AP - Maj. Gen. Rick Lynch has spent years thinking about the war in Iraq, both as a senior strategist in 2005 and now as a division commander. He has seen strategies, missions and buzzwords come and go, but he now believes U.S. commanders finally have a feel for the battlefield.
AP - A five-year, $15 billion effort to combat AIDS in Africa and other areas — arguably the most important and popular international program of the Bush presidency — may become a political battleground as it comes up for renewal.
AP - ITT Federal Services International, a defense contractor hired to maintain battle gear for U.S. troops in Iraq, repeatedly failed to do the job right.
Aruba's chief public prosecutor has requested that Joran van der Sloot, a suspect in the Natalee Holloway case, be arrested for a third time, a source familiar with the investigation told CNN. The request is based on new evidence, the source said.
Actor Wesley Snipes was found guilty today on three misdemeanor charges of failing to file tax returns -- but jurors cleared him of more serious felony charges of tax fraud and conspiracy. Snipes could be sentenced to up to three years in prison, but a lesser term is expected.
Two mentally disabled women were strapped with explosives today and sent into busy Baghdad markets, where they were blown up by remote control, a top Iraqi government official said. The bombs killed at least 98 people and wounded more than 200 at two popular pet markets, authorities said.