Meanwhile in Iraq

At least 135 killed in another bloody day in Iraq: A suicide bomber killed 70 people and wounded 236 in central Baghdad after luring a crowd of day labourers to his vehicle with promises of work, the Interior Ministry said.

650,000 Iraqi Deaths Given Voice In U.S. Congress: Video: Congressional briefing on the Lancet Iraqi casualty study: Speaking were Gilbert Burnham, Les Roberts, and Juan Cole. The briefing was organized by Rep, Kucinich, with the support of rep. Ron Paul

655,000 Excess Deaths In Iraq Since U.S. Invasion? Francesco Checchi, an epidemiologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, looks at the lambasting a new report on Iraq deaths has got from hostile governments. He has worked on mortality surveys in Angola, Darfur, Thailand and Uganda, and written a publication "Interpreting and using mortality data in humanitarian emergencies" for the Humanitarian Practice Network.

Full Report: A publication "Interpreting and using mortality data in humanitarian emergencies" [PDF]

Not Enough Cemetery to Go Around : 5 Minute Video: The Abu Hanifa Mosque is a famous Sunni mosque in Adhamiya. After the invasion the mosque constructed a new cemetery originally for fighters in the war but it has since been expanded.

Experts Advise Bush Not to Reduce Troops: President Bush heard a blunt and dismal assessment of his handling of Iraq from a group of military experts yesterday, but the advisers shared the White House's skeptical view of the recommendations made last week by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group, sources said.

Rumsfeld's Iraq regret: Calling the war a "war on terror": Donald Rumsfeld allowed just one U.S. journalist to accompany him on his taxpayer-funded farewell tour to Iraq: Fox News' Sean Hannity. And when Rumsfeld sat down for an interview with Hannity, it seems that he didn't have much to say.

Poll: Iraq Going Badly And Getting Worse: Only 4 percent say the U.S. should keep fighting as it is doing now.

Bush to announce new Iraq strategy next year: President George W. Bush will delay announcing a new strategy for Iraq until the new year, the White House said on Tuesday amid polls showing Americans are more pessimistic about the war and want a change.

Dahr Jamail : Abduction of Women on the Rise: Women face increased risk of abduction by militias and criminal gangs as lawlessness takes over the country.

Saddam to be Secretly Buried: Saddam Hussein and his two top aides, Barzan al-Tikriti and Awad Ahmed al-Bandar, will be executed immediately after an appeal court confirms their sentences.

Clerics should combat militant ideology, Saudi says: RIYADH (Reuters) - Clerics in Saudi Arabia, which is fighting a violent campaign by al Qaeda supporters, must do more to stamp out militant thinking among Saudi youth, the interior minister said in comments aired on Tuesday.