Fort Stewart soldier killed in Iraq (AccessNorthGA)An Army reservist from Texas has died from wounds suffered in an explosion in Iraq, the Department of Defense said Monday. Spc. Dustin R. Brisky, 26, of Round Rock died Thursday in Tallil. He was assigned to the Army Reserve's 952nd Engineer Company in Paris, Texas.
Japanese live longest (The New Zealand Herald)A 111-year-old Japanese engineer was yesterday awarded official recognition as the world's oldest man. Tomoji Tanabe was given a certificate from the Guinness Book of World Records by the mayor of his local municipality.
Iraq?s professionals flee death threats (Financial Times)Before the 2003 invasion, Saher ? a pseudonym chosen by a 34-year-old Christian electrical engineer ? lived in relative comfort, employed at a state-owned factory with a home in a middle-class district in the then ethnically-mixed suburb of Dura.