AP - Republican John McCain said he worries that terrorists might try to influence the November general election with increased attacks in Iraq.
AP - The House on Friday approved a Democratic bill that would set rules for the government's eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mails inside the United States. The bill, approved as lawmakers departed for a two-week break, faces a veto threat from President Bush. The margin of House approval was 213-197, largely along party lines.
AP - As of Friday, March 14, 2008, at least 3,987 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 3,241 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Reuters - Iran began counting votes on Saturday
that are likely to keep conservatives in control of parliament
after many opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad were
blocked from standing in the election.
AP - The Bush administration's Mideast envoy pushed Israel and the Palestinians to speed up peace negotiations Friday at the first meeting the U.S. has attended since talks resumed nearly four months ago.
AP - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said Friday he hopes the men charged with participating in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks are not executed if found guilty to avoid making martyrs of them.
Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez dared
the United States on Friday to impose sanctions on his OPEC
nation as a terrorism sponsor after U.S. officials said they
were investigating his support for Colombian rebels.
AFP - The recent republication of contentious Danish caricatures of the prophet Mohammed has increased the threat of attacks in Denmark and against Danes abroad, the national intelligence service said Friday.
AP - Like no other candidate, John McCain has linked his campaign for president to an unpopular war
Reuters - Members of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada
al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia clashed with Iraqi police in the
southern city of Kut on Friday, a day after a close Sadr aide
ordered militiamen to abide by a ceasefire, police said.