Reuters – The U.S. Marine
sergeant accused of leading a 2005 massacre of Iraqi civilians
in Haditha gunned down five unarmed men who were standing next
to a car after a roadside bombing, a Marine from his squad told
a military court on Friday.

AP – The leader of a squad of Marines that killed 24 Iraqis in Haditha told two soldiers a week before the assault if they were ever hit by a roadside bomb they should kill everyone in the area, a former squad member testified Friday.

AP – At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours.

AFP – Fifty detainees will be freed every day from US-run prisons in Iraq during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the office of Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi said on Friday.

(RTTNews) – The US dollar held steady against the Singapore currency in the early Asian trading on Friday, but slipped by about 11.45 pm ET. The pair hit as low as 1.5212 at about 2.35am. Thereafter, the greenback has been moving sideways and is now worth 1.5221 against the Singapore dollar.

(RTTNews) – The Australian currency was choppy against its American counterpart in trading on Thursday afternoon. The aussie bounced between a high of 0.8200 and a low of 0.8128 as action progressed. The pair moved as the U.S. reported on GDP growth and jobless claims.

(RTTNews) – The Australian currency saw little direction against the yen on Thursday. The aussie bounced between a high of 95.08 and a low of 93.66 as trading moved into the afternoon.

LONDON : The dollar gained slightly against the euro on Thursday as more volatile trading on global stock markets helped underpin the US currency. In late European trading, the euro dropped to 1.3652 dollars, from 1.3676 dollars in New York late on Wednesday.

The dollar gained slightly against the euro on Thursday as more volatile trading on global stock markets helped underpin the US currency.

MOSCOW. Aug 30 (Interfax) – Both the U.S. dollar and euro edged down in Moscow Interbank Currency Exchange (MICEX) trading on Thursday. Interest rates on the interbank loan market are gradually falling, but still remain high. The dollar was mixed for most of the day’s trading.