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[/url]Reuters - Two more retired U.S. generals called for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign on Thursday, claiming the chief architect of the Iraq war and subsequent American occupation should be held accountable for the chaos there. Link To Original Article
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AP - Authorities hunted Friday for a black bear that picked up a 2-year-old boy in its mouth and mauled his mother, critically injuring them before killing the child's older sister. Link To Original Article
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Reuters - An insurgent with ties to Osama bin Laden and other senior al Qaeda figures was killed in a raid last month by U.S. and Iraqi forces, the U.S. military said on Friday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Delta Air Lines Inc. and its pilots union have reached a tentative agreement on pay and benefit cuts that could avert a strike, according to a memo Friday from the union to its pilots. Link To Original Article
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[/url]USATODAY.com - President Bush has gotten almost nowhere making speeches over the past seven months to boost public support for the war in Iraq. Link To Original Article
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[/url]The Christian Science Monitor - A growing number of retired generals are publicly opposing US conduct of the war in Iraq, breaking a decades-old tradition of not criticizing ongoing military operations. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - The U.S. military has spent just 40 percent of the $7 billion appropriated in 2005 for the training of Iraqi and Afghanistan security forces, a top Pentagon priority that is lynchpin for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Tornadoes tore across a university campus overnight, ripping roofs and walls off a sorority house, homes and apartments, crushing cars, and killing a woman in a mobile home southeast of town. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - At least six Iraqi policemen were dead and dozens were missing Friday after insurgents ambushed their convoy north of Baghdad, police said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A priest working to keep a steel cross on the site of the World Trade Center attacks is optimistic that he and the property owners will work out an agreement. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Leaders of Iraq's Shiite political alliance said Friday that they will attend next week's parliament session even if they haven't reached agreement on nominations for the top posts in the next government. Link To Original Article
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AP - The nation's industrial sector was humming in March, with production at factories, mines and utilities rising by 0.6 percent. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AFP - The Japanese judiciary turned down for the second time a lawsuit seeking to pull troops from Iraq on the grounds that the historic mission violates the pacifist constitution. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - That new Janet Jackson music making the rounds on the Internet is apparently not as new as you might think. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - A Japanese court on Friday rejected a lawsuit filed by about 3,200 citizens claiming that Japan's troop dispatch to Iraq was unconstitutional, a court official said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Police attempted to search the dorm rooms of Duke University lacrosse players amid an investigation into the alleged rape of an exotic dancer at off-campus team party, the school's president said Friday. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Dozens of policemen were missing Friday and at least six were dead after insurgents ambushed a police convoy near a U.S. base, officials said. A series of bombings killed at least five people in three Iraqi cities. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - A roadside bomb killed two Iraqis and wounded four British soldiers near the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Friday, a British military spokesman said. Link To Original Article
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[/url]Reuters - Delta Air Lines on Friday reached a tentative agreement with its pilots, ahead of a scheduled ruling by an independent arbitration panel, according to a source familiar with the matter. Link To Original Article
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[/url]AP - Chad broke off diplomatic relations with Sudan on Friday and threatened to expel 200,000 Sudanese refugees, blaming its neighbor for a rebel attack that killed 350 in the capital. Link To Original Article
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