Marines suffer first casualties in Afghan campaign
(AP: Thu, 02 Jul) U.S. Marines suffered their first casualties of a massive new military campaign Thursday as they engaged in sporadic gunbattles along 55 miles of Taliban-controlled heartland in southern Afghanistan. |
OAS chief says sanctions likely in Honduras
(AP: Thu, 02 Jul) A top diplomat said Thursday he is heading to Honduras to demand the return of the president toppled at gunpoint — a mission he said is likely to meet rejection, bringing diplomatic and economic punishment for the impoverished Central American nation. |
NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared
(AP: Thu, 02 Jul) North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast Thursday, a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the July Fourth holiday. |
FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refuge
(AP: Thu, 02 Jul) After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was caught hiding at the same farm where he had fled in 1959 after taking part in an attempt to kill the country's prime minister. |
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French: Air France plane hit the sea belly first
(AP: Thu, 02 Jul) Air France Flight 447 slammed into the Atlantic Ocean, intact and belly first, at such a high speed that the 228 people aboard probably had no time to even inflate their life jackets, French investigators said Thursday in their first report into the June 1 accident. |
India's Historic Ruling on Gay Rights
(Time.com: Thu, 02 Jul) India's High Court decriminalizes homosexuality, winning applause from activists, the ire of conservatives, and possibly opening the way for gay rights groups in neighboring countries |
Top officer among soldiers killed in Afghanistan
(AFP: Thu, 02 Jul) Two soldiers have been killed in an explosion in southern Afghanistan, including the first commanding officer to die in operations since 1991, the Ministry of Defence said Thursday. |
US vice president in Iraq
(AP: Thu, 02 Jul) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns. |
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