AFP - US President George W. Bush is "considering his options" on troop levels in Iraq after receiving top US commander General David Petraeus's advice, the White House said Thursday.

AFP - American combat troops could be out of Baghdad by July 2009, the outgoing top US general in Iraq said in an interview published Thursday.

AFP - The United States has three days to respond to fresh proposals from Iraq on the contentious security deal being negotiated by the two countries, a top Shiite MP said on Wednesday.

AFP - A top air force general expressed fears Wednesday that a 35-billion-dollar competition to build a new air refueling aircraft will face protests by the loser no matter whether Northrop Grumman or rival Boeing wins.

AFP - A draft security deal between Washington and Baghdad on the future of US forces in Iraq is to be submitted to parliament within 10 days, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted as saying on Tuesday.

AP - As of Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, at least 512 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. EDT.

AFP - Iraq and the United States are still far apart on the issue of immunity for American troops, according to a draft security agreement between the two countries published by an Iraqi paper on Monday.

AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has reshuffled a negotiating team working on an agreement on withdrawal of US troops from Iraq amid worries the move may sabotage the deal, The Los Angeles Times reported on its website.

AFP - The White House said Friday it was not surprised by Georgia breaking diplomatic ties with Moscow or reports Russia hopes to anchor military bases in the rebel Georgian region of South Ossetia.

AP - As of Friday, Aug. 29, 2008, at least 512 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Aug. 23 at 10 a.m. EDT.