AFP – US President George W. Bush denounced the suicide bombing in Iraq that killed at least 33 people and wounded another 94 near Shiite Islam’s holiest shrine.
Bush denounces Najaf bombing (AFP)
AP Blog: Doing laundry is risky in Iraq (AP)
AP – AP Correspondent Robert H. Reid covers Iraq events from Baghdad. AP Correspondent Rebecca Santana is embedded with the New Jersey National Guard at Camp Anaconda, Iraq. Antonio Castaneda is embedded with the U.S. Marines, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Regiment.
Baghdad bloodshed holds no fear for last of Iraq’s Jews (AFP)
AFP – In his worn sandals and gray spotted shirt 82-year-old Abu Brahim — one of the last Jews in Baghdad, perhaps the last — seems tired but undaunted by the violence raging around him.
OUTLOOK WPP to report good progress in H1 (Sharewatch)
WPP, which owns ad agencies Young & Rubicam and J Walter Thompson, gave an upbeat trading statement last month, reporting revenue growth of 4.5 pct in the five months to May, excluding the effect of acquisitions and currency fluctuations.
Gunmen storm Kurdish offices in southern Iraq (Reuters)
Reuters – Gunmen angered by criticism of a
Shi’ite cleric ransacked offices of President Jalal Talabani’s
Kurdish party in southern Iraq on Friday, while hundreds in
Basra took to the streets in protest.
Dresdner Cuts Smiths Group Target (New Ratings)
1240 GMT [Dow Jones] Dresdner Kleinwort cuts Smiths Group (SMIN.LN) to 890p from 950p following its trading statement. DK says margin progression is reassuring but adverse currency movements impacting FY 07 will make trading tougher.
New Iraq books paint dismal picture for Americans (Reuters)
Reuters – With titles like “Fiasco” and “The End
of Iraq,” the latest books on the Iraq war make depressing
reading for Americans. Even an author who supports the Bush
administration likens the war to “a shotgun wedding.”
South African grabs gold (africast.com)
JOHANNESBURG, August 11 — Commonwealth and two-time World Junior Champion, LJ van Zyl, proved yet again he is the man for the big events by winning the 400m hurdles title at the Africa Championships in Mauritius on Thursday.
Bodies of missing US soldiers found (Reuters)
Reuters – The bodies of two missing U.S.
servicemen have been discovered among the wreckage of their
helicopter which crashed in Iraq’s Anbar province, the U.S.
military said on Friday.
Battle for Baghdad: US and Iraq plan street by street offensive (AFP)
AFP – Faced with a make or break struggle to wrest control of Baghdad from insurgents and sectarian death squads, US and Iraqi commanders plan an ambitious strategy to take back the Iraqi capital street by street, district by district.
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