AFP - Fifteen British troops who were held by Iran for two weeks last year were in disputed waters when they were captured, not in Iraqi waters as the government had publicly claimed, The Times reported Thursday.
Reuters - The United States should offer to
protect countries in the Middle East from Iran if those
countries forgo nuclear weapons of their own, Democratic
presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.
AP - Get out at any cost? Or stay in it to win it, no matter what it takes?
AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday expressed grave concern at the mounting violence in the Gaza Strip and southern Israel and urged all parties to show restraint.
AP - Israel struck hard against targets in Gaza on Wednesday, killing at least 20 Palestinians in a day of heavy fighting that also saw three Israeli soldiers killed in a Hamas ambush.
AP - Obama reports income of $4.2 million in 2007 tax returns, paid $1.4 million in taxes ... Poll: Clinton's lead in Pennsylvania narrows ... Obama criticizes Carter on Hamas meeting, tries to reassure Jewish leaders ... Promoting his economic agenda, McCain says he needs the dialogue on the issue ... Clinton endorsed by 45,000-member plasterers and cement masons union ... Clinton supporter says McCain is too old for the rigors of the presidency
AP - As of Wednesday, April 16, 2008, at least 4,036 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 3,295 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
AP - The European Union has called on Iran to open its nuclear program to greater international scrutiny by joining a treaty that would let other nations review safety at its nearly finished nuclear plant.
AP - Forced to leave the combat zone after his two brothers died in the Iraq war, Army Spc. Jason Hubbard faced another battle once he returned home: The military cut off his family's health care, stopped his G.I. educational subsidies and wanted him to repay his sign-up bonus.
McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD? Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki told European lawmakers Wednesday that his administration is closer than ever to defeating al Qaida-allied Sunni Muslim extremists, a day after bombings attributed to the Iraqi version of the militant group killed about 60 people and wounded 120 north of the capital.