Jul 18 U.S. Soldier Killed in Fallujah Bombing As "Guerrilla" Tactics Continue An American soldier in Iraq was killed Friday when a bomb detonated in a city west of Baghdad as attacks continue in what has been deemed by a top U.S. military official as "guerrilla" warfare against coalition forces patrolling the… Continue reading
Jul 17 U.S. Accuses Cuba of Jamming Broadcasts to Iran The U.S. government and corporate officials have accused Cuba of jamming U.S.-based satellite broadcasts of news and other information into Iran. Continue reading
Jul 16 Congress Moves to Overturn New Media Ownership Rules A House committee on Wednesday voted to roll back a key part of new media ownership regulations adopted by the Federal Communications Commission last month. Continue reading
Jul 16 Watch General John Abizaid: Iraq Situation Report Gen. John Abizaid, the new head of U.S. Central Command, said that U.S. troops are still at war. He fielded questions at his first formal media briefing in Washington. Continue watching
Jul 14 New York Times Names New Executive Editor The New York Times named Bill Keller, a former Times managing editor and Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent, as its new executive editor on Monday, six weeks after the newspaper's top editors resigned amid a plagiarism scandal. Continue reading
Jul 10 South Korea Accuses North of Working to Produce Nuclear Weapons South Korea warned neighboring North Korea on Thursday not to aggravate the continuing diplomatic stalemate over its nuclear weapons program. Continue reading
Jul 09 Rumsfeld Defends Pre- and Post-Iraq War Actions The United States did not go to war with Iraq based on new evidence that Saddam Hussein was attempting to acquire weapons of mass destruction, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld told the Senate Armed Services Committee Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 07 Attacks Kill Three Soldiers, General Says No More Troops Needed in Iraq The outgoing commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said he saw no reason to increase the number of troops deployed in the war-torn country, despite continuing attacks that left another three American soldiers and a British journalist dead in Baghdad. Continue reading
Jul 07 U.S. Begins TV Broadcasts to Iran The U.S. government launched a new Persian-language television broadcast in Iran on Sunday, beaming 30-minute nightly newscasts to the millions of Iranians watching satellite television. Continue reading
Jul 03 Key Riyadh Bombing Suspect Killed in Firefight The top al-Qaida official sought by Saudi Arabia for his role in the May suicide attacks in the Saudi capital was killed in a gun battle as police moved in to arrest him. Continue reading