Russia says Georgia could spark new war in Abkhazia: agency (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia's defence ministry on Saturday accused Georgia of harbouring plans to take back the separatist province of Abkhazia by force that could trigger a war, Interfax news agency reported.
Uganda rebel leader says no more war: UN (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The UN special envoy to the stalled Ugandan peace process said on Saturday that the elusive leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels, Joseph Kony, is no longer interested in war.
Russia warns of "new war" in Abkhazia conflict (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A "new war" could break out in Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia if Tbilisi uses military force to resolve the conflict, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
Town unveils Civil War monument (York Daily Record)
Glen Churchill and Jane Churchill Webb never knew their grandfather, a Civil War soldier who died nearly 20 years before either of them was born.
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,113 (Miami Herald)
As of Saturday, July 5, 2008, at least 4,113 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
Obama says his plan to end Iraq war hasn't changed (Houston Chronicle)
Barack Obama said he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if elected.
Obama Denies Changing Position on Iraq War (Voice of America)
U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama told reporters Saturday he remains committed to ending the war in Iraq. The Democratic senator is trying to end speculation that he is inching away from a promise to withdraw troops within 16 months of taking office.
In Nickelodeon's 'Coming Home,' War Stories of the Littlest Heroes (Washington Post)
Contained within "Coming Home: When Parents Return From War" are good ideas for four or five full-length documentaries. Instead, those ideas are crowded into another thoughtful, compact and compelling edition of "Nick News," this one concentrating on the children of soldiers and premiering tomorrow...
Review: War Plc by Stephen Armstrong (Guardian Unlimited)
Review: War Plc by Stephen Armstrong The rise of the professional mercenary in the aftermath of the intervention in Iraq raises worrying questions about legitimacy and accountability
Report from the War on Terror (The Fayetteville Observer)
Veteran war correspondent Rob Schultheis draws a line in the sand early in his new book, “Hunting Bin Laden.” “There’s never been a stranger war than the one America has been waging since the events on 9/11,” he writes.
