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A military jury Thursday acquitted an Army sergeant of premeditated murder in the death of an unarmed Iraqi insurgent.

A new poll suggests President Bush is the most unpopular president in modern american history. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey indicates that 71 percent of the American public disapprove of how Bush is handling his job. The poll also indicates that support for the war in iraq has never been lower.

Double suicide attack on wedding party kills 35 in iraq

Bill would require contractors report sex crimes committed against employees.

The Bay Area celebrated May Day in traditional fashion today - with an array of protests around the region - for an end to the war in iraq, against education budget cuts and in favor of legalization for undocumented immigrants. Dockworkers with the...

Dana Hussein, one of four Iraqis who have qualified for this summer's Olympic Games in beijing, has had to deal with sniper fire and sectarian violence just to practice. She is the only Iraqi training for the games inside the country.

BAGHDAD -- Two suicide bombers attacked a wedding caravan Thursday as it drove through a crowded market district past bystanders cheering the bride and groom, killing at least 35 people and wounding 65 in a town northeast of Baghdad, officials said.

Iraq's prime minister has sent a delegation to Tehran to tell Iranian officials to stop backing Shiite militias, underscoring Baghdad's unease over the influence of its powerful neighbor.

The Senate Armed Services Committee has approved a $542.5 billion defense authorization bill for next year that increases military pay, funds new weapons systems and requires iraq to assume the cost of large-scale infrastructure projects.

Many iraq war veterans with traumatic brain injury are not getting adequate health care and job assistance for their long-term recovery despite years of government pledges to do so, Veterans Affairs department investigators say.