AP - As of Saturday, March 22, 2008, at least 3,996 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 3,253 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
AP - A roadside bomb killed three American soldiers north of Baghdad on Saturday, pushing the U.S. death toll in the five-year conflict to nearly 4,000.
AP - In a bold defense of Israel, Vice President Dick Cheney said Saturday that the United States wants a new beginning for the Palestinian people but will never pressure Israel to take steps that would jeopardize its security.
Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney, starting
a visit on Saturday to try to push forward Israeli-Palestinian
peace talks, said Washington would never pressure Israel to
take steps that threaten its security.
Palestinian talks in Yemen seen stalled
(Reuters)
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Reuters - Reconciliation talks between Palestinian
factions Fatah and Hamas appeared to have stalled on Saturday,
as the two sides wrangled over proposals about the future of
the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
AFP - US Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday promised an "unshakeable" defense of Israel's security and assured Palestinians of US "goodwill" as he launched an Easter weekend bid to revive peace efforts.
AFP - Thousands of peace activists rallied in downtown New York Saturday to mark five years since the US-led invasion of Iraq and to call for an immediate withdrawal of US troops.
AFP - Hundreds of demonstrators from member countries of NATO laid siege to the alliance's headquarters on the outskirts of Brussels Saturday to mark the fifth anniversary of the Iraq war.
AFP - A US helicopter gunship fired on and killed six Iraqis near the central Iraq city of Samarra on Saturday, an anti-Qaeda leader and the American military said.