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AP - As of Sunday, April 20, 2008, at least 4,039 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,295 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.

AP - The family of a contractor kidnapped in iraq said Sunday that U.S. officials have notified them they've found a body that could be his.

AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice mocked anti-american cleric Muqtada al-Sadr as a coward on Sunday, hours after the radical leader threatened to declare war unless U.S. and Iraqi forces end a military crackdown on his followers.

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD_ U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Baghdad Sunday for an unannounced visit one day after the Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr threatened an all-out war against the Iraqi government.

Backing Iraqi authorities on a surprise trip to Baghdad, Condoleezza Rice has applauded efforts by iraq's prime minister to tackle militias.

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Baghdad to promote reconciliation between sectarian groups.

US secretary of state pays an unannounced visit to Baghdad in an apparent effort to show support for the government of Nouri al-Maliki

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unscheduled visit to Baghdad, where she met with Iraqi officials and praised them for crackdowns on militias led by rogue cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in recent weeks. Host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR's Eric Westervelt in Baghdad.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Baghdad Sunday, just as the military reported an 'uptick' in fighting and after new clashes broke out in Baghdad's Sadr City district.

BAGHDAD, April 20 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made an unannounced visit here Sunday to promote what she called the 'coalescing center' of Iraqi politics around the government of Prime minister Nouri al-Maliki.