Reuters - A three-member U.S. ballisticmissile crew fell asleep while in possession of classifiedlaunch codes for nuclear missiles, the Air Force said onThursday.
AP - One of South Africa's leading female jurists who won acclaim defending apartheid opponents was nominated Thursday to serve as the next United Nations high commissioner for human rights.
AP - As of Thursday, July 24, 2008, at least 4,124 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
AP - Cheered by an enormous international crowd, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Thursday summoned Europeans and Americans together to"defeat terror and dry up the well of extremism that supports it"as surely as they conquered communism a generation ago.
AFP - The NATO chief called Thursday for Pakistan to be more involved in tackling extremist bases on its soil, as Afghanistan was hit by new attacks with at least 34 Taliban bodies found after one battle.
