Troops charged with murdering Iraqi civilian WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The military on Wednesday charged seven Marines and a Navy corpsman with premeditated murder and other crimes in the April 26 killing of an Iraqi civilian in a village west of Baghdad, the U.S. Marine Corps said on Wednesday.
Two killed in Florida prison gunfight TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) - An attempt to arrest federal prison guards on sex-for-contraband charges erupted in a gunfight that killed a U.S. Justice Department agent and one of the guards on Wednesday, the FBI said.
Baghdad gunmen kill third Saddam defense lawyer BAGHDAD (Reuters) - One of Saddam Hussein's main lawyers was shot dead on Wednesday after men in police uniform took him from his home, relatives said, the third defense attorney to be killed since the trial opened in October.
Bush urges Iran to respond faster on nuclear offer VIENNA (Reuters) - President Bush said on Wednesday Iran was taking too long to respond to an offer of incentives to halt nuclear work that could lead to atomic weapons, and urged it to reply within weeks.
