AP - As of Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008, at least 4,154 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 - The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna drowned Gonaives in muddy water three days ago.
Reuters - Angolans head to the polls on Friday forthe first time in 16 years in an election widely expected toextend the ruling party's more than three-decade control overthe oil-rich African nation.
AP - When Hala al-Masaad invited her girlfriends over to celebrate her 18th birthday with cake and juice, the high school student was stepping into an unusual public debate. Is celebrating birthdays un-Islamic?
Reuters - U.S. commandos attacked an al Qaedatarget in Pakistan this week in an operation that could signalmore intense American efforts to thwart militant attacks inAfghanistan, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
