| Five NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan FIVE NATO soldiers, four of them Americans, were killed today in war-torn Afghanistan, the alliance said in a statement, in a day of violence which left six others dead and 26 wounded. news.com.au |
Video Shows Failed Bomber Before Attack An Arabic-language television channel has broadcast excerpts of what it said was a martyrdom video by Faisal Shahzad, who pleaded guilty last month to trying to detonate a bomb in Times Square. feeds.nytimes.com |
Warning fired as Iran boosts navy IRAN kicked off mass production of two classes of high-speed missile-launching assault boats today, warning its enemies not to "play with fire" as it boosts security along its coastline. news.com.au |
U.S. Gift for Iraqi Students Offers a Primer on Corruption A shipment of computer laptops to Iraq was part of the American military’s mission to win hearts and minds, but the good intentions were mugged by Iraq’s reality. feeds.nytimes.com |
Baghdad Journal: On Iraqi Television, Crying Out for the Missing The Iraqis who call in to “Patron of the Oppressed” describe how searches of prisons, police stations, hospitals and morgues have left them with no clues to loved ones’ whereabouts. feeds.nytimes.com |