Rumsfeld Resigns

November 8, 2006 --

Resurgent Democrats Win Control of House
Democrats won control of the House early Wednesday after a dozen years of Republican rule in a resounding repudiation of a war, a president and a scandal-scarred Congress. (AP)

Up To 10 Believed Dead In Pakistani Blast
Up to 10 people were believed to have been killed when a bomb went off on a parade ground next to a Pakistani army camp in a northwestern town on Wednesday, security officials said. (Reuters)

Iraqi Torture Suspects Remain Free, Officials Say
Some of the 55 Interior Ministry employees charged with torturing prisoners at a detention center in eastern Baghdad remain free, even though arrest warrants for them were issued as long as two months ago, officials said. (NY Times)

New Dispute on U.S. Firm's Billing in Iraq
Halliburton charged Iraq as much as $25,575 a month for each of as many as 1,800 fuel trucks that were to deliver fuel to Iraq after the 2003 invasion, but the trucks often spent days or weeks sitting idle on the border, according to an audit commissioned by a UN agency. (NY Times)