Iran condemned over anti-Israel callA call by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for Israel to be wiped off the map has sparked widespread condemnation, with Israel urging Iran's expulsion from the United Nations.
France, Spain, Britain, Canada and Australia condemned the Iranian leader's remarks and the European trio said their foreign ministries would summon Iranian envoys and demand an explanation. ...
Aljazeera
Il Romanaccio at 1:26 PM
U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 2,000Iraqi election officials say voters approved new constitutionThe U.S. military death toll in Iraq reached 2,000 Tuesday with the reports of three new deaths, and President Bush prepared the nation for more casualties, saying the "defense of freedom is worth our sacrifice." ...
CNN
Il Romanaccio at 12:27 PM
Blasts hit Kurdish Iraq cityTwo explosions have struck the Iraqi Kurdish city of Sulaymaniya, killing at least nine people.
The first explosion on Tuesday targeted the convoy of Mulla Bekhtyar, a member of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party, in the western Sarjnar area. ...
Aljazeera
Il Romanaccio at 12:34 PM
Syria: Al-Hariri report distorts truthSyria's top political body has rejected a UN report implicating Damascus in the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq al-Hariri as a distortion of the truth.
And President Bashar al-Assad has sent letters to UN Security Council members explaining Syria's position, ahead of a briefing to the 15-nation body on Tuesday by the German judge who wrote the report, Syrian state television reported without giving details. ...
Aljazeera
Il Romanaccio at 11:44 AM
U.S. Army infantrymen assigned to the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, patrol a road in Mosul. Pic: Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr., U.S. Air Force.Iraq Pictures
Il Romanaccio at 11:42 AM