Five youths dead in New Orleans shooting A 16-year-old, a 17-year-old and three 19-year-olds were found shortly before dawn in and near a sport utility vehicle surrounded by semi-automatic handgun shell casings, said police spokesman John Bryson.
Iraq attacks kill 43 BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs killed at least 43 people in and near Baghdad on Saturday, police said, in one of the bloodiest days in Iraq since a U.S. military air strike killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi 10 days ago.
Bush urges nations to keep Iraq pledges CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Saturday urged other nations to make good on $13 billion in pledges to help the new Baghdad government and said the United States had come too far to abandon Iraq now.
US-led troops say kill 40 Taliban in Afghanistan Foreign troops waited for about 50 rebels, including a bomb-making group, to gather for a meeting in the compound in Uruzgan province before striking on Friday, Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Fitzpatrick said in a statement late on Friday.
