AP - Jury selection began Wednesday for the trial of eight British men accused of planning to bomb airliners bound for the United States and Canada in order to kill hundreds of passengers in a major terrorism plot.
AP - As of Wednesday, April 2, 2008, at least 4,011 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 3,271 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
AP - The trial of a former Fort Campbell soldier charged with raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and murdering her and her family has been delayed by two weeks because of a quilt show.
AP - Saudi Arabia most likely would develop nuclear weapons if Iran acquires them, according to a report to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
AP - The Pentagon's ability to reduce troop levels in Iraq will hinge on how well the Iraqis handle violent outbreaks like the recent operations in Basra, and how many U.S. troops are needed to assist them, the Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday.
AP - A military veteran who became a government informant testified Wednesday that one of three men accused of planning to kill U.S. soldiers overseas sought him out for help training recruits for the plot.
AFP - The chief of the US military said Wednesday it was too soon to tell who won or lost the Iraqi government's fight against Shiite militiamen in Basra.
AP - China gave the International Atomic Energy Agency intelligence about Iran's nuclear program despite Beijing's opposition to harsh U.N. Security Council sanctions on Tehran, according to diplomats familiar with the matter.
Reuters - Al Qaeda deputy Ayman al-Zawahri's
responses to Internet questions submitted by the public will be
released soon, probably within the next three days, a terrorism
monitoring service said on Wednesday.
Reuters - Violence in Baghdad and southern
Iraq will not derail U.S. plans to withdraw combat troops from
the war zone through July, the top U.S. military officer said
on Wednesday.