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added 2007 Sat Jun 2 16:29:51 by TimALoftis
Nearly 2000 Iraqi civilians died in May, almost a third more than the previous month, government ministries reported, showing that after a brief improvement the country's conflicts are worsening.
added 2007 Tue May 29 20:41:27 by STONERS
Ten American soldiers died in roadside bombings and a helicopter crash on Memorial Day, the military reported Tuesday, making May the deadliest month of the year for U.S. troops in Iraq .
added 2007 Sun May 27 4:31:42 by STONERS
As of Saturday, May 26, 2007, at least 3,450 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 seven military civilians. At least 2,809 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
added 2007 Sat May 26 23:26:24 by TimALoftis
Eight more U.S. soldiers have been killed in five attacks in different areas of Iraq over the past four days, the U.S. military said on Saturday. In the worst attack, three soldiers were killed and two were wounded while on patrol in Salahaddin
added 2007 Wed May 23 14:05:59 by TimALoftis
Twenty people were killed by a suicide bomber in a crowded cafe northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, while the U.S. military reported the deaths of seven more soldiers.
added 2007 Sat May 19 5:27:40 by TechnologyExpert
Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet for the civilians who work alongside the American military in the war zone. At least 146 contract workers were killed in Iraq in the first 3 months of the year.
added 2007 Wed May 9 7:49:58 by tehranchik
Margrit Long drove herself to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center on Friday, March 30. She'd told a friend she was feeling sick, a little nauseous, but she wasn't the type to complain. And besides, she hated hospitals.
added 2007 Sat May 5 0:50:08 by TimALoftis
The commander of U.S. forces south of Baghdad says more fighting and more casualties are ahead in the coming months, as the U.S. surge of forces is completed and clashes with insurgents increase.
added 2007 Sun Apr 8 7:35:47 by TechnologyExpert
Nearly 250 dead seals have washed up on the shores of the Caspian Sea in Kazakhstan in the past week, emergency officials said Saturday. Authorities were conducting tests to determined what killed the 247 seals found by oil workers inspecting the shore in western Mangistau region, the Emergencies Agency said.

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added 2007 Thu Apr 5 6:20:22 by STONERS
As of Wednesday, April 3, 2007, at least 3,260 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 seven military civilians. At least 2,630 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
added 2007 Thu Mar 29 5:14:50 by STONERS
As of Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at least 3,244 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 seven military civilians. At least 2,618 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
added 2007 Fri Mar 23 17:21:10 by TechnologyExpert
ABC News has learned that investigators have determined that a rodent-killing chemical is the toxin in the tainted pet food that has killed several animals.
added 2007 Wed Mar 21 8:45:46 by ind06
You're watching TV one night and a cold chill creeps up your spine. The angel of death is in the room, and you show isn't over yet! What do you do?
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 16:09:21 by TimALoftis
Four years after the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, nearly 9 of 10 Iraqis say they live in fear that the violence ravaging their country will strike themselves and the people with whom they live.
added 2007 Sun Mar 18 15:44:17 by TechnologyExpert
The U.S. military on Sunday announced the deaths of seven more troops in Iraq, including four killed by a roadside bomb while patrolling western Baghdad - the latest American casualties in a monthlong security crackdown in the capital.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 22:33:44 by STONERS
A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths.
added 2007 Fri Mar 16 2:40:40 by TimALoftis
Four US soldiers have been killed by a roadside bomb that exploded near their vehicle in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, the US military has said.
added 2007 Sun Mar 4 22:29:57 by okitech
March 4: U.S. Marines fleeing a suicide bombing and militant ambush open fire on a busy highway in eastern Afghanistan, witnesses said. Officials say up to 10 civilians were killed and 35 injured. The Interior Ministry says American gunfire caused most
added 2007 Sat Mar 3 9:08:05 by STONERS
At least 14 storm-related deaths have been reported since the snow began falling Wednesday, including a 10-year-old Wisconsin boy who died Friday in a car accident.
added 2007 Mon Feb 26 6:42:56 by STONERS
A huge winter storm plowed toward the East Coast on Sunday after dumping as much as 2 feet of snow in the upper Midwest, grounding hundreds of airline flights and closing major highways on the Plains.
added 2007 Sun Feb 25 0:58:50 by okitech
A large, fast-moving snowstorm closed sections of major highways on the Plains on Saturday and dumped more than a foot of snow on the Upper Midwest
added 2007 Sat Feb 24 14:47:48 by TimALoftis
Americans are keenly aware of how many U.S. forces have lost their lives in Iraq, according to a new AP-Ipsos poll. But they woefully underestimate the number of Iraqi civilians who have been killed.
added 2007 Sun Feb 18 17:14:43 by elzorro2162
George Bush's war has killed something approaching 100,000 Iraqis and roughly 3,100 Americans. But that's just for starters. How many inner lives and relationships have been utterly destroyed in the wake of George's war?
added 2007 Fri Feb 16 22:42:27 by gatitabonitasen
Midway through the month when influenza typically peaks, health officials were monitoring four hospitalized Nebraska children, while three North Carolina schools remained closed over widespread symptoms of the illness. And in Oklahoma, 400 students were out sick with the flu, though no schools were closed, authorities said. Still, a federal h
added 2007 Sat Feb 3 2:57:58 by STONERS
As of Friday, Feb. 02, 2007, at least 296 members of the U.S. military have died in Afghanistan , Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The Defense Department last updated its figures on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2007.
added 2007 Fri Feb 2 23:00:28 by TechnologyExpert
Disaster crews with dogs went from one pile of debris to another in a search for bodies Friday after powerful storms, including at least one tornado, smashed hundreds of homes across central Florida and killed at least 19 people.
added 2007 Thu Feb 1 20:44:22 by STONERS
A woman convicted of letting her three children drown in a car that sank in a lake was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in prison.
added 2007 Thu Feb 1 8:14:22 by STONERS
Blacks still have a much higher death rate from cancer than whites even though U.S. cancer death rates are down overall and among blacks as well, the American Cancer Society said on Thursday.
added 2007 Tue Jan 9 20:52:29 by STONERS
A 101st Airborne Division soldier who had been charged with murder in the deaths of three Iraqi detainees pleaded guilty Tuesday to a lesser offense of aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon.
added 2006 Wed Aug 9 14:24:08 by TimALoftis
Almost 2,000 bodies were brought to Baghdad's morgue last month, an official said on Wednesday, recording the highest number since an attack in February on a Shi'ite shrine that sparked a wave of sectarian bloodshed.