- Secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld meets with senior US commanders in Iraq and is assured that a recent switch to more aggressive counter-insurgency tactics is starting to pay of
- Israel rejects an agreement by Palestinian factions to halt suicide bombings inside Israel without stopping attacks on Israeli soldiers or settlers in the occupied territories
- In a setback for Governor Schwarzenegger, the State Legislature rejects his proposed spending cap and $15 billion bond measure
- Russians go to the polls tomorrow to elect new members of Parliament