Would Freeze Peace Plan

Annan Reports Progress in Action to Combat Landmines

A New C.I.A. Report Casts Doubt on a Key Terrorist's Tie to Iraq

U.S. Vetoes U.N. Resolution

Bill to Restore the Draft Is Defeated in the House

House Moves to Protect G.I.'s on Finances

October 5, 2004

Fearful Choice for Afghan Women: To Vote or Not to Vote

Afghan City Is Calmed, U.S. Reports

Taipei worries EU might lift ban on arms to China

BAE chief linked to slush fund for Saudi royals: BBC

The HMCS Chicoutimi, Canada's rebaptized British submarine

Bremer Criticizes Troop Levels

Iraqi President condemns US air assaults

Car Bombs Kill at Least 22 in Iraq

At Least 26 Die as 3 Car Bombs Explode in Iraq

Bremer Criticizes Troop Levels

Rumsfeld Sees Retaking of Samarra as Model

Iraqi Premier Gives Sobering Account of Insurgency

Bremer Says U.S. Was Short on Troops for Occupation of Iraq

Israel Blunts Uprising's Impact

Israeli Missile Strike Kills 2 Senior Figures in Islamic Jihad

Ukraine membership of NATO important: US official

Civilian Craft Rises Above

NASA Awards Contracts for Rescue of Hubble

Goss Pick Withdraws From CIA Consideration

Aide Declines a Top C.I.A. Post After Questions

London Ex-Policeman Sentenced for Spying

Israeli Ex-Aide to McGreevey Avoids Investigators From U.S.

Army Charges 4 Soldiers In Death of Iraqi General

Army Charges 4 Soldiers With Murder

October 4, 2004

As Afghan Vote Nears, Taliban Isn't Only Worry

Afghans Studying the Art of Voting

Official: Darfur Deaths May Reach 300,000

A Pouchful of Protection for Scary Times in the Sahel

African conference debates strategy on arms control to check conflicts

UK's Top Court to Rule on 'Britain's Guantanamo'

Going for a Halliburton

Contracts Awarded

Rumsfeld: No 'Hard Evidence' of Iraq-Al Qaeda Link

Three Car Bombs Explode Across Iraq, Killing at Least 26

After 3-Day Fight, U.S. and Iraqi Forces Retake Samarra

Palestinians Deny Israeli Gaza Talks Claim

Sharon Vows to Stay in Gaza Until Threat to Israel Is Ended

Israeli Attacks Kill 11 Palestinian

Israel Kills Militant in 6th Day of Mass Gaza Raid

USAF Counterspace Operation Doctrine

U.N. calls emergency meeting on Israel

UNRWA demands Israel apologize over Qassam accusation

Air Force Looks at New Microwave Weapon

Two US F-15 fighters touch each other in mid-air; no injuries

Guarding the Empire

October 3, 2004

Afghan Democracy 101: The Students Are Keen

Security in Sudan Camps Lax As Deadly Militia Roams Free

Strengthening the Strait

How Tony Became Untouchable

In Sadr City, Prowling the Danger Zone

Militant Cleric Considers Entry Into Iraqi Politics

U.S., Iraqi Forces Control Samarra

Americans and Iraqis Press Effort to Secure Samarra

Israeli Attacks Kill 11 Palestinian Fighters

Guantanamo has 'failed to prevent terror attacks'

I, Moazzam Begg, Demand to Be Freed From Guantanamo

Goss Choice Quit CIA In 1982 Under Fire

Israel seeks removal of UNRWA director

Influx of Wounded Strains VA

October 2, 2004

Sudan Agrees to Allow 3,500 African Union Troops Into Darfur

Thought police

Former Boeing official in prison

Ex-Air Force Official Gets Prison Time

Ex-Pentagon Official Gets 9 Months for Conspiring to Favor Boeing

Inquiry Stymied on Company With Air Force Ties

Troops Battle to Control Samarra

Aided by Iraqis, U.S. Seizes Part of Rebel Town

Rumsfeld Foresees Violence in Iraq Up to Election

Israel's new Gaza security zone echoes southern Lebanon

10 More Palestinians Killed in Gaza

Israeli Tanks and Bulldozers in Assault on Gaza Town

Ariel Sharon Calls for Expansion of Army's Gaza Raid

Syria Is Defying U.N., Annan Says

Annan Presses Syria To Pull Out of Lebanon

A former Russian soldier tells of his war in Chechnya

Putin Close to Winning New Power Over Judiciary

NASA Delays Shuttle Flight Set for Spring

MP Questions Iraqi Woman's Conference Speech

C.I.A.-White House Tensions Are Being Made Public to Rare Degree

Bush tempers argument for pre-emptive strikes

Pinochet Faces Tax Charges in Chile

October 1, 2004

Karzai Accused of'Propaganda Campaign'

Nigerian troops raid Delta villages for illegal arms

West African armies and France sign up to joint exercises

Sudan Accepts International Force Mandate

China hits U.S. sales to Taiwan

Party Critics Urge Blair to Stand Up to Bush

Former Pentagon official gets nine months in prison in Boeing scandal

Iraq takes charge of defending its sea-borders

U.S.-Led Force Says It Took Half of Iraqi City Held by Insurgents

Dozens of Children Killed in Iraq Attack

19 Palestinians Killed in Gaza

Rebel Violence in Turkey Could Erode Kurds' Gains

Pakistani Mosque Ripped by Bomb During Packed Service

Russia's military on verge of collapse: defense minister

Goss Brings 4 Staffers From Hill to CIA

White House-CIA breach

Military Voter Education Underway

Its Recruitment Goals Pressing, the Army Will Ease Some Standards

U.S. Aide Faults Serbia for Not Handing Over War Crimes Suspect

September 30, 2004

Rebels Report Truce in Nigeria, but Government Has No Comment

IRAN - Firms sanctioned for weapons sales

Israel lobbying for Taiwan submarine buy

Powell, Li confront sensitive issue of US arms sales to Taiwan

China may have 800 missiles targeting Taiwan in 2006, Taipei warns

Pair of Car Bombs in Iraq Kill Dozens, Including Many Children

The torment of being held hostage

A FAILED "TRANSITION": THE MOUNTING COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR

'Improved security for Israel in 2005'

A Long Deadly Day in Gaza as Israel Fights Way Into Camp

NATO mission in Iraq could involve 3,000 troops: Jones

Russian Government Backs U.N. Accord on Global Warming

Civilian Spacecraft Rolls Into Space in Bid to Win $10 Million

Private Craft Rockets Past Edge of Space

Clark denies deal on release of spies

Top Air Force Lawyer Steps Aside

Bush's Exit Letter To Guard Released

Assembling Full War Records a Challenge

September 29, 2004

US - Led Forces Focus on South, East for Afghan Election

U.S. Military Beefs Up Security Ahead of Afghan Poll

Sudan Official Calls Darfur a 'Smoke Screen' for Plotters

U.N. Wants African Monitors in Darfur Camps

Pursuit of Sudan Tribes May Lead to War

U.S. to build 8 subs in deal with Taiwan

1,000 firearm charges cited

Blair: WMD call was wrong

Blair Admits Mistake on WMD Claim

Lockheed Martin, European groups win contract for NATO missile defence

7 Cos. Penalized for Iran Weapons Sales

Pentagon Contracts Given to Single Bidders

The Pentagon's Stealth Rainmaker

Outsourcing the Pentagon

The Shadow Pentagon

China says Taiwan war-mongering

Iraq Study Sees Rebels' Attacks as Widespread

Children on Both Sides Killed on Northern Border of Gaza Strip

NATO Awards Missile Work to Lockheed

Russia Reluctant to Send Iran to UN Over Uranium

A mole called Mega

Growing Pessimism on Iraq

British spies ID'd in Balkan backlash

Growing Pessimism on Iraq

Operation American Repression?

Navy Keeps Tight Lid on SEAL Identities

Lindh Asks Bush to Reduce Sentence

September 28, 2004

Pentagon announces billion-dollar plan to build five Afghan army bases

In Darfur, Rwandan Soldiers Relive Their Past

In Party Speech, Blair Admits Political Cost of Iraq Mistakes

Taking On Sadr City in a Pickup Truck

Iraqi Judge Dismisses Chalabi Case

U.S. Says More Iraqi Police Are Needed as Attacks Continue

7 Palestinians Killed in Spate Of Violence

7 Arabs Killed in 5 Attacks, One by a West Bank Settler

Israeli Army Masses Forces in Northern Gaza - Radio

Reporters Put Under Scrutiny in C.I.A. Leak

Prewar Assessment on Iraq Saw Chance of Strong Divisions

2 U.S. Soldiers Charged in Iraqi's Death

US, Russian warships drill together in North Sea

September 27, 2004

'Warlords' Threaten Afghan Polls - Rights Group

Nanotubes Made That Detect and Kill Biological Agents

Russian PM fires head of MiG combat plane maker

Taiwan plays down PM's remarks on tit-for-tat for Chinese missile attack

Iraq Uprising Growing, Powell Says

Grisly Path to Power In Iraq's Insurgency

U.S. Military Arrests an Iraqi Commander

Car Explosion Kills Hamas Official in Syria;

Syria Blames Israel for Inciting U.S. to Invade Iraq

Germany supplies Iraq with used military vehicles

Pakistani Forces Kill Top Fugitive

Unease at UN Over Russian Terror Blacklist Plan

Russians hunt potential 'black widows'

Japan Plans To Develop Advanced Spy Satellite

NASA Struggles for Shuttles' Return

Spy Imagery Agency Watching Inside U.S.

Leaders seek change at United Nations

Syria caught in Washington's crosshairs

Army May Reduce Length of Tours in Combat Zones

Priest Dismisses Rwanda Genocide Charges

Judge Questions Pinochet About Killings Under His Rule

September 26, 2004

Al Qaeda Tries to Upset Afghan Vote

Taliban Commander Is Killed

The U.S. Has a Favorite in Afghanistan. That's a Problem.

Armed Militia Worry Sudanese Refugees

Chen defends Taiwan's controversial arms package

Iraq aid going to Halliburton and Bechtel - Cheney and Bush

Costs Whittle Funds to Iraqis

Taiwan: Weapons Plan Will Help in Defense

Iran Adds New Missile

Iran Says It Tested 'Strategic Missile'

Pro - Democracy Protest in Iran Gains Momentum

Violence in Iraq Belies Claims of Calm, Data Show

U.S., Iraq Prepare Offensive to Pave Way for Election

U.S. Soldier Gets 25 Years In Murder of Iraqi Guard

U.S. Arrests Senior Commander of Iraqi National Guard

U.S. Troops Arrest Senior Iraqi Commander

Israel Targeted Killings at a Glance

Hamas Official Killed in Syria

Spy Imagery Agency Watching Inside U.S.

Anti-war talk by S. Koreans citedas cause for 9 p.m. curfew

Navy to Shut Down Sub Radio Transmitters

September 25, 2004

Thousands of Taiwan People Protest U.S. Arms Deal

Lockheed Martin Wins $3.3 Billion Navy Contract

Taiwan PM vows to retaliate Chinese attacks

U.S. Targets Iran's Influence in Iraq

Demise of Iraqi Units Symbolic of U.S. Errors

Allawi Says All Iraq Will Vote

U.S. Strikes Zarqawi Network, Killing 16

U.S. Air Strikes Target Militants in Falluja

Allawi safety claims 'out of touch with reality' say Iraqis

Israel Razes 35 Palestinian Homes in Gaza

Israeli Army Flattens Rows of Houses in Gaza Raid

G-8, Arab Governments Sign Democracy Pact

Mission to Space Station Called Vital

3 More Navy SEALs Face Abuse Charges

Hussein's Trial Not Likely to Begin This Year, U.S. Official Says

Chile's Pinochet Questioned by Investigative Judge

September 24, 2004

Vote threat to Afghan tribesmen

Poppy crop in Afghanistan to jump 40 percent

3rd German Arrested in Probe Into Arms Trade

US imposes sanctions on Chinese arms group

Hostage Case Turns Britain's Focus Back to Iraq

Boeing Deal Faces Justice Dept. Review

Halliburton Considers Selling Troubled Unit

Troubled Unit of Halliburton May Go on Block

Researcher for The Times in China Is Detained

China paves the way for possible return of the Dalai Lama

U.N. Aid in Haiti Held Up by Lack of Help From Government

Powell Deputy Says Elections Must Be 'Open to All' in Iraq

Iraqi Leader Vows Election Won't Be Delayed

More Troops Needed In Iraq, Officials Say

Rumsfeld explores US withdrawal from Iraq

Ministers were told premier was seen as stooge

U.S. Planes Strike Sadr City

Three Israeli Soldiers Killed at Settlement

Lebanon space violated 3 straight days

Egyptians Wonder If Dynasty Is Near

Beslan hostage tragedy could have been prevented: Russian general

Gorbachev slams Iraq war, Putin plan

Former CIA agent says Bush to blame for 9/11

Panel Calls U.S. Troop Size Insufficient for Demands

Bush Surprises Departing Troops With Gift -- Himself

U.S. plans new military network

Iraqis Battle Over Control of Panel to Try Hussein

Burundi, Liberia join war crimes court

September 23, 2004

Lawmakers highlight misery caused by small arms

Halliburton to Restructure Oil Services Company

Iraqi Oil Company Official Killed on 3rd Attempt

In own `war on terrorism' China leans brutally

European Press Criticizes Bush

Iraqi Leader Addresses Congress, Vowing Elections in January

Congress Is Told That Road to Iraq Elections May Be Violent

Iraqi Prime Minister's Speech to U.S. Congress

Cueing the Balloons in Hussein's Home Town

'Quartet' Decries Lack of Progress in Mideast

3 Palestinians Shot Dead After Killing 3 Israeli Soldiers

3 Israeli Soldiers Killed by Palestinian Guerrillas in Gaza

Venezuela to Buy Russian Helicopters to Fight Guerillas

Claims for Gulf Environmental Damage Are Exorbitant, Says Iraq

NATO to Dispatch Additional Military Trainers to Iraq

NATO to Send Military Officers to Run Training Program in Iraq

Russians Crack Down on Security Breaches

Russia Sets Anti-Terror Agenda

Basayev elusive for years

Russia launches two miltary satellites

Senate Confirms Goss as Intelligence Chief

Senate Confirms Rep. Goss as Intelligence Director

Plea Deal Erases Charges Of Spying

Europeans are not persuaded by Bush

UN cool on Bush's plea

Two U.S. Soldiers Charged With Murdering 3 Iraqis

Army's war game recruits kids

Pentagon to close 35 percent of overseas bases

Ex-Official Says Iraq Wants a Show Trial for Hussein

September 22, 2004

Iran's legislators try to limit women's rights

U.S. Now Taking Supporting Role in Iraq, Officials Say

Group Says It Has Killed Another American Hostage

Koizumi vows to keep troops in Iraq

How a Palestinian widow and her trees are a threat to Mofaz

At least 15 wounded during anti-fence protest

Powell praises Syrian redeployment in hills of Beirut as a positive step

Syrian Troop Redeployment Said Meaningless

NATO will set up academy near Baghdad to train Iraqi military officers

NATO Allies OK Increase in Iraq Training

Russia Protest Seeks Leader's Resignation

Spain seeks UK advice over revamp of spy networks

Bush demands U.N. help for Iraq

At U.N., Bush Cites Headway in Iraq

Bush, Annan Speeches Show Divisions on Iraq

Rumsfeld Sold Stakes in Pentagon Contractors

Anti-Prostitution Rule Drafted for U.S. Forces

September 21, 2004

ON AIR: Former rebel Kenneth Banya during the program 'Come Back Home.'

US to sell Israel 5000 smart bombs

Russia to give Czech Republic military helicopters to pay off debt

Troops seize seven missiles in S Waziristan

Majority wants Iraq pullout deadline - poll

Britain promises to safeguard Japanese troops in Iraq

Marines Bide Their Time In Insurgent-Held Fallujah

Beheading of Second American Is Reported by Islamist Web Site

Sobbing hostage killed by Zarqawi

Iraq: How bad can things get?

How Israeli security tries to win friends and influence people

Palestinian militant gets vote, Israel cries foul

Judge Rules Spy Charges May Proceed

Senate Panel Approves Goss as New C.I.A. Chief

Goss Gets Senate Panel's OK for CIA Post

Analysis President's Trip to Address U.N. Relies Heavily on Visuals

Annan Faults Both Sides of Terror War for Eroding Rule of Law

In Address at U.N., Bush Defends Decision to Invade Iraq

Annan Repeats Misgivings About Legality of Iraq War

Bush addresses U.N.

Israel - a stormy relationship: Passport to a world of trouble

Goff likely to face Israel at UN debate

September 20, 2004

Sudanese Decry U.N. Threat of Sanctions

Woman killed in Vienna as arms linked to Balkans wars explodes

Arms smuggling in Gaza at record high

Lib Dems attack Blair's Iraq wars

Contracts Awarded

With Transition, New Uncertainty for China's Authoritarian System

China's Ex-Leader Quits Post In Military

Hu Takes Military Reins, Completing Shift in China

Iran Is Helping Insurgents in Iraq, U.S. Officials Say

Why We Cannot Win

2 Senior Clerics Are Killed in Iraq; Hostage Deadline Passes

Effort to Train New Iraqi Army Is Facing Delays

Israel Launches Airstrike in Gaza City

Palestinian police carrying weapons despite Israel's ban

U.S. Pressing Syria on Iraqi Border Security

NATO Fails to Finalize Agreement on Iraq

Toll Rising on Pakistani Frontier

Soviet Scientists Planned "Invulnerable" Military HQ on the Moon

America Must Reach For Space Dominance: Teets

C.I.A. Nominee Says Iraq-Al Qaeda Link Was Overstated

US capital a magnet for foreign spies

CIA nominee Goss says he regrets partisan statements

Russia opposes sanctions on Sudan, eyes arms sales

September 19, 2004

Paper: Blair Was Warned About Chaos in Iraq

Senior Leader Resigns in China, Leaving President in Full Control

Jiang Resigns As China Military Leader

China's Hu inherits awesome military machine

'American Army Place' Faces Uncertain Fate

2 Soldiers Among 21 Killed in Iraq

After Recapturing N. Iraqi City, Rebuilding Starts From Scratch

Baghdad's Strong Man Struggles to Keep His Grip

U.S. Plans Year-End Drive to Take Iraqi Rebel Areas

Israeli Missile Kills Top Militant in Gaza Strip

India's 'PATRIOT Act' Repealed

U.N. Puts Sudan Sanctions Into Play

Authority Is Approved for Sanctions Against Sudan

Strains Felt By Guard Unit on Eve Of War Duty

September 18, 2004

Huge cache of arms seized near Wana

Halliburton Is a Handy Target for Democrats

Seven in Baghdad Are Killed In Two Car Bomb Attacks

Kidnapped by Ansar Al-Islam:

Hostage in Iraq: Five days in Hell

Chechen Accused in School Siege Takes Responsibility in Web Posting

Putin Says Russia to Strike Terrorists

U.S. intelligence fiascoes

UN Council Votes for Resolution on Darfur Abuses

September 17, 2004

Rocket Fired at Karzai's Helicopter

Afghan Leader's Helicopter Is Attacked, Aborting a Campaign Rally

New Charges Raise Questions on Abuse at Afghan Prisons

Iraq's arms

Army Taps Titan, Company Linked to Scandal

2 Americans, Briton Seized By Gunmen In Baghdad

Iraq Report: Intentions, Not Arms

U.S. Airstrikes Said to Kill at Least 44 in Iraq

U.S. Says 60 Killed in Strike in Iraq

Musharraf May Keep Army Post

Pakistan Army Pounds Militants' Mountain Hideouts

Yeltsin Speaks Out In Behalf Of Putin

Chechen Rebel Takes Credit for Recent Attacks in Russia

Arrest Shocks Former State Department Colleagues

Bush Shows Congress Plan for Spy Czar

CIA Officer: al - Qaida Efforts Still Lag

Germany Arrests U.S. Translator on Spying Charges

Tehran may turn to World Court over IAEA nuclear deadline

UN draft on weapons leaves leeway to Iran

UN nuclear inspectors heading for South Korea

Compromise resolution on Iran submitted at UN atomic agency

U.S., Allies Dispute Annan on Iraq War

Navy to Shut Down Sub Radio Transmitters

September 16, 2004

U.S. Men Guilty In Afghan Case

Mercenaries in Afghan Case Get 8 to 10 Years in Prison

Other-world purity of a people held in solitary confinement

Hong Kong Holds Off on Strict Internal Security Laws

Civilian Dead, and Bitterness: No Way to Bridge the Rage?

U.S. Intelligence Shows Pessimism on Iraq's Future

Distraught Iraqis blame US as more innocent blood is shed

Israeli Forces Kill 10 In West Bank Attacks

Sharon Doubts Gaza Exit Aids the Road Map

Putin's Plan for Governors Only Confirms His Control

In Rare Rebuke, Bush Faults Putin's Moves to Centralize Power

Powell: Russia Pulling Back on Democratic Reform

Powell Aide Gave Papers To Taiwan, FBI Says

State Dept. Official Arrested in Inquiry on Taiwan Contact

Annan: US invasion of Iraq was illegal

GIs claim threat by Army

Far graver than Vietnam

Bush Nominates Army Secretary

Colonel Urges Court-Martial For England

Reserve Chief Says Force Not Properly Prepared to Fight War on Terror

September 15, 2004

Americans found guilty in Afghan prison trial

Death Rates in Darfur Rising, WHO Says

The Age of Mercenaries Not Over in Africa

KAZAKHSTAN: Building democracy in a key region

Decision on British citizenship for Gurkhas due in weeks: Blair

US doubts report on Syrian chemical weapons testing in Darfur

Russia and France conduct joint naval exercises in Atlantic

U.S. Plans to Divert Iraq Money

Police Recruits Targeted In Iraq

Bombing Kills 47 at Police Station in Iraqi Capital

At least 73 killed in Iraq attacks

Police Recruits Targeted In Iraq

Motive for Baghdad Helicopter Massacre a Mystery

Israelis Raid Hideouts in West Bank, Killing 9 Palestinians

NATO nears accord on expanding Iraq mission

NATO names special envoy for Caucasus and central Asia

Critics Say Putin Must Address Security

EU divided in reaction to Putin's power play

News Analysis: Few gripes from Russia's now powerless leaders

Critics Say Putin Must Address Security

Missile Defense Agency Eyeing Space-Based Interceptor Test Bed By 2012

Defence & Strategic Space-Based Missile Interceptors

Iraq Jamming Incident Underscores Lessons about Space

At Hearing, Goss Vows Nonpartisan CIA Leadership

C.I.A. Unit on bin Laden Is Understaffed

Bleak Prognosis by C.I.A. Nominee

At Hearing, Goss Vows Nonpartisan CIA Leadership

US may run out of guard and reserve troops for war on terrorism: report

September 14, 2004

U.S. Sees Widening Crack in Taliban Leadership

Sudan Vows to Stamp Out Darfur Violence

Kosovo shows folly of force to resolve conflicts

Some Question Report On Chinese Space Arms

Taiwan's President Says China a Threat

AN ITALIAN OCTOBER SURPRISE

Fighting Halted in Embattled Najaf

Najaf Fighting Pauses to Allow Talks on Truce

Truce Talks Appear to Collapse in Najaf

Dozens killed as US warplanes strike insurgents in Iraqi city of Samarra

Israel Could Safely Withdraw From Golan, Army Chief Says

Israeli Missiles Hit Gaza Refugee Camp - - Witnesses

Russia Criticizes NATO's Expansion

Pakistan's Musharraf Vows to End Islamic Militancy

US, Russia defense ministers hold security talks

Scores Killed in Attack on U.N. Camp in Burundi

U.S. to Cut Forces in Europe, Asia

GAO Calls Stryker Too Heavy for Transport

Czechs probing Korean War experiments on US prisoners: press

September 13, 2004

Rumsfeld Hails Free Elections for Afghans

Mugabe plans to starve voters into submission

Researching the weapons of the future: 'micro-fusion' weapons

The Netherlands Begins Purchase Of Lockheed Martin's

Contractors for U.N.-Iraq Aid Agree to Congressional Inquiry

U.S. Launches Major Assault in Najaf

U.S. Troops, Guerrillas Clash in Embattled Baghdad

Cease-Fire in Najaf as Truce Talks With Sadr Rebels Go On

Radical Iraqi Cleric Reportedly Injured in Fighting in Najaf

Shiite Muslims Condemn U.S. for Attacks on Holy City

Slaughter as US forces attack Najaf

US warplanes strafe Najaf as world oil prices go through the roof

Israel Weighs Giving Up Golan Heights

How a Zionist Hawk Grew His New Dovish Feathers

Russia Plans Defense Spending Increase

Senate should check doubts about Goss

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and Onto the Hot Florida Sands

Former Spy Chief to Head British Version of FBI

Covert action training

A Warning From the ACLU:

CIA insider warns against reform

U.N. Security Council Votes to Extend Mandate in Iraq

US plans to cut forces overseas by 70,000

U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes in Japan

U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes on Japan Campus

September 12, 2004

Rumsfeld Tours Afghan Reconstruction Site and Previews Election

State Dept.: Sudan Genocide Hard to Prove

US and France Begin a Great Game in Africa

Death is in the air, villagers say

Constitutional crisis looms in Cambodia

Azerbaijan Gives No Hint of Sending More Troops for Iraq

US helps Uzbekistan fight spread of bio weapons

Britain Rejects Guantanamo Detention Comparisons

Audit Faults Halliburton Estimates

Halliburton Is Faulted by Pentagon on Accounts

Pentagon faults Halliburton for Iraq accounting

EADS wins contract for Romania's border security

Ominous Calm Settles Over Baghdad

Showdown Looms in Najaf

U.S. Pushes New Offensive in Najaf in Bid to Cordon Old City

Baghdad a tale of two cities

Rumsfeld: Iraq Security Forces Expanding

US bombing of Iraqi city of Kut kills 84, wounds 176: hospital

Israel's Abu Ghraib

Militants' Blast Kills 2 Palestinians by Israel Checkpoint

An Israeli Uproar, and Arrest, Over an Unlikely Friendship

Israeli helicopters fire into camp

Israeli Troops Hold BBC Crew During Undercover Raid

UN slams Mid-East peace failure

Tables turn on US conman

The island idyll and the US occupation

Pakistan to release 41 Indian prisoners

Russia to boost defense orders by 40 percent in 2005

Georgia risks war over separatists

Shooting intensifies in Georgia region

China Calls For Cooperation With US, Japan In Space Programs

Democrats Don't Plan to Block Confirmation of C.I.A. Nominee

Beheaded man 'not CIA agent'

CIA pick began agency career in Cold War

Panel Headed by CIA Nominee Was Singled Out in 9/11 Report

Security for the Homeland, Made in Alaska

US Set to 'Grin and Bear' Chavez Victory

September 11, 2004

Rumsfeld Drops In on Afghanistan

Darfur refugees face starvation

Sudan Accused of Arresting Those Who Disclose Dire Conditions

Congo Says U.N. Must Forcibly Disarm Rwandan Rebels

U.S. INTENDS TO SELL HARM MISSILE TO EGYPT

Terror Suspects Lose Internment Challenge

Cheney's Old Company Can't Account for $1.8 Billion

Taiwan stages war games as report shows China would win in six days

Iranians consider future of reform

Cemetery Fight Haunts Some U.S. Troops

Sadr Militia Goes on Attack in Baghdad Neighborhoods

U.S. Forces, Close to Attack in Najaf, Decide to Hold Off

U.S. Troops Fight Iraq Militiamen on Two Fronts

Black Hawks Scramble to Save U.S. Troops in Iraq

Sadr tells fighters: Carry on if I'm martyred

Israel's ongoing foreign energy dependence

EU criticises Israel

Blast Near Jerusalem Kills 2 Palestinians

U.S. commends Israel for removal of IDF roadblocks

Tehran invites Iraqi prime minister for official visit

Gauge of Mideast tensions on Lebanon's border with Israel

NATO training mission arrives in Iraq

Putin Finding Power in The Pump

US Blinded by Love for Saakashvili

Bush Nominates Rep. Goss to Run CIA

Goss Was Once Latin America Operative

Intelligence Insider Has Recently Displayed a More Combative Side

Intelligence Changes Concern Pentagon

Bush nominates Goss to lead CIA

Bush's CIA Pick: 'Business as Usual'

Video Purportedly Shows Killing of Iraq 'CIA Agent'

Analysis: CIA dismay at Goss appointment

Pentagon warns against making US intelligence

Control of intelligence assets at issue

Congo Says U.N. Must Forcibly Disarm Rwandan Rebels

Amnesty Demands End to Free-Speech Abuses in Sudan

Wounded Soldiers Are Adapting to Altered Lives

Heat of Battle Takes Toll on U.S. Forces

Soldiers use online resources to make voices heard

U.S. Searching for Four Missing Aviators

Pentagon favors resuming training Pakistani officers

September 10, 2004

U.S. Pledges to Soften Tactics in Afghanistan

Karzai Trying to Regain Political Backing

Mauritanian army foiled coup plot: defence minister

Revamped Army Plans Give Boeing Bigger Role

Iran arming militia, says Iraqi official

Iran wins Najaf weapons apology

Sadr Rejects Entreaty to End Conflict

U.S. Fights Cleric's Militia for a Sixth Straight Day

Chalabi Vows to Return to Iraq to Face Charges

U.S. Says Its Grip on Iraqi Militia in Najaf Is Tight

U.S. Demands Najaf Militants End Fighting

Arafat Evasive on Reform Demands

Israel Demolishes Three Archeological Buildings in Hebron

NATO advance delegation already in Iraq

Bush Nominates Congressman to Replace Tenet as C.I.A. Director

Rep. Porter Goss tapped for CIA top spot

Reaction to Goss Nomination to Head CIA

Armed Congo Groups Accused of War Crimes

September 9, 2004

Taliban Maintains Grip Rooted in Fear

Windfalls of War

U.S. Contract to British Firm Sparks Irish American Protest

Contracts Awarded

Local Contracts SAIC to Help Keep Planes Flying

Russia Suspicious About U.S. Deal on Danish Radar

Radical Cleric Vows to Keep Up Battle, Defying Iraqi Premier

Premier Warns Gunmen In Najaf

Iraq's Premier Takes Hard Line Against Rebels

Iraq brings back death penalty as Allawi calls on militants to disarm

CIA 'effectively' gags agent critical of terror war

Iraq invasion a "tremendous gift" to bin Laden: CIA analyst

September 8, 2004

Bomb Kills 2 Soldiers in Afghanistan

6 G.I.'s Wounded in Afghan Attacks

Sudan Accepts African Troops, but No Peacekeepers, in Darfur

Arab League Says Sanctions Would Worsen Sudan Crisis

Agent Orange, the Next Generation

Marines, Insurgents Clash for Third Day

Marines Pushing Deeper Into City Held by Shiites

Iraqi Leader Appeals to Militants in Visit to Battle-Torn Najaf

Iraq Issues Warrants for Chalabi, Nephew

Outlaw Militia Plays Role of Ad Hoc Police Force

Sadr Aide Says Iraqi PM "Acting Like Saddam"

Two Palestinians Quit Cabinet Posts; Gaza Youth Is Killed

Israeli finance minister plans 300m dollar cut in defense budget

Ordered to just walk away

The lies that led to war

Kurds Are Seizing Property of U.N. In Iraq,

Hearing Recesses in England Case

Rwandan Accused in Genocide Wins Suit for U.N. Pay

September 7, 2004

Refugee Agency Cuts Mission in Part of Afghanistan

Monitor Blames Sudan For Darfur Militia Killings

Sudan Says to Accept African Forces, No Peacekeepers

U.S. oil firms' payments probed

Sadr militia surrender in Najaf: Iraqi police

300 Shiite Militiamen Killed in Iraqi South

Iraq passes amnesty law for minor players in insurgency

U.S. Officers Say Two-Day Battle Kills 300 Iraqis

2,000 Return Home After Israel Opens Border Crossing

NATO Sends Officers to Train Iraqi Forces

Pakistan Intelligence Claims Another Al Qaeda Scalp

Manila says unconcerned if out of US coalition

Prison abuse report 'hard call'

Asylum decision by U.S. fuels ire

Unmasking of Qaeda Mole a U.S. Security Blunder - Experts

U.N. Blames Sudan for Civilian Atrocities

At Abuse Hearing, No Testimony That G.I.'s Acted on Orders

Pentagon Focuses on Voting Plan for Troops

September 6, 2004

Sudanese Suffer as Militias Hide in Plain Sight

Mass Killings Reported in Ivory Coast

Russian rail workers unearth World War II explosives

Central Asian, Russian militaries hold manouevres in Kyrgyzstan

Suit Accuses Halliburton of Fraud in Accounting

Radical Cleric in Iraq Sets Off Day of Fighting

Iraqi Cleric Urges Renewed Revolt

Fierce Gunbattles Rage for a Second Day in Iraq

Iraq set to use martial law in terror fight

Shia cleric urges truce in Iraq

Israeli Pullback in Gaza Met With Palestinian Rockets

Israel Reopens Border Crossing Between Egypt and Gaza

Uprooted trees, razed houses... Israel leaves its calling card in Gaza

Gaza's breadbasket left in ruins after Israel ends five-week offensive

Russia, irked by NATO enlargement, expels Lithuanian envoy

Pakistan, India discuss Siachen demilitarisation

India, Pakistan hold new round of talks on strategic Kashmir glacier

Pakistan Pressures Al Qaeda

Georgian Vows Peaceful Solution With Russia

Russia, irked by NATO enlargement, expels Lithuanian envoy

Sri Lanka's army spy chief seeks retirement amid controversy

Security Fears Are Slowing U.N. Return to Baghdad

UN Bureaucrats Angry Over Iraq's Refusal to Pay Dues

Copter-Borne Medics: Disciplined Ballet, Choreographed to Save G.I.'s

G.I. granddaddies: Vietnam vets bring jungle-tested grit to new tour

Corruption in the Corps?

September 5, 2004

Former soldiers trade guns for textbooks

Sudanese protest U.N. panel resolution

Jordan defends plan to acquire missiles from U.S.

British Raids Net a Leader Of Al Qaeda

Justice Broadens Halliburton Inquiry

CACI Gets New Interrogation Contract

Security Forces Battle Insurgents

U.S. Forces Clash With Rebel Cleric's Militia in Najaf

12 Killed as Iraqi Police and Rebels Clash in Mosul

Army Engineers to Help Restore Iraq Marshlands

Survey claims 37,000 Iraqi civilians killed in first seven months

Limbless victims of Iraq's conflicts soldier on

Palestinian makes run for peace

Sharon must link 2 political rivals

Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians in Clashes in Gaza

Military Intelligence Ordered Captives Hidden, Court Told

Intelligence agencies not in consensus on terror plot

U.N. Says Iraq Force Is Stalled

DoD Casualty File

September 4, 2004

Afghan Troops, U.S. Warplanes Attack Guerrillas

2 Afghan aid workers killed

Japan eyes eased ban on military exports

$1.9 Billion of Iraq's Money Goes to U.S. Contractors

Halliburton to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Probe

SEC: Halliburton under Cheney filed misleading reports

Halliburton investigation ends

CACI Gets $15 Million Iraq Contract Extension

Cease-Fire in Colombia

Iraq's New Form Of Justice Seems To Satisfy Few

Violence Claims 4 More Troops

Army Pushes a Sweeping Overhaul of Basic Training

Civilians Die as Iraqi Police and Rebels Clash in Mosul

Stressed Israeli soldiers to be treated with cannabis: army

Pregnant Palestinians Lose Babies, As Israel Keeps Frontier Shut: Police

Pakistan Allows Taliban to Train, a Detained Fighter Says

Russia and Georgia on war footing over breakaway Abkhazia

Cost of Shuttle's Return Escalates

MPs Blamed for Abu Ghraib Abuse

Woman With Leash Appears in Court on Abu Ghraib Abuse Charges

US Air Force denies appeal in Afghan friendly fire incident

September 3, 2004

Up to 50 militants believed killed in Afghan border clash: US

First made in India battle tank set to roll out

US will not back down from arms sales to Taiwan, senators say in China

Russian, Central Asian militaries launch joint exercise in Kyrgyzstan

Halliburton Sues Retired Executives

Cheney Not Charged in Halliburton Investigation

Lockheed Wins Contract for New Spy Plane

IBM to Build Army Supercomputer

Access to Contract Data Questioned

Haven Offered to 2 Militias in Colombia, if They Disarm

Church Bombings Outrage Iraqis of All Faiths

Turkish Hostage Executed As Iraqis Condemn Violence

Car Bomb Kills 6 Iraqis as New Round of Violence Breaks Out

Secular Party Bends to Help Sharon

3 Palestinians Are Killed in Gaza Explosion

3 Palestinians Who Spied for Israel Are Killed in Gaza

Israelis Wonder if Corruption Is Soiling the Zionist Dream

Islamic group warns Saudi Arabia not to send troops to Iraq

Egypt denies it told US general that Saddam Hussein had WMDs

Germany, UAE in joint project to help rebuild Iraqi army: press

Pakistan Sweep Against Al Qaeda Widens

Paramilitary role for Pentagon meets resistance

Victor Bout's American Connection

Accused Army Chaplain Resigning Muslim's Case Had Been Dropped

Old Vietnam Hands in Charge in Iraq

U.S. Military Holds Hearing on Guard in Prison Abuse Photos

Former Abu Ghraib Reserve Unit Returns Home

September 2, 2004

New U.N. Deadline Rejected by Sudan

Sudanese army says UN resolution 'a declaration of war'

Pure evil in Sudan

State Department in talks with Jordan for arms

U.S. wants Israel to retain edge

First women complete army training in insurgency-torn Nepal

START-UP System Uses Ultraviolet Light to Disable Airborne Threats

In Profile

Contracts Awarded

'91 U.S. Report Calls Colombian Leader Ally of Drug Lords

Gibraltar detects snub as US warship pulls out of celebrations

Bombs Explode Near Churches in 2 Iraqi Cities

U.S. urges Israel to end settlements

Palestinian Militants Face Off as Rifts Between Factions Grow

Stranded on the Egypt-Gaza Border

Pakistani-U.S. Raid Uncovered Terrorist Cell's Surveillance Data

Captured Qaeda Figure Led Way to Information Behind Warning

Special Warriors Have Growing Ranks and Growing Pains

September 1, 2004

Taliban Fighters Increase Attacks

Many Afghans Complain Of Hastily Set Elections

Bowing to U.N. Demand, Sudan Says It Will Disarm Arab Militias

Powell Warns Sudan: Act on U.N. Demands

Iraqi Security Has Come Far, With Far to Go

U.S.-Led Troops Kill 13 in Fallujah

Bomb Blasts at Iraqi Churches Kill at Least 12

Making Wheels of Justice Turn in a Chaotic Iraq

Iraqi official: I'll quit if sons freed

Palestinian Fighters Torch Government Buildings in Jenin

Payoff pledge helps free 3 foreign hostages

Islamic Troop Plan Prompts Skepticism

Threat to Games Seen as Benign NATO Admiral Plans for Worst

Several Arrests Made in Pakistan Attack

Revealed: coalition forces imprison Iraqi children

Al Qaeda-Iraq Link Recanted

Al-Qaida detainee misled US on Iraq

Scope of Change in Military Is Ambiguous

In Memoir, U.S. General Tells of Gaps in War Plans

August 31, 2004

Darfur Conditions Said Worse, Talks Resume

Oil prices plummet despite Iraq attacks

Military buildup benefits Anteon

Sadr Reportedly Forgoing Attacks For Political Role

Rebel Shiite Cleric's Aides Hint He May Enter Politics

Twin Bus Bombings in Israel Kill at Least 15 and Wound Dozens

Putin Says Link Probed Between Al Qaeda, Chechens

FBI Interviews Senior Defense Officials in Probe of Analyst

F.B.I. Is Said to Brief Pentagon Bosses on Spy Case; Charges Are Possible

Sonar Used Before Whales Hit Shore

MP's Attorneys Cite Government Probes

August 30, 2004

Taliban Warns of More Attacks as Kabul Toll Rises

7 Killed in Kabul as Bombing Rips a U.S. Contractor

Darfur Still Troubled as UN Deadline Runs Out

Sudan Asks U.N. for 'Reasonable Decision'

U.N. Official Says Darfur Refugees Still at Risk

Putin lifts ban on Russian arms sales to Iraq

Global Arms Sales Drop Again, Asia Biggest Market

Bush gives defense industry big budget

U.S. and Russia Still Dominate Arms Market, but World Total Falls

Contracts Awarded

Taiwan Cancels War Games, Mirrors China Move -Papers

U.S. Envoy Proposes Shift of Aid to Iraqi Security and Jobs

Iraqi Cleric Calls Cease - fire After Bloody Uprising

Negroponte Wants More Funds for Iraqi Security - - WSJ

Iraqi Premier Meets Militants, Pushes Amnesty

U.S. May Shift Billions for Iraq Security

Talks Go On in Iraq; Aide Says Cleric Asks Fighters to Disarm

Israel planes violate Lebanon air space

Officials worry about effects of spy accusations

Sharon Urges Faster Plan to Leave Settlements

Palestinians Say 800 Prisoners Resume Hunger Strike

Sharon Fails in Bid to Speed Up Gaza Pullout

Israelis Fire Missile at Palestinians

Israel, Iran Trade Threats As FBI Investigates Spying

Gaza Settlement Evacuation Plan Sped Up

Israel Floats Settlement As Hospital Plan

Lebanese Autonomy May Become U.N. Issue

Prison dog use mired in confusion

Documents Helped Sow Abuse, Army Report Finds

Fuel Leak Scrubs Lockheed Atlas Florida Launch

Nest of Spies

And Now a Mole?

Analyst at center of spy flap called naive, ardently pro-Israel

Officials Say Publicity Derailed Secrets Inquiry

Israel Says It Has No Need to Spy on U.S.

Top Officials Briefed on Pentagon Probe

War Making Headlines, but Peace Breaks Out

Hour of the Generals

Documents Helped Sow Abuse, Army Report Finds

August 29, 2004

Rebels in Sudan Region Say No Letup in Attacks

Clashes Break Out in Baghdad

In Western Iraq, Fundamentalists Hold U.S. at Bay

Israel denies any link to Pentagon spy allegations

Gandhi's Grandson Urges Palestinians to March Home

NATO in Iraq to teach military management

Pakistan Losing Grip on Extremists

Magazine: U.S. Soldier Says Torture Encouraged

Russians Find Explosives on 2nd Plane

Behind The Israeli Mole Affair

Analyst Who Is Target of Probe Went to Israel

F.B.I. Said to Reach Official Suspected of Passing Secrets

Israel Denies Spying Against U.S.

US probe of Pentagon policy leak broader than one case

Nato risks MI6 lives by naming agents on website

Israeli officials deny Pentagon spy

A spy turned diplomat recalls his career that changed with Asia

FBI kept eye on Pentagon mole suspect

Abuse Probes' Impact Concerns the Military

August 28, 2004

U.S., Afghan Soldiers Arrest 10 Suspects

Sudan Rules Out Talk of African Troops

Sudan Not Curbing Militias, Diplomats Say

U.N. Team Says Sudanese Still Face Attacks

Zimbabwe 'tortured coup suspects'

Najaf Militiamen Surrender Shrine

At the Ready to Answer Sadr's Call

New Wave of Violence in Iraq Kills Five

U.S. Warplanes, Tanks Bombard Fallujah

After the Siege, a City of Ruins, Its Dead Rotting

U.S., Shiites Fight in Baghdad; 5 Killed

It's peace but the dead are everywhere

Palestinians on Fast in Israeli Jails Struggle for Attention

Musharraf Ally Sworn in As Pakistan PM

Explosive Suggests Terrorists Downed Plane, Russia Says

Russia Reports Evidence of Terror Attack

Explosives found in second Russian jet wreck

FBI probes DOD office

Report: Suspect has ties to Wolfowitz, Feith

Pentagon rocked by Israeli spy case

Israel Denies Spying Allegations

Bush signs intelligence orders

FBI Probe Targets Pentagon

Bush Gives CIA Director More Power

Bush Order Extends C.I.A. Director's Reach

Pentagon Official Suspected of Giving U.S. Secrets to Israel

Israel at Center of Spying Probe

FBI probes DOD office

August 27, 2004

Rift in Kenya Cabinet over Masai land rights

Contractors and the Law Prison Abuse Cases Renew Debate

UN Peacekeeping Force in Haiti at 40 Pct.

Top Cleric Brokers Deal To End Battle In Najaf

Iraqi Holy City Left Broken by Urban Warfare

Militants Leave Shrine as Cease-Fire Deal Appears to Hold

Chirac hits out at international community's inaction in Middle East

NATO chief in Kosovo says security has improved

Chechnya outlaws wearing of masks

Russian Says Plane Broke Up in Midair

Traces of Explosives Found in Wreckage of Russian Jet

FBI Probes if Official Spied for Israel

From Inside Skeptic To Public Dissident

Bush Signs Order Bolstering C.I.A. Director's Power

Israeli Mole in Rumsfeld's Office?

U.N.: Guantanamo Situation Better But Could Improve

Top Brass Won't Be Charged Over Abuse

Army's Report Faults General in Prison Abuse

Report Is Likely to Prompt Criminal Charges

Missouri Plan to Let Military Cast Votes by E-Mail Draws Criticism

The unseen cost of war: American minds

Inside the Ring: Rummy's future, etc.

5,500 GIs get orders for Afghanistan

Pinochet Loses Immunity in Chile

Chile's Top Court Strips Pinochet of Immunity

August 26, 2004

Afghan Rivals Gang Up on Karzai, Seek a Champion

U.S. Seeks More African Troops in Sudan

Nearly 100 military weapons stolen from Norwegian army camp

Australia Risks Asian Ire with Long - Range Missiles

2 Firms Win Contracts for Missile Work

CACI Says Not Involved in 'Horrendous' Iraq Abuse

US spends $90m to protect planes

2004 Iraq deaths now exceed 2003 deaths

Sistani and Sadr Have Reached a Deal to End Fighting, Aides Say

Top Shiite Cleric Plans March to Najaf

Ayatollah appeals for peace in Najaf

Israel Must Rethink Prisoner Policy

Pakistan Seeks NATO Force in Afghanistan

CIA Spurned Prison Rules, Report Says

Some Abu Ghraib Abuses Are Traced to Afghanistan

Afghans Will Try Prisoners Held by Americans

The CIA Agency Is Faulted On Practices in Iraq, Secrecy Amid Probe

The Military In Iraq's Guerrilla War

Hoekstra named intelligence chief

Carrier Capt. Relieved of Duty After Dhow Crash

Abu Ghraib Scandal Forces Interrogators to Explain Methods

A Chronicle of Abuse

Abuses at Prison Tied to Officers in Intelligence

US, Japan still discussing moving, merging US military bases

Battle Over Women in Combat Rages On

Chile Court Strips Pinochet of Immunity

Latest Report on Abu Ghraib:

August 25, 2004

U.S.: American Had Delusions of Grandeur

Sudan Govt. Agrees to Bigger AU Force in Darfur

Japan Plans to Launch Spy Satellites

Britain to Deploy Warplanes to Afghanistan

Auditor Criticizes Iraq Contract

Firms Chosen to Build Anti - Missile Defense

US Awards Airliner Antimissile Contracts

Iraqi Troops Join U.S. Najaf Patrols

Iraq's Leading Shiite Cleric Looks to Broker Deal With Rebels

Smell of burnt flesh, blood smeared on streets of Najaf's Old city

2 Russian Jets Crash Within Minutes

Just Deserters?

Senior Officers May Be Charged

Intelligence Personnel Are Implicated

Inquiry Faults Intelligence Unit for Abuses at Iraqi Prison

August 24, 2004

Alleged Vigilantes Show Footage of Afghan Operations

Army delays start of nerve agent destruction at Indiana facility

US warplanes violate Iran's air space

U.S. Forces Launch Offensive Near Shrine

In Najaf, Iraqi Politics Dictate U.S. Tactics

Iraqi Government Gives Rebel Cleric an Ultimatum

Shi'ite Gunmen Take to the Streets in Iraq's Basra

Israel Adds to Plans for More Housing Units in Settlements

Israel Urged to Change Stand on Geneva Convention

Governor, general at odds over Futenma flights

Pakistan Vows to Stop Taliban; Westerners Scoff

Iraqi Teens Abused at Abu Ghraib, Report Finds

Russia plans to cut 100,000 troops by end 2005: report

Criticism From Many Quarters Greets Plan to Split C.I.A.

Many Are Cool to Intelligence Plan

Goss Backed '95 Bill to Slash Intelligence

CIA reshuffle plan panned

Marine on Trial in Death Of Iraqi Prisoner in 2003

Reservist to admit violations at prison

Scrutiny of Review Tribunals as War Crimes Trials Open

August 23, 2004

Alleged American Vigilantes Show Videos

U.S. Military Apologizes for Afghan Deaths

BioWar: A biodefense lab for Montana?

Britain spends too little on its forces, says poll

Halliburton Awaits Decision From Military

Ceradyne Receives New Three-Year Ceramic Body Armor Contract

EM4 Defense To Supply Low Cost Optical Components To Defense Industry

ITT Industries Contracted To Support Navy Electronic Warfare Systems

Contracts Awarded

Post-9/11 Mergers Brought Problems

Child soldiers square up to US tanks

Iraqis killing off arms scientists

Iraqi arms scientists killed before they talk

Iraqi Leaders Give Sadr's Forces Hours To Advance

Weary of War, Iraqis in Najaf Blame 2 Sides

Israel Plans to Rezone Settlements to Build 533 New Units

Arafat Aides Deplore Permissive U.S. Policy on Settlement Growth

U.S. Sending Mixed Signals on Settlements

Honduras announces terror alert

Roberts airs 'bold' plan for intelligence

GOP Plan Calls for Revamping Intelligence

More Reserve Training Set as Result of Abuse Inquiry

August 22, 2004

Remote-Control Explosions Pose Threat in Afghanistan

Violence erupts in Bangladesh as government denies involvement in blasts

Soldier commits suicide after duty in Iraq

Security company broke own rules

Poland Wants To Leave Iraq As Soon As Possible: Defence Minister

Militia Clings To Najaf Shrine

U.S. Pressures Rebels in Najaf as Talks to End Fighting Stall

Al-Qaida Said to Recruit in Latin America

Egyptian cleric warns US of Najaf fallout

Pakistan Arrests Al Qaeda Suspects

U.N. Expert Reprimands U.S. on Afghan Prisons

Putin Visits Chechnya Ahead of Election

U.N. Expert Seeks Access to Afghan Detainees

In Najaf House for the Dead, a First Taste of War

U.S. soldier weds Iraqi love

August 21, 2004

Iran Disquieted by Nearby U.S. Presence

Militants Leaving Shrine In Najaf

Clashes Slow as Cleric’s Grip on Mosque Seems to Slip

Iraqi captors to ’free US journalist’

Arafat Pledges to Curb Corruption, Lawmakers Demand Action

U.S. Now Said to Support Growth for Some West Bank Settlements

US Signals Flexibility on Israeli Settlement Growth

Muslim Nations Urged to Meet About Najaf by Iran Leader

Philippines could lose out on 3,000 jobs with ban on workers in Iraq

US doctors ’aided’ Abu Ghraib abuses

Pentagon says no evidence of medical collaboration

U.N. Bombing Anniversary Highlights Safety

August 20, 2004

Death and Sorrow Stalk Sudanese Across Border

Australian scientists turn to insect swarms for new generation weapons

Report: $900M Arms Deal Is Close

Northrop Grumman Awarded $1 Billion To Continue Work

Iran Says It May Pre-empt Attack Against Its Nuclear Facilities

Tensions Escalate Between Israel, Iran

Iraqi editor’s experience in US custody

’Final Call’ for Rebel Iraqi Cleric

For Iraqis Preparing to Invade Shrine, First an Internal Battle

Scene at Shrine in Najaf Is Confused; U.S. Holds Back

British-trained Iraq air force begins work guarding oil facilities

Israeli Court Orders Assessment of West Bank Barrier

Israel’s Peres Urges Election, Pressures Sharon

NSA Rice calls for halt to settlement expansion

Guatemala to pay paramilitaries

Iraq VP holds talks with UAE chief of staff

Abu Ghraib report: ’Failure of leadership’ at highest levels

Russian Defense Budget to Grow 27 pct in 2005

Developing nations seek sanctions for firms building fence

Abu Ghraib Probe Points to Top Brass

Kerry Is Clueless on Bases

August 19, 2004

Halliburton Oversight Criticized

Iran Disquieted by Nearby U.S. Presence

Iraqi Government Gives Sadr a Final Chance to End Uprising

Cleric Requests Talks on Pullout

In Discord, Iraqis Select Interim Assembly

Iraqi Government Gives Sadr a Final Chance to End Uprising

Sharon, Arafat Face Challenges in Ranks

Despite Setback, Sharon to Proceed With Withdrawal

Israel AG Says Shift Barrier to Avoid Sanctions

Sharon Rebuffed by Party, as Arafat Admits Making Mistakes

Pakistan Publishes Terror Suspects’ Photos

U.S. Soldiers Kill 2 Detainees In Quelling Riot at Abu Ghraib

Jail deaths overshadow Abu Ghraib report

The spying-as-science myth

Bush Turns to Part-Time Troops

Kerry Decries Bush’s Military Realignment

Kerry Criticizes President’s Troop Plan

General’s Speeches Broke Rules

August 18, 2004

US Accounts for Global Surge in Military Spending

U.N. Tries to Calm Frontier After Burundi Massacre

Kenya Masai vow to intensify protests over land

U.S. agrees not to sell AMRAAM to Egypt

Singapore sets up high-tech experimental urban fighting force

Britain Charges 8 In Alleged Terror Plot

8 Suspects in Terror Plot Appear in British Court

Army to Pay Halliburton, For Now

Army, in Shift, Will Pay Halliburton

Pentagon Backs Off Halliburton

Halliburton gets reprieve on Army contracts

Raytheon Gets U.S. Missile Work

Defense Worker Charged With Corruption

China Hints U.S. Must Return Guantanamo Separatists

Iraqi Cleric Rebuffs Overture For Peace

Rebel Cleric Accepts Truce Terms, Iraqi Conference Is Told

8-Day Battle for Najaf: From Attack to Stalemate

Al-Sadr welcomes Vatican mediation

Iraqi vote postponed amid protests

Military police investigating over cases of 600 abuse against Palestinians

Israel to Build More Housing At Settlements

Sharon Issues Bids for New Housing Units for Settlers

Israeli Helicopter Fires at Gaza Building

NATO begins training mission in Iraq

Cleric Who Died in Pakistan Custody ’Tortured’

Rumsfeld: Use Caution in Reform of Intelligence

Paying the Price for a No-Fault Security Strategy

Army Guardsman Sues to Get Out

Soldier Sues Over Tour Made Longer

Whistle-Blower Threatened

We Have How Many Troops in Europe?

Aristide Foe Acquitted in Brief Retrial

August 17, 2004

U.S. Knew All About Private Jail in Kabul, American Tells

Three on Trial in Afghanistan Gain Access to F.B.I. Files

Sri Lankan navy detects Tamil rebels smuggling weapons

Halliburton Now Says It Will Not Get Extension From Army

Army Boosts Boeing’s Future

Iraqis Sending Group to Seek Deal With Sadr

Iraqi Delegation Arrives in Najaf in Mission to End Fighting

From street bards to Saddam, everyone’s a poet in Iraq

Arafat outfoxes his political foes - again

Sharon Proposes New Housing in West Bank Settlements

New Cooperation and New Tensions in Terrorist Hunt

Abu Ghraib Policy Defended

Rumsfeld and Key Senator Signal Disagreement With 9/11 Report

C.I.A. Officer Denounces Agency and Sept. 11 Report

Ex-CIA heads say czar needs teeth

C.I.A. Officer Denounces Agency and Sept. 11 Report

U.N. seeks more ’neutral’ posture

More U.N. Troops Proposed For Congo Annan Seeking Force of 24,000

US whistleblower faces death threats

Rumsfeld Says US Forces "Unlikely" To Storm Holy Places In Najaf

US to withdraw up to 70,000 troops from Europe and Asia

President Outlines Overseas Troop Cut

Bush Tells Veterans of Plan to Redeploy G.I.’s Worldwide

Uzbekistan base plans could rile radical groups

Chavez survives recall; observers find no fraud

Chavez Defeats Recall Attempt

Venezuela Votes by Large Margin to Retain Chávez

August 16, 2004

In Kabul, Private Jail Leads to Trial

Afghans Hail Chance for a Choice

Afghan Forces Retake Air Base

Tora Bora army strikes back at the Janjaweed

Rwanda Sends Troops to Protect Truce Monitors in Sudan

Crisis in Sudan

Remembered: war-dead records go online

CONTRACTS AWARDED

Local Contract BearingPoint Wins ID Project at TSA

US mooting Aegis destroyer sales to Taiwan following sub deal

100 desert Iraq conference

Protest at Iraq Forum Reshapes Najaf Crisis

U.S. Troops Stay Active in Najaf

Iraqi Assembly Sends Delegation to Najaf in Bid to End Fighting

Iraqi Conference on Election Plan Sinks Into Chaos

Arafat Survives Latest Challenge to His Political Power

Palestinians Fast in Israeli Prisons

Clashes resume in Georgian separatist region: Russian defense ministry

Ex-Chiefs of C.I.A. Back Key Point of 9/11 Report

U.N. Demands Justice After Massacre of 150 Refugees in Burundi

’Secret Pentagon’ hidden under mountain

Bush Announces Plan to Realign Thousands of Troops

Wounded Shelby soldier battles nightmares, injuries from Iraq

Last U.S. Defector Said Living in N. Korea

Turnout Massive In Venezuela’s Vote on Chavez

Chávez Is Declared the Winner in Venezuela Referendum

August 15, 2004

21 Killed in Afghanistan Attacks Directed at Provincial Governor

Afghanistan Sends Troops to Calm Fighting

Rwanda Troops Start AU Mission in Darfur

At Least 189 Killed in Raid On Burundi Refugee Camp

U.N. Condemns Massacre of Congo Refugees

Under Intense Security, Iraqis Gather for 3-Day Conference

Talks Fall Apart for Shiite Rebels and Iraq Leaders

Iraqi Troops to Take Lead In Battling Sadr’s Forces

To Mahdi Militiaman, Firing on Americans Is Act of ’Patriotism’

Rebel Cleric Wields Power From the Heart of Baghdad

’After three wars we have all had enough’

Palestinians in Israeli Jails Start Hunger Strike

Ukrainian Soldier Killed by Iraq Land Mine

Russian Defense Minister Faults Entry of 3 Baltic States in NATO

Bomb kills many at Indian parade

’Pentagon ready to weaponise space’

Inside the Axis of Deceit

Senate Hearings for CIA Nominee to Begin Sept. 8

Intelligence: Why a Fix Is So Elusive

The Surveillance-Industrial Complex:

Spying in America: How the Pentagon is Overcoming Privacy Laws

Bush to Back Pentagon Plan to Redeploy 70,000 Troops

Venezuela Holds Referendum on President

Divided Venezuela Prepares for Vote

August 14, 2004

U.S. Sees Widening Crack in Taliban Leadership

Sudan Vows to Stamp Out Darfur Violence

Kosovo shows folly of force to resolve conflicts

Some Question Report On Chinese Space Arms

Taiwan’s President Says China a Threat

AN ITALIAN OCTOBER SURPRISE

Fighting Halted in Embattled Najaf

Najaf Fighting Pauses to Allow Talks on Truce

Truce Talks Appear to Collapse in Najaf

Dozens killed as US warplanes strike insurgents in Iraqi city of Samarra

Israel Could Safely Withdraw From Golan, Army Chief Says

Israeli Missiles Hit Gaza Refugee Camp - - Witnesses

Russia Criticizes NATO’s Expansion

Pakistan’s Musharraf Vows to End Islamic Militancy

US, Russia defense ministers hold security talks

Scores Killed in Attack on U.N. Camp in Burundi

U.S. to Cut Forces in Europe, Asia

GAO Calls Stryker Too Heavy for Transport

Czechs probing Korean War experiments on US prisoners: press

August 13, 2004

Rumsfeld Hails Free Elections for Afghans

Mugabe plans to starve voters into submission

Researching the weapons of the future: ’micro-fusion’ weapons

The Netherlands Begins Purchase Of Lockheed Martin’s

Contractors for U.N.-Iraq Aid Agree to Congressional Inquiry

U.S. Launches Major Assault in Najaf

U.S. Troops, Guerrillas Clash in Embattled Baghdad

Cease-Fire in Najaf as Truce Talks With Sadr Rebels Go On

Radical Iraqi Cleric Reportedly Injured in Fighting in Najaf

Shiite Muslims Condemn U.S. for Attacks on Holy City

Slaughter as US forces attack Najaf

US warplanes strafe Najaf as world oil prices go through the roof

Israel Weighs Giving Up Golan Heights

How a Zionist Hawk Grew His New Dovish Feathers

Russia Plans Defense Spending Increase

Senate should check doubts about Goss

The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and Onto the Hot Florida Sands

Former Spy Chief to Head British Version of FBI

Covert action training

A Warning From the ACLU:

CIA insider warns against reform

U.N. Security Council Votes to Extend Mandate in Iraq

US plans to cut forces overseas by 70,000

U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes in Japan

U.S. Military Helicopter Crashes on Japan Campus

August 12, 2004

Rumsfeld Tours Afghan Reconstruction Site and Previews Election

State Dept.: Sudan Genocide Hard to Prove

US and France Begin a Great Game in Africa

Death is in the air, villagers say

Constitutional crisis looms in Cambodia

Azerbaijan Gives No Hint of Sending More Troops for Iraq

US helps Uzbekistan fight spread of bio weapons

Britain Rejects Guantanamo Detention Comparisons

Audit Faults Halliburton Estimates

Halliburton Is Faulted by Pentagon on Accounts

Pentagon faults Halliburton for Iraq accounting

EADS wins contract for Romania’s border security

Ominous Calm Settles Over Baghdad

Showdown Looms in Najaf

U.S. Pushes New Offensive in Najaf in Bid to Cordon Old City

Baghdad a tale of two cities

Rumsfeld: Iraq Security Forces Expanding

US bombing of Iraqi city of Kut kills 84, wounds 176: hospital

Israel’s Abu Ghraib

Militants’ Blast Kills 2 Palestinians by Israel Checkpoint

An Israeli Uproar, and Arrest, Over an Unlikely Friendship

Israeli helicopters fire into camp

Israeli Troops Hold BBC Crew During Undercover Raid

UN slams Mid-East peace failure

Tables turn on US conman

The island idyll and the US occupation

Pakistan to release 41 Indian prisoners

Russia to boost defense orders by 40 percent in 2005

Georgia risks war over separatists

Shooting intensifies in Georgia region

China Calls For Cooperation With US, Japan In Space Programs

Democrats Don’t Plan to Block Confirmation of C.I.A. Nominee

Beheaded man ’not CIA agent’

CIA pick began agency career in Cold War

Panel Headed by CIA Nominee Was Singled Out in 9/11 Report

Security for the Homeland, Made in Alaska

US Set to ’Grin and Bear’ Chavez Victory

August 11, 2004

Rumsfeld Drops In on Afghanistan

Darfur refugees face starvation

Sudan Accused of Arresting Those Who Disclose Dire Conditions

Congo Says U.N. Must Forcibly Disarm Rwandan Rebels

U.S. INTENDS TO SELL HARM MISSILE TO EGYPT

Terror Suspects Lose Internment Challenge

Cheney’s Old Company Can’t Account for $1.8 Billion

Taiwan stages war games as report shows China would win in six days

Iranians consider future of reform

Cemetery Fight Haunts Some U.S. Troops

Sadr Militia Goes on Attack in Baghdad Neighborhoods

U.S. Forces, Close to Attack in Najaf, Decide to Hold Off

U.S. Troops Fight Iraq Militiamen on Two Fronts

Black Hawks Scramble to Save U.S. Troops in Iraq

Sadr tells fighters: Carry on if I’m martyred

Israel’s ongoing foreign energy dependence

EU criticises Israel

Blast Near Jerusalem Kills 2 Palestinians

U.S. commends Israel for removal of IDF roadblocks

Tehran invites Iraqi prime minister for official visit

Gauge of Mideast tensions on Lebanon’s border with Israel

NATO training mission arrives in Iraq

Putin Finding Power in The Pump

US Blinded by Love for Saakashvili

Bush Nominates Rep. Goss to Run CIA

Goss Was Once Latin America Operative

Intelligence Insider Has Recently Displayed a More Combative Side

Intelligence Changes Concern Pentagon

Bush nominates Goss to lead CIA

Bush’s CIA Pick: ’Business as Usual’

Video Purportedly Shows Killing of Iraq ’CIA Agent’

Analysis: CIA dismay at Goss appointment

Pentagon warns against making US intelligence

Control of intelligence assets at issue

Congo Says U.N. Must Forcibly Disarm Rwandan Rebels

Amnesty Demands End to Free-Speech Abuses in Sudan

Wounded Soldiers Are Adapting to Altered Lives

Heat of Battle Takes Toll on U.S. Forces

Soldiers use online resources to make voices heard

U.S. Searching for Four Missing Aviators

Pentagon favors resuming training Pakistani officers

August 10, 2004

U.S. Pledges to Soften Tactics in Afghanistan

Karzai Trying to Regain Political Backing

Mauritanian army foiled coup plot: defence minister

Revamped Army Plans Give Boeing Bigger Role

Iran arming militia, says Iraqi official

Iran wins Najaf weapons apology

Sadr Rejects Entreaty to End Conflict

U.S. Fights Cleric’s Militia for a Sixth Straight Day

Chalabi Vows to Return to Iraq to Face Charges

U.S. Says Its Grip on Iraqi Militia in Najaf Is Tight

U.S. Demands Najaf Militants End Fighting

Arafat Evasive on Reform Demands

Israel Demolishes Three Archeological Buildings in Hebron

NATO advance delegation already in Iraq

Bush Nominates Congressman to Replace Tenet as C.I.A. Director

Rep. Porter Goss tapped for CIA top spot

Reaction to Goss Nomination to Head CIA

Armed Congo Groups Accused of War Crimes

August 9, 2004

Taliban Maintains Grip Rooted in Fear

Windfalls of War

U.S. Contract to British Firm Sparks Irish American Protest

Contracts Awarded

Local Contracts SAIC to Help Keep Planes Flying

Russia Suspicious About U.S. Deal on Danish Radar

Radical Cleric Vows to Keep Up Battle, Defying Iraqi Premier

Premier Warns Gunmen In Najaf

Iraq’s Premier Takes Hard Line Against Rebels

Iraq brings back death penalty as Allawi calls on militants to disarm

CIA ’effectively’ gags agent critical of terror war

Iraq invasion a "tremendous gift" to bin Laden: CIA analyst

August 8, 2004

Bomb Kills 2 Soldiers in Afghanistan

6 G.I.’s Wounded in Afghan Attacks

Sudan Accepts African Troops, but No Peacekeepers, in Darfur

Arab League Says Sanctions Would Worsen Sudan Crisis

Agent Orange, the Next Generation

Marines, Insurgents Clash for Third Day

Marines Pushing Deeper Into City Held by Shiites

Iraqi Leader Appeals to Militants in Visit to Battle-Torn Najaf

Iraq Issues Warrants for Chalabi, Nephew

Outlaw Militia Plays Role of Ad Hoc Police Force

Sadr Aide Says Iraqi PM "Acting Like Saddam"

Two Palestinians Quit Cabinet Posts; Gaza Youth Is Killed

Israeli finance minister plans 300m dollar cut in defense budget

Ordered to just walk away

The lies that led to war

Kurds Are Seizing Property of U.N. In Iraq,

Hearing Recesses in England Case

Rwandan Accused in Genocide Wins Suit for U.N. Pay

August 7, 2004

Refugee Agency Cuts Mission in Part of Afghanistan

Monitor Blames Sudan For Darfur Militia Killings

Sudan Says to Accept African Forces, No Peacekeepers

U.S. oil firms’ payments probed

Sadr militia surrender in Najaf: Iraqi police

300 Shiite Militiamen Killed in Iraqi South

Iraq passes amnesty law for minor players in insurgency

U.S. Officers Say Two-Day Battle Kills 300 Iraqis

2,000 Return Home After Israel Opens Border Crossing

NATO Sends Officers to Train Iraqi Forces

Pakistan Intelligence Claims Another Al Qaeda Scalp

Manila says unconcerned if out of US coalition

Prison abuse report ’hard call’

Asylum decision by U.S. fuels ire

Unmasking of Qaeda Mole a U.S. Security Blunder - Experts

U.N. Blames Sudan for Civilian Atrocities

At Abuse Hearing, No Testimony That G.I.’s Acted on Orders

Pentagon Focuses on Voting Plan for Troops

August 6, 2004

Sudanese Suffer as Militias Hide in Plain Sight

Mass Killings Reported in Ivory Coast

Russian rail workers unearth World War II explosives

Central Asian, Russian militaries hold manouevres in Kyrgyzstan

Suit Accuses Halliburton of Fraud in Accounting

Radical Cleric in Iraq Sets Off Day of Fighting

Iraqi Cleric Urges Renewed Revolt

Fierce Gunbattles Rage for a Second Day in Iraq

Iraq set to use martial law in terror fight

Shia cleric urges truce in Iraq

Israeli Pullback in Gaza Met With Palestinian Rockets

Israel Reopens Border Crossing Between Egypt and Gaza

Uprooted trees, razed houses... Israel leaves its calling card in Gaza

Gaza’s breadbasket left in ruins after Israel ends five-week offensive

Russia, irked by NATO enlargement, expels Lithuanian envoy

Pakistan, India discuss Siachen demilitarisation

India, Pakistan hold new round of talks on strategic Kashmir glacier

Pakistan Pressures Al Qaeda

Georgian Vows Peaceful Solution With Russia

Russia, irked by NATO enlargement, expels Lithuanian envoy

Sri Lanka’s army spy chief seeks retirement amid controversy

Security Fears Are Slowing U.N. Return to Baghdad

UN Bureaucrats Angry Over Iraq’s Refusal to Pay Dues

Copter-Borne Medics: Disciplined Ballet, Choreographed to Save G.I.’s

G.I. granddaddies: Vietnam vets bring jungle-tested grit to new tour

Corruption in the Corps?

August 5, 2004

Former soldiers trade guns for textbooks

Sudanese protest U.N. panel resolution

Jordan defends plan to acquire missiles from U.S.

British Raids Net a Leader Of Al Qaeda

Justice Broadens Halliburton Inquiry

CACI Gets New Interrogation Contract

Security Forces Battle Insurgents

U.S. Forces Clash With Rebel Cleric’s Militia in Najaf

12 Killed as Iraqi Police and Rebels Clash in Mosul

Army Engineers to Help Restore Iraq Marshlands

Survey claims 37,000 Iraqi civilians killed in first seven months

Limbless victims of Iraq’s conflicts soldier on

Palestinian makes run for peace

Sharon must link 2 political rivals

Israeli Forces Kill 4 Palestinians in Clashes in Gaza

Military Intelligence Ordered Captives Hidden, Court Told

Intelligence agencies not in consensus on terror plot

U.N. Says Iraq Force Is Stalled

DoD Casualty File

August 4, 2004

Afghan Troops, U.S. Warplanes Attack Guerrillas

2 Afghan aid workers killed

Japan eyes eased ban on military exports

$1.9 Billion of Iraq’s Money Goes to U.S. Contractors

Halliburton to Pay $7.5 Million to Settle Probe

SEC: Halliburton under Cheney filed misleading reports

Halliburton investigation ends

CACI Gets $15 Million Iraq Contract Extension

Cease-Fire in Colombia

Iraq’s New Form Of Justice Seems To Satisfy Few

Violence Claims 4 More Troops

Army Pushes a Sweeping Overhaul of Basic Training

Civilians Die as Iraqi Police and Rebels Clash in Mosul

Stressed Israeli soldiers to be treated with cannabis: army

Pregnant Palestinians Lose Babies, As Israel Keeps Frontier Shut: Police

Pakistan Allows Taliban to Train, a Detained Fighter Says

Russia and Georgia on war footing over breakaway Abkhazia

Cost of Shuttle’s Return Escalates

MPs Blamed for Abu Ghraib Abuse

Woman With Leash Appears in Court on Abu Ghraib Abuse Charges

US Air Force denies appeal in Afghan friendly fire incident

August 3, 2004

Up to 50 militants believed killed in Afghan border clash: US

First made in India battle tank set to roll out

US will not back down from arms sales to Taiwan, senators say in China

Russian, Central Asian militaries launch joint exercise in Kyrgyzstan

Halliburton Sues Retired Executives

Cheney Not Charged in Halliburton Investigation

Lockheed Wins Contract for New Spy Plane

IBM to Build Army Supercomputer

Access to Contract Data Questioned

Haven Offered to 2 Militias in Colombia, if They Disarm

Church Bombings Outrage Iraqis of All Faiths

Turkish Hostage Executed As Iraqis Condemn Violence

Car Bomb Kills 6 Iraqis as New Round of Violence Breaks Out

Secular Party Bends to Help Sharon

3 Palestinians Are Killed in Gaza Explosion

3 Palestinians Who Spied for Israel Are Killed in Gaza

Israelis Wonder if Corruption Is Soiling the Zionist Dream

Islamic group warns Saudi Arabia not to send troops to Iraq

Egypt denies it told US general that Saddam Hussein had WMDs

Germany, UAE in joint project to help rebuild Iraqi army: press

Pakistan Sweep Against Al Qaeda Widens

Paramilitary role for Pentagon meets resistance

Victor Bout’s American Connection

Accused Army Chaplain Resigning Muslim’s Case Had Been Dropped

Old Vietnam Hands in Charge in Iraq

U.S. Military Holds Hearing on Guard in Prison Abuse Photos

Former Abu Ghraib Reserve Unit Returns Home

August 2, 2004

New U.N. Deadline Rejected by Sudan

Sudanese army says UN resolution ’a declaration of war’

Pure evil in Sudan

State Department in talks with Jordan for arms

U.S. wants Israel to retain edge

First women complete army training in insurgency-torn Nepal

START-UP System Uses Ultraviolet Light to Disable Airborne Threats

In Profile

Contracts Awarded

’91 U.S. Report Calls Colombian Leader Ally of Drug Lords

Gibraltar detects snub as US warship pulls out of celebrations

Bombs Explode Near Churches in 2 Iraqi Cities

U.S. urges Israel to end settlements

Palestinian Militants Face Off as Rifts Between Factions Grow

Stranded on the Egypt-Gaza Border

Pakistani-U.S. Raid Uncovered Terrorist Cell’s Surveillance Data

Captured Qaeda Figure Led Way to Information Behind Warning

Special Warriors Have Growing Ranks and Growing Pains

August 1, 2004

Taliban Fighters Increase Attacks

Many Afghans Complain Of Hastily Set Elections

Bowing to U.N. Demand, Sudan Says It Will Disarm Arab Militias

Powell Warns Sudan: Act on U.N. Demands

Iraqi Security Has Come Far, With Far to Go

U.S.-Led Troops Kill 13 in Fallujah

Bomb Blasts at Iraqi Churches Kill at Least 12

Making Wheels of Justice Turn in a Chaotic Iraq

Iraqi official: I’ll quit if sons freed

Palestinian Fighters Torch Government Buildings in Jenin

Payoff pledge helps free 3 foreign hostages

Islamic Troop Plan Prompts Skepticism

Threat to Games Seen as Benign NATO Admiral Plans for Worst

Several Arrests Made in Pakistan Attack

Revealed: coalition forces imprison Iraqi children

Al Qaeda-Iraq Link Recanted

Al-Qaida detainee misled US on Iraq

Scope of Change in Military Is Ambiguous

In Memoir, U.S. General Tells of Gaps in War Plans

July 31, 2004

At Least 2 Are Killed in Coordinated Blasts at Embassies in Uzbekistan

Uzbek President Blames Banned Group for Attacks

U.S., Israeli Embassies Hit In Uzbek Bomb Attacks

Contract Workers Are War’s Forgotten

Smallest submarine sets hope soaring

China warns U.S. against Taiwan arms sale

Hu: China to resolve Taiwan peacefully

Iraq Won’t ’Go Back to the Past,’ Powell Says

Bribe Pushes Up Cost of Gaining An Iraqi Passport

Bush Faces New Obstacles in Keeping Allies’ Support

Powell Travels to Baghdad in Effort to Improve Morale

Israelis Shoot 4 Palestinians Said to Have Set Bomb by Road

Malaysia says it won’t send troops to Iraq

Ready to Help Train Iraqi Forces

NATO OKs training Iraqi forces

NATO peacekeepers arrest Bosnian Serb

Military spying on soldiers

Pakistan Official Unhurt as 5 Die in Attack

Suicide Blast Kills 6 in Pakistan

In Promising Light in Chechnya, Moscow Shines It on One of Its Own

U.N. Adopts Resolution on Sudan

U.N. Council Threatens to Punish Sudan Over Militia Killings

U.N. imposes deadline on militias

July 30, 2004

Blasts Hit Near U.S. and Israeli Embassies in Uzbekistan

UK Anti-War Party Wins First Election

Hoon warns US on defence protectionism

ID card plans ’badly thought out’

Blunkett ban on ID card finance info

Contractors’ Budget Work Criticized

Roche Opposed Review of Alternatives to Plane Deal

Audit Finds Fraud, Other Abuses in Iraq Contract Awards

Senator Aims to Keep F-15 in Production

Hoon warns US on defence protectionism

EP-3 intercept

Convention of Iraqis Pushed Back 2 Weeks

Fighting Erupts in Falluja as Powell Visits Baghdad

Iraqis Postpone Conference as Kidnappings Rise

Israel Adjusts Route of Its West Bank Barrier to Obey Court

Powell Welcomes Saudi Proposal For Muslim Troops

Nato reaches deal to train Iraqis

Compromise proposed on NATO deadlock over Iraq training

Pakistan Reports Arrest of a Suspect in ’98 Embassy Bombings

Pakistan Holds Top Al Qaeda Suspect

CIA’s new form of spyware

UN report: 63 percent of Palestinians below poverty line

Libya’s Kadhafi against Saudi proposal for Muslim force for Iraq

Jury convicts soldier at court martial

Soldier Who Seized Car in Iraq Is Convicted of Armed Robbery

Hague War Crimes Tribunal Frees a Convicted General

July 29, 2004

Key Afghan Minister to Back Karzai Rival

UN ’regrets’ Afghan aid pullout

Bosnian Serb army destroys its small arms surplus

European aeronautics giant returns to profit

Hearing Set for Boeing Ex-CFO

Airline traffic at pre-9/11 levels

Taiwan’s Chen pushes for new submarine deal to protect against China

Italy ends compulsory military service

Suicide Bomber Kills 68 In Iraq

Plagued by Difficulties, Iraqis Delay National Conference

70 Are Killed by Car Bomber in an Iraqi City

Suicide bomb kills at least 68 in Baqouba

How the US blurred the line between aid and the armed forces

The Unreported War US Document Reveals Scale of Conflict

Barrier Path Still Inside West Bank, Israel Says

Nicaragua Destroys Anti-Aircraft Missiles

Saudis Propose Islamic Force in Iraq

Russian agents lose murder appeal

Ukraine’s Kuchma snuggles closer to Russia ahead of elections

Jailed American Spied For Taiwan, China Says

Accused Soldier Says He Was Ordered

2 Views at Court-Martial on Seizing Iraqi Vehicle

Mission to Account for 110 M.I.A.’s Will Resume After 3 Years

War Crimes Tribunal Clears Bosnian Croat

Iraqi Detainee Outlines Abuse for British Court

July 28, 2004

Doctors Group to Withdraw From Afghanistan

Villagers burned alive in Sudan atrocity

South Korean president accepts defense minister’s resignation

Peacekeepers Criticized in Kosovo Riots

Lockheed Reports 22 Percent Increase in Quarterly Profit

Boeing swings back to profit as defense orders surge

Powell Urges U.S. Allies To Stay Steadfast in Iraq

Baquba blast toll continues to rise

Key Iraqi Conference On Track To Open

Car Bomb Kills Dozens Outside Iraqi Police Station

Road blocks paralyse life in Gaza

Palestinian Premier to Stay On

Arafat Agrees With Premier on Ending Their Standoff

Police discover weapons lab in Kiryat Haim apartment

Iraq War Straining US-Turkey Ties

Defense contractors face Iraq torture suit

U.S. General Witnessed Abuses, Iraqi Says

Annan to Appeal for Aid to Address Sudan Crisis

U.N. and Congress in Dispute Over Iraq Oil-for-Food Inquiries

VA Drops $472 Million Computer System

Court Looks for Ways to Speed Milosevic Trial

July 27, 2004

Karzai Replaces Top Deputy On Ticket Kabul Put on Alert To Avert Violence

Afghan Leader, in a Surprise, Picks a New Running Mate

Nicaraguan army to destroy missiles

Iraq reconstruction flawed, say experts

Partial defeat in McDonnell Douglas suit

U.S. Military Picks IBM to Build Supercomputer

Taiwan shows force on beach facing Chinese mainland

China, Taiwan and U.S. Display Military Might

Iraqi Official Killed in Ambush

Early Steps, Maybe, Toward a Democracy in Iraq

U.S. Seeks to Provide More Jobs and Speed Rebuilding in Iraq

Reality TV hits home in Baghdad

Iraqi clerics laud Japan’s role in reconstruction

Bent on Israel’s destruction

Despite His Troubles, Arafat Endures as Leader and Symbol

Buried mines and ordnance continue to maim Iraqi civilians

For an Arab model, emirates

Peacekeepers ’stood by as Kosovo mob burnt homes’ By Kim Sengupta

Iraqi Says U.S. General Witnessed Abuse

Suicides on the rise in Russian army: prosecutor

Sudan hits back over sanctions

Army Chief Sees No Need for Draft

July 26, 2004

Afghan President Announces Candidacy

A Fugitive To Some, But a Hero To Others

Bioshield Too Little for Drug Industry

Taiwan halts visit by US military delegation: report

E.U. Threatens Sanctions On Sudan if Crisis Persists

Official Warns of Iranian Infiltration

Israel will be ’wiped off earth’ if it attacks Iran: Revolutionary Guards

Iraqi defence minister warns Iran over sending of spies and saboteurs

Officers Question Visibility of Army in Iraq

Iraqi Forces Kill 13 Insurgents

Suicide Bombing Kills 3 Near U.S. Base in Northern Iraq

AID Western Ways Force Iraq to Trim Water Projects

Cash becomes part of U.S. arsenal in dealing with Iraqis

6 Palestinians Killed at Restaurant

Thousands Join Hands to Fight Withdrawal of Israel From Gaza

Palestinian Turmoil Threatens to Erode Arafat’s Power

Israel Reroutes Barrier on Court Order

NATO military HQ targetted by terror threat

Pak Helped Bin Laden Set Up Base In Afghanistan: Report

Russia’s Putin talks military cooperation with Uzbek leader

Bush Stands By His Space Plan

Kidnapping of bin Laden Was Rehearsed in ’98

U.S. Using Cash as a Defensive Weapon

Soldiers tell stories about Iraq

July 25, 2004

Europe Joins U.S. in Demand For Action on Crisis in Sudan

Top British intelligence official sacked after Blair jibe

UK troops ’ready to go to Sudan’

Taiwan deploys missiles on island off China: Jane’s

China must reinforce defence, says president

Paper Closed by U.S. Is Back in Business

Militants Use Kidnapping as Their Most Powerful Weapon in Iraq

Iraqi Urges Allies Not to Be Deterred by Kidnappings

Is Anti Zionism Anti Semitism?!

Israelis Form Human Chain to Protest Withdrawal Plan

Palestinians Seize Office of Governor

Iraq, Syria to form border security committee

US Central Command chief meets head of UAE armed forces

NATO OKs Deployment of Afghan Troops

Two British navy ships dock in Philippines’ Subic for exercises

Looking for an Iraq precedent? Try Honduras

Tribunal Detectives Pursue War Criminals in the Balkans

July 24, 2004

Omissions compromise report

DR Congo will demobilise 200,000 combatants: official

Defense IG report slams Lockheed Martin’s plane

Ethnic Macedonians Riot Over New Laws That Aid Albanians

Fun with Bio-Terror

Gulf War veteran threatens MoD

Air Force Faulted on 50-Plane Purchase

Report Faults Planes Bought by Air Force

Military might and political messages

War and Emerging Remembrance

Egyptian Diplomat Taken Hostage

Tired of taking fire, Baghdad’s police chief gets tough

Iraqi Insurgents Add an Egyptian Diplomat

Militants Torch Palestinian Police Station

Mexico Prepares To Charge Ex-President

Egypt envoy kidnapped by militants

NATO OKs Deployment of Afghan Troops

United States Needs to Take a Stand With Pakistan, Report Says

Russia Will Help Iraq Via Trade Not Troops

Russia Restates Iraqi Troop Refusal

Russia launches Kosmos rocket with military satellite

Lawmakers Make Plea to Keep Weather Satellite

Proposed NASA Cuts Draw a Veto Threat

Inside Intelligence Bin Laden’s Inner Circle Eludes CIA

Brain injuries lead Iraq war injuries

Pentagon Finds Payroll Records for Bush’s Military Service

Daily U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

2,000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq: Russian expert

July 23, 2004

Car bomb targets U.S. convoy in Afghanistan

U.S. Seeks U.N. Pressure on Sudan

Bosnia Reopen Bridge That Symbolized War

Halliburton Defends Iraq Work

Halliburton Defends Record in Iraq on Capitol Hill

Taiwan holds live-fire exercises as war games continue

China tells US Pacific Command chief

China calls on Washington to end weapons sales to Taiwan

Marines Kill 25 in Western Iraqi City

Egyptian Diplomat Is Seized by Gunmen in Iraq

Violence Surges in Baghdad and Sunni Area to the West

Kerry: I can do better than Bush on fighting terrorism

PLOTTER INVOLVED BIN LADEN TO GAIN MORE RESOURCES

Jewish Settlements, Outposts Expanding Despite Pledges

Group Says New Israeli Expansion Breaks Vow

Poll Shows Growing Arab Rancor at U.S.

U.S. irate over Philippines’ Iraq pullout

Tribal Police In New Mexico Choose Globalstar

Aussie spy shame

America and Britain seek UN resolution to back arms embargo on Sudan

Army Raises Cost of Combat Modernization

Sonar to Blame for Beached Whales, Report Says

Pentagon admits link to vigilantes Took custody of Afghan prisoner

July 22, 2004

Warlord Runs for President of Afghanistan

U.S. Marine force pulls out of Taliban stronghold

MiG Under Fire for Arming Sudan

Bush Inks $5.6 Billion BioShield Legislation

Honesty not best policy as Blair sticks to the Big Lie

Britain Is Planning to Cut Troops by 15,000

Chinese military steps up war preparations: report

France calls on all EU members to help in defence

Europe Warms to Idea of Unified Military Agency

Fearing Big Battle, Residents Flee

Kenya orders citizens out of Iraq

25 Rebels Are Killed in Daylong Firefight in Iraq, U.S. Says

Israelis Violating Settlement Withdrawal Pledge, Group Says

Palestinian Council Rebukes Arafat; Backs Premier’s Resignation

Guns Turned on Arafat’s Authority

EU: Israel Violating International Law

France ready to help patrol Baltic airspace: minister

Greece Seeks NATO Troops For Olympics

Army: Much higher estimates of abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan

U.S. acknowledges receiving Afghan prisoner from vigilantes

Army Inspector General Reports 94 Cases of Prisoner Abuse

Blasts hit Russian special forces

Russia launches Kosmos rocket with military satellite

Ex-G.I., Charged in Kabul, Says He Was on U.S. Mission

Israeli spy case twist

Report: US underestimated war cost

US Underestimated War Costs by $12.3 Billion - GAO

Fewer Army Recruits Lined Up

Running Low on Ammo

Army to Call Up Recruits Earlier

U.S. team concludes Navy pilot died in Gulf war

July 21, 2004

U.S. Tells Sudan to Restrain Militias Violence Continues In Darfur Region

Raytheon Developing New Variant of Joint Standoff Weapon

Memorandum for the Secretary of State

Fort Detrick labs searched again for anthrax clues

Blair Defends War in Iraq in Debate in Parliament

Britain Says It Will Cut Armed Forces, but Modernize Them

Halliburton’s Work in Iran Stirs Democrats

Militants Intensify Abductions in Iraq With 6 New Hostages

U.N. Demands That Israel Remove ’Security Barrier’

Despite Vote in U.N., Israel Vows to Proceed With Barrier

Israel Defies U.N. Vote Against West Bank Barrier

Israeli Helicopter Fires Missile at Gaza Camp

Saudis Find Head of American Who Was Held by Militants

Pakistan army ’killing farmers’

Filipino Hostage Released; Arroyo Defends Iraq Pullout

Panel Cuts Bush’s Budget Request for NASA

Remove Wall, Israel Is Told by the U.N.

A Shrinking Base

July 20, 2004

A Bounty of Food Relief Sits Unused In Zimbabwe

Rights Group Says Sudan’s Government Aided Militias

Rights Group Says Sudan Aids Abuses

Malaysia to buy Chinese missiles for technology transfer

Romania selling off last of its Soviet-era MiG-29s

Source: FBI anthrax probe closes labs at Fort Detrick

Basic Training Doesn’t Guard Against Insurance Pitch to G.I.’s

Taiwan set for military exercises, coinciding with Chinese, US drills

Taiwan Ready to Hold Rare Military Drill

Baghdad Blast Kills At Least 9

Iraqi Defense Aide Killed; 9 Die in Baghdad Bombing

Arafat Scrambles to Calm Rebellion

Palestinian Premier to Stay in Post for Now

Arafat Struggles to Pacify Gaza; Israeli Judge Is Killed

Iraqi Militants Release Hostage After Philippines Withdraws

U.S. Probes Possible Iran-9/11 Link

Bush, CIA at Odds on Iran

Marine Says He Was Held Captive in Iraq

Marine Who Was Missing for 3 Weeks Denies He Deserted in Iraq

FBI anthrax probe closes some Army labs

Arrested Rwanda Genocide Suspect to Stand Trial

July 19, 2004

3 From U.S. in Afghan Court, Accused of Running a Jail

When Elections Threaten Democracy

Lockheed Wins NASA Contract

MI official: Iran may provide Hezbollah with chemical weapons

Military skills key to European influence in U.S.

Europe Fears Islamic Converts May Give Cover for Extremism

U.S. Faces a Crossroads on Iran Policy

Iraq Says Cleric Can Reopen Newspaper

Nine Killed in Truck Bombing Near Baghdad Police Station

Iraq Gives Order to Reopen Paper G.I.’s Had Closed

Israeli Leaders Seek to Keep Gaza Withdrawal on Track

Arafat Scrambles to Defuse Leadership Crisis

Former U.S. Officials Oppose Israel Attack on Iran

Pakistan Army Hunts Militants in Mountain Forests

Philippines Completes Pullout From Iraq

Head of Russian chiefs of staff fired

NASA Denies Funding for Key Satellite

We can’t prove Iran-Sept 11 link: CIA

CIA Chief Faults 9/11 Panel

Tiny Agency’s Iraq Analysis Is Better Than Big Rivals’

White House Mum on Cabinet Intel Post

UN Vote on Israeli Barrier Put Off One More Day

Grief, Outrage for Families of Dead GIs

Looking for an ’added edge’

July 18, 2004

In Sudan, ’a Big Sheik’ Roams Free

Darfur Peace Talks Collapse

Despite Appeals, Chaos Still Stalks the Sudanese

Mugabe Said to Use Law as Political Tool

Boeing Has a Powerful Ally With Hastert

Iraq’s premier denies claims that he executed six prisoners

Elite Squad of Iraqi Soldiers Tests Newfound Autonomy

Two Bombings of Iraqis Leave at Least 6 Dead

Bomber Targets Iraq Justice Minister

Iraqi Prime Minister Reopens Controversial Newspaper

U.S. Military Launches Airstrike in Falluja

U.S. Diplomat Starts New Job by Deferring to Iraq Rulers

Iraqis Slowly Take Their Places in the Ranks of the Security Forces

Building for Calm by Giving Up on Peace

Palestinian Premier Offers to Resign

Palestinian Premier Resigns, Citing Growing Gaza Turmoil

Israeli Leaders Take Steps to Avoid Disarray

July 17, 2004

U.N. Report Denounces Rwanda

Sudanese Rebels Walk Out of Peace Talks

Was our son murdered by the CIA?

How judge was misinformed about Iraq’s WMD threat

No 10 admits Hutton cover-up

Interior Dept. Inquiry Faults Procurement

G.I.’s in Battle of Wits With Rebels Over Bomb Technology

Head of Gaza Police Kidnapped By Gunmen and Paraded in Streets

Arafat Rejects Palestinian Prime Minister’s Resignation

Arafat Under Pressure After Palestinian PM Quits

NATO to Boost Force in Afghanistan for Election

Pentagon pushes quick Guantánamo hearings

Pentagon creates office to deal with detainee affairs

Bush Defers Decision on CIA Chief

Colonel Is Investigated in Iraqi Death

July 16, 2004

Devastated by AIDS, Africa Sees Life Expectancy Plunge

Rwanda Backed Congo Uprising, Experts Tell UN

Report Reveals Lies, Not the Liar

Lockheed’s Interior Contract Gets Rewrite

Former general says U.S. military didn’t expect Iraqi insurgency

Allawi shot inmates in cold blood, say witnesses

Another Iraq Car Bomb Kills 10

More Killings in Iraq; Group Claims Governor’s Assassination

Iraq Premier Forms Security Service to ’Annihilate’ Terrorists

US, Israel Against the World on Wall

Palestinian Militants Kidnap, Then Free, Gaza Police Chief

Palestinians Seek UN Help Against Israeli Barrier

’Secret film shows Iraq prisoners sodomised’

Officials Accuse Each Other in Prison Scandal

Navy: Guantanamo Inmates Want Tribunals

Iraqis Welcome Spy Agency Despite Historic Echoes

UK Iraq Report Hides Minefield for Blair’s Spies

British spy chief faced internal opposition: report

Senate Report on Iraq Intel Points to Role of Jerusalem

Ex-GI May Risk Arrest By Going To Japan

As Inquiry Continues, Marine Returns to U.S.

Marine Who Had Disappeared Returns to U.S. for Questioning

July 15, 2004

Afghan Leader Cracks Down on Militia to Disarm

Kabul Vigilantes Said to Dupe Peace Force

Guns Worn In Open Legal, But Alarm Va.

Israel helped set up Singapore army, say former officers

House Passes Bill to Finance Development of Bioterrorism Antidotes

Probe clears Blair of deliberate distortions on Iraq

Britain’s Iraq Data Deemed ’Flawed’

British Report Faults Prewar Intelligence but Clears Blair

Make a Killing From Antiterrorism

Sailing Toward a Storm in China

Czech roops to remain in Iraq until 2005

Car Bomb Kills 11 in Baghdad

Bombing Kills at Least 10 and Iraqi Leader Vows to Hit Back

Iraq Blast Kills 10; Headless Body Found

Israeli missiles rain down on Gaza

In Chaos, Palestinians Struggle for a Way Out

New Group Helps U.S. Jews Move to Israel

No requests for US troops to provide Olympic security

Lawyers sue U.S. government for 15 Guantanamo detainees from Yemen

New Zealand jails alleged Israeli spies

Acting Chief Insists Agencies Aren’t at Fault in War Debate

Iraq Forms New Spy Agency, Car Bomb Kills 10

Mossad Risks Slip - Ups in Race Against Qaeda, Iran

Miltary Recruitment in the US. - Jo Wilding

National Guard Allows Army Vets Who Feel Deceived to De-enlist

Missing Marine Returns to the U.S.

City Has 5-Year Expansion Plan for Navy Yard Industrial Park

Pentagon War Game Based on China Threat to Taiwan

July 14, 2004

Afghan President Warns Warlords to Lay Down Arms

Chinese told U.S. arms sales to Taiwan to proceed

Two arrested after 35,000 bullets seized on Romanian border

China warns US to stop arms sales to Taiwan or risk bilateral ties growth

House Approves ’Bioshield’ Defense Bill

City Opens a Secure Lab to Counter Bioterrorism

Blair to admit mistakes before Iraq war

Report Cites U.K. Iraq Intelligence Flaws

Report Says British Data on Iraq Was Flawed, Not Distorted

China Warns U.S. on Policies

Powerful Car Bomb Rocks Baghdad

Calm in Baghdad Is Shattered as Car Bomb Kills at Least 10

Philippines begins to withdraw troops

Israeli missiles rain down on Gaza

Israel Expands Program to Attract Jews from North America

Israel to Reroute Path of Barrier in West Bank

Globalist: Israel’s wall, a victory for the logic of war

Israeli missiles rain down on Gaza

Okinawa anti-base candidates elected

Trouble in the desert kingdom

Aide to Bin Laden Surrenders

Philippines, Reacting to Threat, Starts Troop Withdrawal

Bogus Afghan Jailers May Face Prison Time

Bush and C.I.A. Won’t Release Paper on Prewar Intelligence

Scarlett must go, say MPs

July 13, 2004

Afghan warlords ’bigger threat than Taliban’

U.S. seeks to protect Afghan elections

U.S. Begins Operation to Guard Afghan Election

Iraq Intelligence Report Likely to Embarrass Blair

Blair Braces for Intelligence Report Storm

CDC Ships ’Chem-Packs’ for Preparation

China War Games, Missile Tests Fuel Taiwan Tension

Colombia Purges Over 500 Troops

Iraq’s leaders step up with tough talk

After Long Pause, Baghdad Reaches Out Diplomatically

Iraq Plans to Offer a Broad Amnesty

Zarqawi’s Journey: From Dropout to Prisoner to Insurgent Leader

Iraq Police Net Over 500 Suspects in Baghdad

Israel readies new West Bank barrier route

Mapmakers Move West Bank Barrier Route

Israel Rerouting Barrier Closer to Border - Sources

NATO Tussle Looms as Iraq Widens Security Requests

Philippines Says Coordinating Iraq Troop Pullout

Philippines Pleads to Save Hostage’s Life

CIA’s Acting Chief Says Threat Highest Since 9 / 11

Skepticism About Defector’s Weapons Allegations Ignored

Empty Office Adds to Sense of Isolation at the C.I.A.

CIA’s Acting Chief Says Threat Highest Since 9/11

Pakistani Is Named U.N. Envoy to Iraq

Group decries U.S. military on sex assault allegations

Guardsmen choose not to re-enlist

Barriers to voting remain for troops deployed abroad

July 12, 2004

Afghan President Describes Militias as the Top Threat

Britain to boost budget for armed forces, security

CONTRACTS AWARDED

Florida anthrax cleanup under way

EU agrees to take over Bosnia peacekeeping force

Insurgents Kill 3 U.S. Troops in Northern Iraq

3 Americans Are Killed and 4 Are Injured in Attacks in Iraq

Attack Shows Need for Wall, Sharon Says

Bombing in Tel Aviv Kills a Soldier and Wounds 20 Israelis

Naming CIA chief: Puzzle for Bush

Stryker Brigade Set for Hawaii Despite Air, Water, Land Impacts

Malaysia, US to hold joint military exercise in South China Sea

Wars causing shortage of officers

July 11, 2004

Portrait of a U.S. Vigilante in Afghanistan

Russian Merchants Display Their Wares at Arms Expo

Lord Butler: the ultimate British establishment insider

Blair’s key quotes on Iraq’s weapons

Other ’04 Race: Building Copter for Presidents

Iraq’s Rebellion Develops Signs of Internal Rift

Bomb Sets Pipeline Afire; Captives Reported Alive

In Iraq, Showdown Looms Over Self-Rule for Kurds

Iraq Says Zarqawi Likely Seeking WMD Materials

Marines battle Islamists, Saddamists on Iraq’s deadliest road

Report: Filipino’s captors extend deadline

4 Palestinians Are Killed by Explosion in Gaza Strip

Israel Seeks U.S. Aid in Barrier Dispute

Sharon Says Attack Proves Barrier Is Essential

Sharon Rejects World Court Ruling on W.Bank Barrier

UN to rebuild homes Israel destroyed

Annan: Israel must accept ICJ ruling

Saudis Facing Return of Radicals Young Iraq Veterans Join Underground

Egypt’s Government Gets an Overhaul

Despite Terror Risk, Washington Is Unlikely to Press Reform of C.I.A.

Tenet’s Leadership, His Pride, Faces Attack From Senate Panel

He Wrote the Book on Intelligence

Senate Leaders Urge Bush to Name New CIA Director

Whales’ Plight Revives Sonar Theory Navy Denies Role In Near-Stranding

July 10, 2004

Afghans Set Date To Elect a President

Australia Stands by Iraq War, Despite U.S. Report

Britain’s top cop warns on terrorism

U.S. Marines Kill Two Iraqis in Ramadi

In Words of World Court, a Wall That Is `Contrary to International Law’

Major Portion of Israeli Fence Is Ruled Illegal

Israel Asks U.S. for Support at U.N. Over Barrier

Castro orders review of Cuba’s military recruitment

Warning of Threatened Terror Attacks Against Bahrain

Welcome to the Matrix

CIA blamed for bad data on Iraq arms

Analyst Questioned Sources’ Reliability

Senators Assail C.I.A. Judgments on Iraq’s Arms as Deeply Flawed

Key Revisions Were Made to CIA Document

Spy Chiefs ’Retract Wmd Intelligence’

U.N. Court Rejects West Bank Barrier

Marine Who Was Missing Is Said to Be in Good Health

Marine: Lighter, But A Deserter?

New Sex Charges Against Soldier in Iraq

Court verdict on Israeli barrier

July 9, 2004

The Horrors of War

Afghans Allege Three Americans Ran Jail in Kabul

Bogus Agents Said to Be Antiterrorist Vigilantes

Afghan Parliamentary Elections May Be Delayed Again

Inquiry implicates Ethiopian army in killings in southwest Gambella region

Blair’s Troubles Multiply

Butler to single out intelligence chiefs for blame in WMD inquiry

Butler report on war in Iraq printed in secret to avoid leaks

Rice Rebuffs China on Taiwan Arms

In Place of Gunfire, a Rain of Rocks

Five U.S. Soldiers Killed by Mortar Attack in Iraq

World Court to rule against Israel

7 Palestinians Killed In Intense Gaza Battle

World Court Says Israeli Barrier Violates International Law

Palestinian economy chokes from stranglehold of West Bank barrier

Sharon to meet Peres on Sunday to hold coalition talks

Negroponte, Honduras and Iraq

Embassies restrict spy missions

C.I.A. Director Again Disputes Hijacker’s Iraqi Contact

In Valedictory, Tenet Defends CIA From Past, Present Critics

U.S. Spies Accused of Hyping Iraqi Weapons Threat

C.I.A. Officer Critiques Terror Policy

Ron Paul Continues Fight for US Sovereignty

U.S. Marine Is Safe, but Still Subject Of Mystery

Circumstances Still Murky as U.S. Marine Leaves Beirut

Other Services Eyed by Army for Recruiting

Signing On To Challenge Hugo Chavez

Ex-Guard To Face More Charges

July 8, 2004

Afghans Seize 4 Men Claiming to Be With U.S. Special Forces

Prisoners hung by feet in private jail, Afghans say

Nigeria seen on brink of violent implosion

China Presses U.S. Security Adviser

Marine move from Okinawa to Japan mainland discussed: general

Kosovo Parliament Challenges U.N. Authority

10 Held Under Antiterror Law Ask British Court to Free Them

Government Clears CACI for Contracts

Intelligence Work Comes to CACI Via Acquisitions

Northrop Grumman Gets $175 Million

Warsaw wants price cut in US warplane deal

Israel’s Chemical Weapons

China Presses U.S. Security Adviser

Iraqi Leader Makes Security His Theme

For Iraqis, Patrol Turns Into Combat

5 U.S. Soldiers Killed in Iraq Gunfire

Falluja Pullout Left Haven of Insurgents, Officials Say

Iraqis Defend Power to Declare Martial Law

Israel snubs European mediators

Militants Make Unprecedented Push

7 Palestinians Killed During Gaza Clash With Israeli Troops

World Court to Rule on Legality of Israel Barrier

Next NATO ministers’ meeting to take place in Nice: France

Washington wants early NATO decision on Iraq training

Southern Osetia: Start of a War?

Russia silences Free Speech

C.I.A. Chief Bids Colleagues Farewell

Troops in Iraq suffer huge risk of injury

Lawmakers: Troop call-ups pose ’alarm’

No Plans for Military Draft, Official Says

Hostile Mission for Recruiters

State Dept. Announces Missing Marine Is at Embassy in Lebanon

U.S. Starts Drawing Plans to Cut Its Troops in Iraq

July 7, 2004

Blair Says Illicit Weapons May Never Be Found

Retired judge to probe Gulf War illnesses

MoD chairs £1,000 each as troops face axe

Cautious Whitehall keeps the secret state alive

Outside View: Privatizing war

Syria claims to have confiscated Israeli goods bound for Iraq

Sunni Resistance to U.S. Presence Hardens

In Iraq, Daunting Tasks Await

Suicide Bomb at Funeral Kills 14

Iraq Approves Law Allowing Martial Rule

New Law in Iraq Gives Premier Martial Powers to Fight Uprising

Settler as Israel’s victim: The right cries abuse

Top Militant Among Five Killed in Raid In West Bank

Mideast Clashes Kill 6 Palestinians and Israeli Officer

Israel’s W.Bank Barrier Faces World Court Ruling

Tensions mount over South Ossetia

Bush Undecided on When to Name New CIA Director

Marine Is Free, Family Reports

Family of a Marine Says Iraqi Captors Have Released Him

Air Force Pilot Who Bombed Canadians Is Fined $5,672

U.S. Military Families Leaving Bahrain Over Terror Threat

Fighter Pilot Found Guilty of Dereliction in Mistaken Bombing

Lawmakers: Reserves Stretched to Limit

Army Commanders Punished in Iraq

July 6, 2004

Ex-Minister Leads In Indonesian Vote

Blair Says Iraqi Arms May Never Be Found

U.S. ENDS SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN DEFENSE FIRMS

China’s web surfers

Voters in Much of Europe Seem to Want the Ins Out

Iraqi president answers questions

US troops kill Iraqi preparing wedding feast

Iraqi family disputes U.S. military account of man’s death

Few Detainees in Iraq Are Foreign-USA Today

Iraqi: U.S. Soldiers Laughed at Drowning

Uneasy Allies on Patrol in Baghdad

U.S. Raid Targets Militant Network

Car Bomb in Town North of Baghdad Kills 13

15 Miles Offshore, Safeguarding Iraq’s Oil Lifeline

Zarqawi group claims deadly attack on US marines in western Iraq: Internet

Israel’s Parliament Debates Settlements

Six Palestinians and Israeli Killed in Clashes

Gaza Plan Foes Could Try to Kill Sharon - Minister

U.S. Presses Israel on West Bank Outposts

Landmine kills 13 in Nepal

World War Two Mines Found Off Spanish Coast

Exiled Saudi Is Dissident to Some, Terrorist to Others

U.S. Says Israel Not Involved in Iraq Interrogations

Saudi secret service ’riddled’ with al-Qa’ida

U.S. Army Changed by Iraq, but for Better or Worse?

Mexicans Disrupt Marine’s Funeral

Abducted Marine Is Free, His Brother Says

Pilot in Mistaken Bombing Reprimanded

Brother Says Missing Marine in Iraq Freed

Lawyer: Saddam trial `illegal’

Bush should be charged for war crimes

Clinton’s Life: In the Grip of Mass Murder

Milosevic’s Ill Health Delays Defense Case

Milosevic Trial to Resume on July 14, Judges Say

July 5, 2004

Afghan Man’s Death at U.S. Outpost Is Investigated

African Union Readies Troops for Darfur

Pakistan buys 50 Mirage jets, spares from Libya

US army will not decide on air tankers until 2005: Boeing

Contracts Awarded

U.S., India to Sign’Open Skies’ Treaty

Australia set to acquire unmanned surveillance aircraft

Chinese Pressure Dissident Physician

Iraq’s ailing health care sector

Fallen Comrade Not Far From Hearts, Minds

Iraq Considers Sadr Amnesty

U.S. Aides Say Kin of Hussein Aid Insurgency

Blast Leaves 2 Bystanders Dead in Baquba

U.S. Airstrike Hits House in Iraq’s Falluja - Residents

Allawi Backs Autonomy of Saddam Tribunal

3 cousins of Saddam said to aid insurgents

Israel Unleashed

Israel Braces for Defeat Over Wall

Factional Fighting Clouds Gaza’s Future

Gaza Plan Stirs Fears of Internal Israeli Violence

Israeli army dynamites family home of Palestinian suicide attacker

Palestinian Renounces Ties to Community

Bedouin Arabs, Israel locked in battle over land rights

Colombia’s Paramilitaries to Disarm?

NATO’s ’Myth’ in Afghanistan

U.S. Special Forces to Train Philippine Troops

U.S. authorities to release 300 prisoners from Abu Ghraib

Non-Iraqi captives singled out for harsh treatment, records say

Weapons probers told to move office

A Low-Key Commander With 4 Stars to Tame the Iraqi Furies

Iraqi Leader Backs Autonomy of Hussein Tribunal

Tribunal Delays Milosevic Defense Case

Court Opens Sierra Leone War - Crimes Cases

July 4, 2004

Sudan Pledges to Disarm Militias, Protect Refugees

Kuwait kills two major arms deals with Britain: MP

U.S. Funds for Iraq Are Largely Unspent

Heavily armed security contractors to increase presence in Iraq

The Colombian paramilitary dilemma

Report: The ’real’ costs of the Iraq war

Iraqis Watch With Wary Pride as Little Changes, and a Lot

Militant Iraqi Group Says It Beheaded a Kidnapped American Marine

Abductors Claim Marine Beheaded

Iraqi Prime Minister Says al-Sadr Might Get Amnesty

Israel denies agents operating in Iraq

Israel Sees a Surge in Immigration by French Jews, but Why?

New hope for Britons in Guantanamo

Iraq weapons probe to censure British spymasters: report

Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski Fmr. Commander, 800th Military Police Brigade

Reserve System Needs Change, Experts Believe

Simple, Solitary Prayers For Fallen U.S. Troops

3rd Inquiry on Afghan Abuse Is Planned

Bush should follow Saddam into the dock

July 3, 2004

British Soldier to Be Tried Over Shooting

Chemicals Not Found in Iraq Warheads

Iran Is in Strong Position to Steer Iraq’s Political Future

Iraq rebuilding fund largely unspent

U.S. accused of depleting Iraq fund

Sadr Tells Iraqis to Sustain Resistance

Insurgents Fire Rockets at 2 Baghdad Hotels; 3 Hostages Are Freed

Israeli interrogators ’in Iraq’

Alleged Israeli Informer Killed in West Bank

Chief Says Iraq and Afghanistan Are Doomed Without World Cooperation

Spain to Send More Troops for Afghans

NATO to send fact-finding mission to Iraq next week

Afghanistan will need 10,000 NATO troops for election duty, minister says

Capture of Hussein Aides Spurred U.S. Interrogators

U.S. Investigates New Afghan Abuse Allegation

U.S. General Says Met Israeli Interrogator in Iraq

Soldiers Charged in Drowning Iraqis Reportedly Forced Into River

U.S. Army Charges 4 Soldiers in the Drowning Death of an Iraqi Man

July 2, 2004

Afghan Elections May Be Delayed Again

7 Held on Arms-Export Charges

British GI Faces Charge in Iraq Shooting

Warheads found in Iraq not chemical weapons, military says

Poland says ’terrorists’ were looking for poison gas warheads

New Guard Force Finds Welcome on Streets of Baghdad

New Swell of Insurgent Violence Rolls into Baghdad

Ex-Occupation Aide Sees No Dent in ’Saddamists’

Israeli Court Again Halts Work on Part of Barrier

Israel Will Ignore World Court Barrier Ruling

New Cuba Travel Limits May Sway Voters

Disappearing Prisoners

’What law, what resolution formed this court?’

Defiant Hussein Hears Charges in Court

Hussein, in Jail, Reportedly Said Little of Value

Defiant Hussein Rebukes Iraqi Court for Trying Him

Hawaii judge had role in Cassini trip to Saturn

Iraq Far Behind on U.N. Dues

Army Report Criticizes Training and Practices at Prisons

July 1, 2004

Japan, US secretly drafted response plans for Soviet invasion: report

One Killed, 26 Injured in Afghan Blasts

Infighting to Delay Vote in Afghanistan

Poppies Flood Afghanistan; Opium Tide May Yet Turn

Powell, in Sudan, Presses for Action

Powell and Annan See Hints of Disaster in Sudan

’We Want to Make a Light Baby’

60 Bosnian Serb Officials Fired Over War Suspect

60 Bosnian Serbs Dismissed for Aid to War Crimes Figure

Britain not sending any more troops to Iraq: report

Nightmare Goes on after Guantanamo Release, MPs Told

Underclass of Workers Created in Iraq

Defense bill could stifle computer trade

Underclass of Workers Created in Iraq

Warheads with mustard, sarin gas found by Polish troops

Under Desert Sands

Architecture of U.S. Control Begins to Soften

Hostage Broadcasts Spark Backlash Among Iraqis

First Public Appearance by Former Dictator in 7 Months

Insurgents Stage Attacks Across Iraq

Iraq reverts to Saddam-era flag

Israeli Court Orders Changes in Barrier

High Court Tells Israelis to Shift Part of Barrier

Israel Gov’t Scrambles to Reroute Barrier

Israel’s High Court: ’No Security Without Law’

Israeli Court Freezes Construction of Barrier

Israeli Forces Raid West Bank Town of Jericho

Macedonia Will Become a Member of NATO in Two Years Time

US plans huge show of force in Pacific

Saddam defiant in first court appearance

Iraq’s 12 accused

Iraq Assumes Legal Custody Of Hussein, 11 Deputies

Qatar convicts Russians in Chechen’s death

Russians Convicted of Murder in Qatar

Cassini Spacecraft Arrives At Saturn

McLaughlin Defends CIA, Cites Reform in Speech

Qatar Court Convicts 2 Russians in Top Chechen’s Death

CIA Felt Pressure to Alter Iraq Data, Author Says

Sanctions threat over Sudan crisis

Protecting U.S. troops

U.N. mission grounds Mi-8s

Pentagon Alerted to Trouble in Ranks

Army Will Recall More Than 5,000 Veterans From 48 States

Troops to Get Vaccines For Anthrax, Smallpox

Pentagon to Expand Its Anthrax Vaccinations

Stress in Returning Troops Cited

1 in 6 Iraq Veterans Is Found to Suffer Stress-Related Disorder

A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq

As U.S. recalls troops, rumors surge

In court, Saddam says Bush is ’the criminal’

Defiant Saddam rejects war crimes charges

June 30, 2004

Powell Tells Sudan To End Its Support For Darfur Militias

Eyewitnesses to Atrocities Along Frontier of Chad and Sudan

What drives US policy in Sudan?

Saddam’s Arsenal Could Destabilize Mideast

Archaeologists Seeking Pots Find WW2 Munition

Thailand gets 30 U.S. helicopters to fight militants

Greenpeace seeks early closure of Magnox plants

Mine Safety wins Army contract

Georgia Loosens Visa Regime

Attack Iran, US chief ordered British

Hussein To Face Charges in Iraq Court

Chalabi, Shunted to Sidelines, Shares His Playbook for Iraq

Abductions in Iraq Reflect New Strategy, U.S. Says

Mortar Attack Injures 11 U.S. GIs in Iraq

The hard part

US probe finds Iraqi security forces plagued by mass desertions

Israeli Court Orders Changes to Barrier in West Bank

Israeli Effort Fails to Halt Rocket Attacks

Israeli Military Plans Gaza Security Zone

Al-Qaeda Sought to Bomb Panama Canal, Honduran Security Says

Kuwait, Saudi Arabia insist Iraq pay Gulf War debt

Iran warms to the NATO card

U.S. Abandons First East Europe Outpost

NATO summit talks end on a sour note

Saddam to be turned over to Iraq

Legal Custody of Hussein and 11 Aides Is Transferred to Iraqis

U.S. Expels Two Guards at Iran’s U.N. Mission

Two Iranian Guards at U.N. Expelled for Filming New York Sites

CIA spying on Israeli banks

U.N. Helicopter Crashes In Sierra Leone, Killing 24

Army to Recall Soldiers For Iraq, Afghan Wars

Army Recalling 5,674 Who Left Service

Corporal Held by Militants Not a Deserter, Marines Say

Abducted Marine Had Reportedly Deserted

Military Plans to Call Up Soldiers Who Left Service

Prosecutor Predicts Arrest of Serb Leader

Iraq to Charge Saddam With War Crimes

June 29, 2004

Afghan Asks NATO to Protect Officials Registering Voters

Powell Says Sudan Must Restrain Militias

British Nuclear reactors to close down

Pentagon Brass and Military Contractors’ Gold

A Message From CACI

Report Examines Defense Hiring

Pentagon Brass and Military Contractors’ Gold

U.S. Expels 2 Guards at Iran U.N. Mission

U.S. Hands Authority To Iraq Two Days Early

The Missing

Iraq to Take Legal Custody of Hussein on Wednesday

Roadside Bomb Kills 3 U.S. Troops in Iraq

Iraq Videotape Seems to Show Killing of a G.I.

Israelis Roll Into Gaza to Find Rocket Sites

Palestinians Fire Rockets As Sharon Visits

Oviedo held on return to Paraguay

NATO Agrees to Help Train Iraqi Forces

Afghanistan set for centre stage at NATO summit

Karzai’s plea to Nato on troops

’Boston Phoenix’ IDs ’Anonymous’ CIA Officer

Court to Review Spies’ Right To Sue CIA Over Broken Vow

War on terror ’diverting spy resources’

Japan prepares push for place on Security Council

The Business of Rebuilding

From Occupation to ’Partnership’

Army to Call Up Retired and Discharged Troops

Croatian Serb leader jailed

U.S. Military Tribunal to Try 3 Suspects

June 28, 2004

Taliban Strikes Again

14 Afghans Are Killed for Registering to Vote

Sudanese Refugees Told to Stay Silent On Government

Chen defends massive Taiwan arms deal as parliament presses for cuts

Hill Anthrax response spread toxin

Power handed to Iraqis

Lebanese father appeals for release of US Marine in Iraq on Al-Jazeera

Counting the cost of war

Group Threatens Missing Marine 2 Americans Killed In Incidents in Iraq

Hours Later, Bremer Leaves Iraq; New Premier Outlines Agenda

U.S.-Led Forces Would Back Martial Law, Bush Says

Wary Iraqis Welcome the Handover but Ask, Now What?

In Anger, Ordinary Iraqis Are Joining the Insurgency

Palestinian Rockets From Gaza Kill Two Israelis

Bomb Under Gaza Base Kills Israeli Soldier and Hurts 5

NATO Partners Agree to Train Iraqi Troops

As Bush Confers With NATO, U.S. Is Seen Losing Its Edge

A NATO meeting of the minds?

NATO set to help Iraq after surprise handover

Hussein to Be in Iraqi Custody ’Very Soon,’ New Premier Says

Guerrilla Raids Force Chechen Refugees to Flee Again

Court to Hear Former Communist Spies Case

Court to Decide if Cold War Spies Can Sue CIA

Uncertainty About Interrogation Rules

Thousands in Guard units prepare for Iraq

Foreign forces, contractors given immunity in Iraq

June 27, 2004

Taliban Kill 16 Afghans Carrying Voter Cards

In Sudan, Death and Denial

Lockheed Martin Scuttles Titan Acquisition

New Iraqi police fight US troops who trained them

Biggest Task for U.S. General Is Training Iraqis to Fight Iraqis

U.S. Edicts Curb Power Of Iraq’s Leadership

Clashes Engulf Center of Baqubah

Insurgency Leaves U.S. Forces Baffled

Looking at the Costs if Iraq Goes Up in Smoke

Israeli Raid Kills Six

7 Militants Die in Israeli Raid in West Bank

Israel Helicopter Fires Missiles in Gaza - Witnesses

Palestinians Blow Up Israeli Army Post in Gaza

Bush Meets With Leader of Turkey Ahead of NATO Summit

Israel ready to help in NATO security

Pakistan Premier Resigns, Replaced by General’s Ally

Pakistani Premier Forced Out in Favor of Finance Minister

Cassini Set for 4 - Year Orbit of Saturn

CIA Puts Harsh Tactics On Hold

Report: CIA Halts Interrogation Tactics

Rumsfeld: More U.S. Troops for Iraq Not Essential

June 26, 2004

2 U.S. Marines Killed in Afghan Attack

U.N. Chief to Join Powell in Sudan to Try to Halt Massacres

Briton Condemns Proposed U.S. Trials

The multibillion robbery the US calls reconstruction

China’s military threat

Foes of U.S. in Iraq Criticize Insurgents

U.S. Forces, Iraqi Police Take Action After Attacks

Iraqi Insurgents Are Surprisingly Cohesive, Armitage Says

Army Used Speed and Might, Plus Cash, Against Shiite Rebel

U.S. Attacks Falluja as Iraqis Renew Hint of Martial Law

Israel Troops Kill 7 Palestinians in Raid

U.S. and European Union Pledge NATO Aid for Iraq

Faulty Air Switch In Astronaut Suit Ended Spacewalk For American

CIA Analyst Assails War on Terrorism

Axis of Deceit

Kofi Annan requests the Ukraine to protect the UN personnel in Iraq.

U.N. Hopes U.S. Won’t Pull Peace Forces

More GIs At Prison May Face Charges

Over 60 Days, Troops Suppressed an Uprising

Former CIA Contractor to Be Jailed Until Trial in Afghan Prisoner Assault

C.I.A. Contractor to Be Held Till Trial

June 25, 2004

Leaders to Discuss Central Africa Crisis

Powell to Go to Sudan Over Regional Strife

Iran Frees British Servicemen Seized in Boats

British Sailors Freed, but Issues Remain

100 Iraqis Killed in Wave of Attacks

Adversary’s Tactics Leave Troops Surprised, Exhausted

New U.S. Airstrike on Suspected Rebel Hideout in Falluja

Facing Eviction, Some Gaza Settlers Are Defiant and Some Pragmatic

Arafat Agrees to Appoint Security Chief

Bush Seeks NATO Help on Iraq

NATO Envoys Strike Tentative Deal on Iraq Training

Putin plans to bolster forces in Caucasus

Bush Considers Goss for CIA Director

House Committee Says C.I.A. Is Courting Disaster

Report: Turkish FM leaked story of Mossad in Kurd regions

MP Captain Tells of Efforts to Hide Details of Detainee’s Death

New Job in Iraq Will Be as Top U.S. Military Leader

Testimony Ties Key Officer to Cover-Up of Iraqi Death

U.S. Seeks a Deal to Shield Americans From Iraq’s Courts

June 24, 2004

Afghan Officials Deny Reports of Soldiers Beheading Prisoners

Saudis to Let Foreigners Carry Weapons

Britain’s Guantanamo

Iran Frees British Troops Seized on Border With Iraq

Detained British troops ’free to leave’

Death Threat Leveled at New Iraqi Premier; U.S. on Alert in Falluja

After Beheading, Extremists Threaten Iraq’s Interim Leader

Dozens Are Killed as Rebel Attacks Ripple Across Iraq

Militants threaten to kill Allawi

Former Israeli Soldiers Tell of Harassment of Palestinians

NATO invites Russia, Ukraine to join Mediterranean patrols

Russians Pursue Insurgents

Pakistani restrictions slow U.S. search for bin Laden

Tenet furious over scathing CIA report

CIA insider says U.S. fighting wrong war

Air defense

Rules Change on Seeing Troops’ Remains Return

Air force drops Canada friendly-fire court-martial

U.S. Immunity in Iraq Will Go Beyond June 30

U.S. Abandons Plan for Court Exemption

U.S. Drops Plan to Exempt G.I.’s From U.N. Court

June 23, 2004

Results of air exercise with India a "wake-up call" for US

Turkey seizes weapons cache on truck coming from Iraq

Poland interested in buying Czech fighter aircraft

British troops could be court martialed in Iraq: defence ministry

Iran to Release Eight British Sailors

U.S. Kills 20 Foreign Fighters in Iraq, Official Says

S. Korean Is Beheaded in Iraq

Peace activists find no peace in visit to Iraq

U.S. Urges Israel to Begin Dismantling Outposts in the West Bank

Israel Probes Army Abuse Claims in Photo Exhibit

Egyptian Envoy Tries to Push Israel Plan

Israel Won’t Let Egypt Push Peace Talks

Saudis Offer Militants One-Month Amnesty

Iraqi PM requests NATO help, not troops

NATO develops joint antiterror package

Pakistan Army Says 30 Tribesmen Killed

Legal, Not Physical, Hussein Transfer Described by Aide

Saddam’s Prison Letter

Afghan detainees routinely tortured and humiliated by US troops

Major Raid Kills 57 in Ingushetia

75 Die as Chechen Rebels Stage Raid Across Border

Spacewalk To Repair Station to Proceed

Book by C.I.A. Officer Says U.S. Is Losing Fight Against Terror

Too Many Secrets, Says Secrecy Czar

Wolfowitz Says Iraq Stay Could Last Years

Wolfowitz Testifies Pentagon Misjudged the Strength of Iraqi Insurgency

General: U.S. Dominance of Skies May Wane

Air Force Testing Robot Vehicles

U.S. Alters Its Plan for Exemption at Court

U.S. Drops Effort to Gain Immunity for Its Troops

U.S. Drops U.N. Bid for War Crime Shield

War Crimes Court Launches Congo Probe

June 22, 2004

BBC takes radio news lead in Iraq

Security firm’s $293m deal under scrutiny

Plan puts Colombia on offensive

Colombia’s opportunity

British Sailors to Face Charges, Iran TV Says

In Iran, Terrorism Remains A Matter of Perspective

Three British Patrol Boats, Eight Sailors Held by Iran

Iran Seizes 3 British Navy Boats and Detains 8 Sailors

In Iran, Terrorism Remains A Matter of Perspective

U.S. Official Cites ’Progress’ but Sees G.I.’s in Iraq for Years

Death Stalks An Experiment In Democracy

’Bush Is a Great Actor’

U.S. Envoy Wants Israel Settlement Freeze

Israel’s Intelligence Scandal

Palestinians Wary of Egypt’s Role in Gaza

Four die in crash of two Bolivian air force planes

Slovakia’s new president opposes troop withdrawal from Iraq

Ukrainian parliament approves military reform

Russia, NATO, hold joint antiterrorist wargame in Kaliningrad enclave

Bomb wounds Turkish officer

Pakistan military starts month-long war games

Rules on Prisoners Seen as Sending Mixed Messages to G.I.’s

U.S. Approved Use of Dogs Against Prisoners

Armed clashes erupt in Russian republic near Chechnya

Rebel Raid Near Chechnya Is Said to Kill at Least 75 People

Starship Private Enterprise

Manned Private Craft Reaches Space in a Milestone for Flight

Developing a ’robust space industry’

Bush Considers Replacing C.I.A. Chief More Quickly

International Man of Mystery

Pentagon: Methods were OKd

NATO Tries Ads, Again, to Capture War Suspect

Will the World Give US War Crimes Immunity?

June 21, 2004

Ghost of war past haunts Afghanistan

US urges Taiwan to boost defence capabilities: report

Malaysia accepts U.S. aid, but not patrols, in strait

Hoon dismisses Iraq mutilation claims

Federal Contracts SRA to Ease Moves of Military Families

US urges Taiwan to boost defence capabilities: report

Debate rages on after EU deal

Austrian army to be cut by half: minister

U.K. Navy Investigates Report Iran Seizes Its Boats (Update4)

IRAN-UK NAVAL DISPUTE

Iran seizes three British navy boats, arrests eight: official

Iran Seizes 3 British Vessels and Crew of 8

U.S. Forces Plan Lower Profile

Iraq Leader Says Army Will Target Insurgents

U.S. Is Quietly Spending $2.5 Billion From Iraqi Oil Revenues

Iraq Government Considers Using Emergency Rule

Iraq Might Welcome a Strongman

The Secrets of Occupation: Scott Taylor on Iraq

Israeli Warplanes Hit Lebanese Guerrilla Site

Israel and Hezbollah Clash

Saudis Seek American’s Body as Militants Vow More Terror

Saudis Barricade Area in Capital

Large scale wargame begins in Russian Far East: fleet spokesman

Assailants seize Interior Ministry building

Pilot Guides Private Plane Beyond Atmosphere, a First

Great space expectations

Intelligence: The Pentagon-Spying in America?

Russians Surprised by Putin’s Comments on Saddam’s Terror Plans

CIA Wants Cheney Out of Senate Intel Report

US Accused over Senior Iraqi

U.S. Is Accused of Trying to Isolate U.N. Agency

Generals face Abu Ghraib hearings

Generals face Abu Ghraib hearings

UK troops accused of mutilating Iraqi bodies

June 20, 2004

Sudan to Disarm Militias

Life in Congo: Another Coup, Another Crisis

Rwanda accuses Congo of massing troops

Legacy of Indonesian Reform

Blair Confronts Political Burdens of Iraq

Mistakes Loom Large as Handover Nears

U.S. Strike In Fallujah Kills 20

While Building Police, Iraqis Will Reduce Force

Kurds Advancing to Reclaim Land in Northern Iraq

Iraqi Leader Announces Plans to Reorganize Security Forces

Strike Aimed at Terrorists Kills 17 in Falluja

Iraq’s Allawi Welcomes U.S. Strike That Killed 22

Senior officer of Fallujah Brigade disputes U.S. airstrike target

Israelis Say They Have Foiled Planned Attacks by Militants

Saudis Kill 4 Al Qaeda Militants

4 Killed After Hostage’s Death Are Called Saudi Cell’s Leaders

Military Booted 770 in 2003 for Being Gay

June 19, 2004

Taliban Attack Afghan Government Office

Anatomy of two arms dealers

Tension Persists in Hong Kong

EU leaders face hard sell on constitution

EU Leaders Frame First Constitution

Leaders Reach Agreement on a European Constitution

A U.S. Airstrike Kills at Least 22 in Falluja

At Least 20 Said Killed in Falluja Airstrike

Iraqi officials ponder use of harsh Saddam-era laws

Hamas Scrambles for Role in Running Gaza

Israeli Copters Strike Gaza Metal Workshop

Islamic Radicals Behead American In Saudi Arabia

Acting on Threat, Saudi Militant Group Kills Captive American

No Saudi Payment to Qaeda Is Found

High-Profile Attacks Force Pakistan to Confront Extremists

Russia Warned U.S. About Iraq, Putin Says

Putin Says U.S. Was Alerted to Possible Attacks by Iraq

A Man of Violence, or Just ’110 Percent’ Gung-Ho?

The Cold War’s Classified Skyhook Program

Marine Commander Admits Iraqi Unit Has Been Erratic

China Won’t Support U.S. On Exemption From Court

Annan Against U.S. Peacekeeper Immunity

U.S. Charges Man in Afghan Death

US Lacks Votes for Immunity from War Crimes Court

June 18, 2004

10 Die As Warlords Overrun Afghan Town

West African Nations to Create Military

South Korea to Send 3,000 Troops to Iraq

UK - UPSET AS ANTI-TERRORIST POLICE SCOUR BARNS VILLAGE

Lockheed, Others Get Liability Shield

41 Iraqis Killed in Two Car-Bomb Attacks

Israel Plans ’Remote Control Border’

Arafat climbdown stuns Palestinians

Acting on Threat, Saudi Group Kills Captive American

NATO Head Says Alliance Credibility on Brink

Pakistan Troops Kill Wanted Tribal Leader

Rumsfeld admits secret prisoner detention

Navy secretary to lead reviews in Guantanamo

Rumsfeld Admits He Told Jailers to Keep Detainee in Iraq

Putin Says Russia Gave U.S. Intel on Iraq

CIA contractor indicted in prisoner’s death

How Feuds and Failures Affected American Intelligence

UN agency set to rap Iran over nuclear program: US makes new accusation

Senate Votes to Add 20,000 Soldiers to Army

Annan Rebukes U.S. for Move to Give Its Troops Immunity

Annan Opposes Exempting U.S. From Court

China Will Not Back U.S. on Immunity from New Court

U.S. Immunity Demand Could Divide U.N.

June 17, 2004

New Video Purports to Show Qaeda Training in Afghanistan

West African defence chiefs meet on regional security

Russia, China, C. Asia in Security Pact

House Backs Security Contract for Accenture

The Ties That Blind How Reagan Armed Saddam with Chemical Weapons

2nd in Command in Hong Kong Joins Efforts to Ease Tensions

Attack by Colombia Rebels Threatens Fragile Talks

Iraq 1917

Militants kill Iraqi oil chief, bomb pipeline

Radical Iraqi Cleric Orders His Fighters to Put Down Their Arms

2 Car Bombings in Iraq Kill at Least 35 and Wound Over 100

Iraq Car Bombs Kill 41, Wound Nearly 150

Israel Seeks Bids to Dig Deep Gaza Trench

Israel Launches Gaza Moat Plan

Guatemalans Divided 50 Years After Coup

Pakistan Targets Militant Base Near Afghan Border

Fate of scientist, other captured Iraqis unclear after handover

Rumsfeld ordered prisoner to be held off the books in Iraq: Pentagon

Human Rights Watch: Official US Policy to Blame for Torture

CIA contractor charged in prisoner’s death

U.S. Sets Conditions for Detainee Transfer

Spy Work in Iraq Riddled by Failures

Senate Backs Increase in Army Troop Strength

Prison Guards Dispirited by Scandal

Wolfowitz: Troops to Stay in Iraq as Long as Needed

Accused contractor at Abu Ghraib says he told guards what to do

Annan Against U.S. War Crimes Exemption

Annan: U.S. Bid to Limit New Global Court Is ’Wrong’

June 16, 2004

Bomb Hits NATO Vehicle in Afghanistan

U.S. concerned by Israel, Russia arms dealings with China

Pentagon Waste in Iraq May Total Billions, Investigators Say

Auditor describes waste, cost overruns in Iraq contracts

Congress Tackles Outsourcing Issues at Defense, IRS, Homeland Security

Iraq Work Awarded to Veteran of Civil Wars

Thai troops to leave Iraq by September

2 Pipeline Blasts Halt Oil Exports at Top Iraq Port

Rebel Cleric Tells Fighters in 2 Iraqi Cities to Return Home

New Attack on Oil Pipeline in Iraq

Prison Tactics A Longtime Dilemma

Dispute Over Pinochet Book Claims Another Casualty

Russia and NATO to stage military exercises in Kaliningrad

NATO Chief Leaves Door Open for Iraq Role

Soldier: Commander Tried to Change Report

Iraq Seeks Custody of Hussein; Bush Has Security Concerns

U.S. May Cede Legal Custody Of Hussein

Top Iraqi Official Objects To Treatment as POW

CIA Director Meets With Egypt’s President

Silent witnesses: 20 million civilians lost to the world

June 15, 2004

Afghanistan’s Karzai Presses U.S. Congress for Help

Bush outlines initiatives to help Afghanistan

Bush Outlines New Afghanistan Initiatives

Bush Touts Afghanistan as Model for Iraq

Zimbabwe stocks up on jets, arms

Maoist Attack in Nepal Kills 21 Policemen

Boeing Wins Navy Contract to Replace Sub Chasers

Commission Urges NASA to Widen Role for Businesses

Colombia to Deepen Talks with Paramilitaries

A Godless continent?

Iran massing troops on Iraq border

Violence Engulfing Iraq

General Casey named to head Iraq command

US Army launches 445 million dollar campaign to win

US Army chief: Iraq "cannot be won militarily"

21 Killed in Iraq and Dozens Hurt in Bomb Attacks

Bush Plans to Transfer Hussein to Iraqis, but No Timetable Yet

A Nightmare Come True

Israel confiscates Palestinian land to build settlement barrier

Israel Weighs Major W. Bank Construction

Israelis to Extend Barrier Deeper Into West Bank

Bolivians Burn Alive Mayor Accused of Corruption

Qaeda Escalates Battle in Saudi with U.S. Death Threat

Islamic Group Shows Tape of U.S. Hostage

Iraq Prison Abuse Copied Guantanamo, Karpinski Says

Saddam was tortured, says lawyer

U.S. military makes changes in jails

For Freed Iraqis, Mixed Emotions

Panel Suggests Changes at NASA Report Encourages Some Privatization

Spying in America

Iran hits out at European trio

US will reduce number of divisions in Germany:

June 14, 2004

Military Alters Afghan Prison Procedures

Karzai’s plan to utilize Taliban draws ire

Afghan President Ready for Elections

Sudan Hinders Aid Groups Going to Darfur -UN

Zimbabwe reveals China arms deal

France, Israel to sign $150m-$200m weapons deal

Israel, France to sign multi-million dollar defense deal

Malaysia to deploy new paramilitary marine force

Land Mine Kills 22 Nepal Police Officers

Japan’s Parliament Boosts War Readiness

Independent inquiry into Gulf war illnesses

Britain’s Blair Limits NATO Role in Iraq to Training

Halliburton ’mismanaged $8bn in Iraq’

EADS and Dassault Aviation to cooperate on drone programs

Boeing Wins Navy Contract to Build Plane

Contracts Awarded States News Service

Federal Contract Updated Computers for the B-52

White House Officials and Cheney Aide Approved Halliburton

Financially ailing companies point to Iraq war

Vietnam’s war against Agent Orange

Second Iraqi government official assassinated in 24 hours

Car Bomb Kills Five Foreigners in Iraq

Baghdad Blasts Kill 12 Iraqis, Soldier

In Race to Give Power to Iraqis, Electricity Lags

Shiite Cleric Is Forming Party That May Play Role in Elections

Truck Bombing in Baghdad Follows Violent Weekend

Israel Confiscates Swaths of West Bank

Israel to Begin Controversial Phase of Barrier Construction

Israeli Strike Kills Palestinian Leader

Israel’s Sharon Survives No-Confidence Vote

Victims in Riyadh Had Military Link

Saudi Security Forces Search for a Missing American

Ukraine not ready to join NATO: Kuchma

Pakistan Arrests Key al-Qaida Figure

Abu Ghraib relatives rail against US as prisoner release continues

Red Cross wants prisoners freed on June 30

Rights Groups Say Hussein’s Status Will Change on June 30

"A Temporary Coup"

CIA Declassifies Most of Senate Iraq WMD Report

Recruiters Try New Tactics to Sell Wartime Army

GIs marching away from re-enlistment

Contractor Immunity a Divisive Issue

June 13, 2004

U.S. Marines Kill 80 Rebels in Afghanistan

U.N.: Sudan Forces, Militias Execute Civilians

UK sells WMD components to ’axis of evil’ countries

BA flight crews will not stay in Saudi Arabia

Speculators hope to cash in on Iraq’s new dinar

Iraqi General: US Helped Us as We Used Chemical Weapons

Army Withholds Chemical Attack Antidote

European voters batter governing parties

Iraq President Won’t Destroy Abu Ghraib Prison

Another Iraqi Official Is Killed; At Least 12 Die in Car Blast

Iraqis Start to Exercise Power Even Before Date for Turnover

Road for Relief Team Is Gantlet of Enemy Fire

Israel Says Children Enlist Children as Suicide Bombers

The Crisis Without End

Israel would move two main Gaza crossing points

Red Cross Urges Release of Iraqi POWs

In ’54, leftist Guatemalan leader no match for CIA

Nazi commander ’was CIA agent’

Iraq Tactics Have Long History With U.S. Interrogators

Fury as MI5 describe IRA terror as ’just’

This Spy for Rent

No ’Weekend Warriors’ as U.S. Towns Count Guard Dead

Errors Are Seen in Early Attacks on Iraqi Leaders

Mr. Bush’s Mismatch

June 12, 2004

Congo ’Coup’ Leader in Hiding as Doubts Emerge

Ghana, Nigeria and Pakistan to assure Sierra Leone security come December

Thailand Vows to Launch Offensive in Restive South

Md. Lab Ships Live Anthrax In Error

Blair’s Party Takes a Drubbing at Polls

British warships collide off coast during ’Sea Day’ show

In Shift, Rebel Iraqi Cleric Backs New Government He Had Once Mocked

U.S. Retools Hussein Pleasure Palace as Camp Victory

Iraqis Put Contempt For Troops On Display

Iraqi Kidnappers Kill Lebanese Hostage

Hamas: Attacks Against Israel to Continue

Al-Qaida Claims U.S. Slaying and Hostage

The Road to Democracy, via Damascus

Pakistani Troops Move Close to al-Qaida

U.S. Plans to Release 650 From Abu Ghraib

Spacecraft Nears End of 7-Year Trip to Saturn

Cassini spacecraft flys by Saturn’s largest outer moon

Army Policy Bars Interrogations by Private Contractors

General Granted Latitude At Prison Abu Ghraib Used Aggressive Tactics

Interrogators Hired for Iraq Despite Ban

Bosnian Serbs Admit Responsibility for the Massacre of 7,000

Bosnian Serbs Admit Massacre of Muslims

June 11, 2004

Taliban Suspected in Killing of 11 Chinese Workers

South Africa to send 10 military observers to Sudan

Congo Guards Mount Apparent Coup Bid

Coup Attempt in Congo Put Down by Troops

South Koreans Mixed Over Pullout Plan

S. Korea to Deploy 3,600 Troops to Iraq

U.S., Bosnia Sign Agreement on Military Cooperation

Labour suffers election ’kicking’ There was little to cheer Labour

US probes Halliburton payments to Nigeria

Spyware law delay sought in Utah

Panama Canal operating smoothly

50,000 troops in Gulf illness scare

’Fears over Gulf War chemicals’

An Antidote for Chemicals Is Out of Reach

Kurds Find U.S. Alliance Is Built on Shifting Sands

Cleric’s Aide Backs New Iraq Government; Clashes Continue

Rebel Cleric’s Fighters Seize a Police Station in Najaf

Gunmen Raid Police Station Near Baghdad

Israel to Offer Compensation if Settlers Leave Now

Israel Settler Payments Could Start Soon

Alleged Plot to Kill Saudi Ruler Detailed

Ukraine accuses NATO assembly of interfering in its affairs

Bush Doesn’t Expect NATO to Provide Troops for Iraq

Bush says training may be NATO role

US Has Big Military Plans for Small Pacific Island

Remote Facility in Iraq Shows New Face of U.S. Prison System

Use of Dogs to Scare Prisoners Was Authorized

Key shift in Russia military command

6 Acquitted in Killing of Russian Journalist

Cassini Spacecraft Bears Down on Saturn

Venezuelan Police Find Arms at TV Station’s Offices

Bosnian Serbs Admit Massacre of Muslims

Serbs admit to 1995 massacre

June 10, 2004

Sudan blames West for Darfur conflict

Divided army puts Congo peace accord at risk of collapse

Some Aussies Say No to US Bases

Iraq war boosts global military spending

MIDEAST ARMS SPENDING RISES BY 10%

World conflicts drop, arms spending rockets

Lawmakers Oppose Plan to Ease Sales of U.S. Arms

Calif. Researchers Unaware Anthrax Live

Britons Punish Blair at Polling Booths Over Iraq

U.S. Contractor CACI Responds to Suit Over Iraq Abuse

Army to begin destroying deadly nerve agent at Indiana depot

Army Withholds Chemical Attack Antidote

China Says Doubts N.Korea Has Uranium Program

Kurds Win Round on Constitution

Gaza Settlers Urged to Leave Before Vote

Two Are Said to Tell of Libyan Plot to Kill Saudi Ruler

Leaders Dispute NATO Role in Iraq

Bush: New NATO Troops in Iraq Not Likely

Militant’s Defiance Puts Pakistan’s Resolve in Doubt

U.S. Halves Prisoner Numbers at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib

Despite a Pledge to Speed Work, Fixing an Internal Problem Takes Time

U.N. to Keep Distance in Iraq Because of Safety Fears

Document warns Guantanamo employees not to talk

June 9, 2004

Global Military Spending Soars in 2003

World Military Spending Surges But Hard to Sustain

US seeks new African peace force

Czech government approves lease of 14 Gripen fighter jets from Sweden

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