AP - An American held in Iraq by the U.S. military has had his conviction and death sentence overturned by an Iraqi court, the man's American lawyer said Friday.
AP - Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Friday that unless a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian agreement is reached during the Bush administration's final months, the chances for a lasting Middle East peace could be "set back, perhaps for decades."
AP - Lebanon on Friday released 13 Iraqis who had been detained for staying in the country illegally. The move was expected to lead to the release of Iraqis who fled their wartorn country.
AP - Britain and France on Friday delayed a U.N. Security Council vote on new sanctions against Iran while they try to get more support for the resolution.
Reuters - France and Britain have again
delayed a U.N. Security Council vote on a third round of
sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program in an effort to
win over skeptics, diplomats said on Friday.
AP - As of Friday, Feb. 29, 2008, at least 3,973 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,237 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
AP - A military prosecutor has appealed a judge's decision to throw out a subpoena seeking unaired footage of a CBS News interview given by a Marine squad leader charged in the killings of 24 Iraqis.
AP - Authorities on Friday confirmed that the deadly toxin ricin was found in a motel room most recently occupied by a man who has been in critical condition with breathing problems at a hospital for more than two weeks.
AP - Gunmen abducted a Chaldean Catholic archbishop soon after he left Mass in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the latest in what church members called a series of attacks against Iraq's small Christian community.
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON? None of the 26 buildings in the new $740 million U.S. Embassy complex in Baghdad is ready to be occupied. Fire alarms intended to safeguard more than 1,000 U.S. government employees aren't working. Kitchens in some of the buildings are fire hazards.