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9 U.S. Soldiers Die in 7 Separate Incidents in Iraq American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2003 – Nine U.S. service members have died since Oct. 9 in seven separate incidents in Iraq, U.S. Central Command officials said. The incidents are unrelated, and three of the deaths were not combat-related. "It highlights the fact that Iraq remains a dangerous place to work and operate in," said Marine Maj. Pete Mitchell, a U.S. Central Command spokesman. "The significant progress that is being made each day does not come without sacrifice." In the most serious incident, two 1st Armored Division soldiers...

Pedal in Peace announces that SerbianYellowPages has become a upper tier sponsor for the Serbian Cycling Challenge for the Children of Serbia. The initial planning trip to Serbia and Republika Srpska this late spring will be used to scout the road conditions for the tentative course. Meeting some of the children being sponsored, who will be attending the summer camp for Nasa Srbija is to be the highlight for Smajo. Announcements with apprearances at major Serbian functions in the United States and Canada throughout the summer will appear on the official site of Pedal in Peace. Stay tuned for Smajo's...

While most are aware by now that President Bush, British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar will confer Sunday in the Azores, it seems just as many do not realize the weight of this meeting. This truly is a “war council”...

PEACE IN MIDDLE EARTH IN OUR TIME MINAS TIRITH (Gondor News Network) - Thousands of peace activists took to the streets of Minas Tirith and other cities of Middle Earth today to protest what they termed a rush to war with Mordor. "We need more time for diplomacy," said a key member of the Middle-Earth Security Council, Saruman the White. "I am not convinced by the evidence presented by my esteemed colleague, Gandalf the Grey, or that the Dark Lord Sauron presents an imminent danger to the peoples of the West." Many of the people protesting war in Mordor agreed...