BAGHDAD, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. and Iraqi negotiators completed a draft deal on Wednesday to give U.S. troops a legal basis to stay in Iraq after 2008, without setting out a timetable for their withdrawal, Iraq's top negotiator said. ... > full story
VERKHNY ZARAMAG, Russia, Aug. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian military trucks trickled back into Russia from Georgia on Wednesday but no armored vehicles or artillery passed and there was no sign of the large-scale rapid pullout demanded by the West. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraqi security forces raided the office of a provincial governor and arrested the son of a leading Sunni Arab politician in separate incidents on Tuesday that could stoke sectarian and political tension. ... > full story
KABUL, Aug. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Taliban insurgents killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 in a major battle in Afghanistan, the French president's office said on Tuesday, the biggest single loss of foreign troops in combat there since 2001. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — FBI officials defended on Monday the scientific evidence linking a U.S. Army scientist who committed suicide to the deadly 2001 anthrax attacks, but acknowledged missteps occurred early in its investigation. ... > full story
SEOUL, Aug. 18, 2008 (Reuters) — South Korean and U.S. forces began annual military drills on Monday, as a North Korean military spokesman denounced the exercises as a prelude to war and said they spoiled the prospects for nuclear disarmament talks. ... > full story
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2008 (Reuters) — Afghan soldiers killed 28 Taliban in a clash on Sunday after the guerrillas ambushed a convoy carrying supplies for foreign troops in the southern province of Zabul, government officials said. ... > full story
WARSAW, Aug. 15, 2008 (Reuters) — Poland agreed on Thursday in the midst of the Georgia crisis that it would host elements of a U.S. global anti-missile system after Washington agreed to boost Poland's own air defenses. ... > full story
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — A U.S. general described by colleagues as a bully was barred on Thursday from further involvement in the war crimes trial of a young Afghan prisoner at Guantanamo, the second time the legal advisor has been blocked from a case. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Aug. 14, 2008 (Reuters) — Six sailors working as prison camp guards in Iraq face courts martial for abusing detainees, some of whom were sealed in a cell with pepper spray, the U.S. Navy said on Thursday. ... > full story
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Bush Pledges Support for Georgia's Territorial Integrity Aug. 20, 2008 (Washington Post) — President Bush today affirmed support for the territorial integrity of Georgia, declaring that the breakaway provinces of South Ossetia and ...
Russia's warning over rebel areas Aug. 15, 2008 (Channel4.com) — Russia's foreign minister said Georgia could "forget about" getting back its two breakaway provinces, and the former Soviet republic remained on ...
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