AFP - Democratic White House contender Barack Obama could not hide his irritation Monday when asked by a reporter what he thought about former president Jimmy Carter's meeting with Hamas last week.
AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon's top political adviser said after concluding a three-day visit to Baghdad Monday that the world body was playing a "constructive role" in Iraq, according to a statement released by his office here.
AP - The Israeli military says its forces have killed three Palestinian militants who were trying to infiltrate into Israel from Gaza.
AP - Palestinian officials are aiming to attract $1.5 billion in investments next month, part of an effort to develop the economy as a step toward building an independent state.
Reuters - Even after clashes erupted in the Sadr
City slum in Baghdad, Thamir Saadoun still tried to go to
school, hoping it would be open. When he got there the guard
told him to go home. That was more than two weeks ago.
AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believes Iran is "hell bent" on acquiring nuclear weapons, but he warned in strong terms of the consequences of going to war over that.
AP - As of Monday, April 21, 2008, at least 4,041 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 3,298 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
U.S., Iraq seek stronger Arab backing for Baghdad
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Reuters - Seeking to improve ties between Baghdad
and its neighbors, the United States and Iraq will push hard on
Tuesday for Arab states to open embassies and offer debt relief
while backing Iraq's new drive to disarm militias.
AP - In unusually blunt terms, Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday challenged the Air Force, whose leaders are under fire on several fronts, to contribute more to immediate wartime needs and to promote new thinking.