It's WWIII, and U.S. is out of ideas  —  Last week's headlines prove the point: North Korea fires missiles, Iran talks of nukes again, Iraq carnage continues, Israel invades Gaza, England observes one-year anniversary of subway bombing.  And, oh, yes, the feds stop a plot to blow up tunnels under the Hudson River.

The end of cowboy diplomacy  —  Why the 'Bush Doctrine' no longer works for Bush administration  —  Editor's note: The following is a summary of this week's Time magazine cover story.  —  Time.com — All the good feeling at the White House at President Bush's early birthday party on July 4 …

After 41 killed, Sunni officials say U.S. can't protect Iraqis  —  BAGHDAD (AP) — Sunni politicians on Monday called on the U.N. Security Council to send peacekeepers to Iraq saying U.S.-led "occupation forces" cannot protect Iraqis.  —  A day earlier Shiite gunmen entered a Baghdad neighborhood …

Scores Of Sunnis Killed in Baghdad  —  Neighborhood Residents Describe Signs of Torture  —  BAGHDAD, July 9 — Shiite Muslim militiamen rampaged through a Sunni Arab neighborhood in Baghdad early Sunday morning, killing more than 50 people and discarding bodies in the streets, according to Iraqi officials and witnesses.

Gunmen ambush bus in Baghdad, killing 7  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - Two car bombs struck a Shiite district in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens, officials said, as sectarian tensions rose following a rampage by Shiite gunmen that killed 41 people, most of them Sunnis.

Chechen warlord Basayev 'killed'  —  The most wanted Chechen rebel warlord, Shamil Basayev, has been killed, Russian media report.  —  Basayev was killed in a special operation overnight in Ingushetia, near Chechnya, Russia's FSB security service chief Nikolai Patrushev said.