At Least 90 Killed Today in Iraq Bomb Attacks

January 22, 2007 -- U.S. Toll in Iraq is 27 for Deadly Weekend
The United States military said that two marines died Sunday in western Iraq and that an additional seven service members died Saturday. The deaths brought the weekend toll to 27 and made Saturday the third-deadliest day for United States forces since the war here began. (NY Times)

Disguises Used in Attack on Troops
The armored sport-utility vehicles whisked into a government compound in the city of Karbala with speed and urgency, the way most Americans and foreign dignitaries travel along Iraq's treacherous roads these days.(Washington Post)

Insurgents Attack Palace in Somalia
Insurgents blasted Somalia's presidential palace with heavy explosives on Friday night, Somali officials said, but it appeared that no one was hurt. (AP)

Litvinenko Poisoners May Have Tried Before
Former Russian agent Alexander Litvinenko may have survived a first attempt to poison him with radioactive polonium 210 more than two weeks before receiving the dose that killed him, the BBC reported on Monday. (Reuters)