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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,124
As of Friday, July 25, 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.
Romanian pleads guilty in Conn. over phishing scam
One of 38 people charged in a global crime ring that allegedly stole personal information from unsuspecting Internet users pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal fraud charge.
US searches for WW2 dead in East Europe
For more than six decades, the family of U.S. Army 1st Lt. Archibald Kelly had no way of being certain he was killed when his bomber smashed into a rocky cliff in Croatia in World War II.  Czechs bristle at Russian missile shield threatExperts say Russia's threat of a military response if the U.S. and Czech Republic ratify a missile defense system is mostly bluster. But for Czechs, the timing couldn't be more jarring.
Dwain Chambers seeks injunction against doping ban
British sprinter Dwain Chambers is seeking a temporary court injunction against a lifetime Olympic doping ban, in hopes of competing in the Beijing Games.
Bulgarian triple jumper Marinova retires
Former Olympic champion triple jumper Tereza Marinova of Bulgaria retired weeks before the Beijing Games because of an Achilles' tendon injury that worsened the past six months.  Bulgaria army depot explodes near SofiaA series of powerful explosions erupted Thursday at two army ammunition depots near Sofia, shattering windows in hundreds of buildings, spewing smoke and debris into the sky and forcing Bulgaria's main airport to shut down.
Bulgarian extremists attack gay parade with rocks
Extremists throwing rocks, bottles and gasoline bombs have attacked the Bulgarian capital's first gay pride parade.
Mich. native new U.S. ambassador to Russia
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Muskegon native John Beyrle (BY'-er-lee) as the new U.S. ambassador to Russia.
Bulgaria pulls Olympic weightlifters for doping
Bulgaria's weightlifting federation will withdraw its team from the Beijing Games after 11 lifters tested positive for a steroid, the latest scandal to affect weightlifting ahead of the Summer Olympics. |
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