Iraqi Dead May Total 600,000, Study Says  —  A boy at his father's coffin in Baghdad yesterday.  Death rates were higher outside the capital, the study said.  —  A team of American and Iraqi public health researchers has estimated that 600,000 civilians have died in violence across Iraq since …

Iraqi Death Toll Exceeds 600,000, Study Estimates  —  WASHINGTON — A new study asserts that roughly 600,000 Iraqis have died from violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, a figure many times higher than any previous estimate.  —  The study, to be published Saturday …

Study: 655,000 Iraqis die because of war  —  NEW YORK - A controversial new study contends nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war, suggesting a far higher death toll than other estimates.  —  The timing of the survey's release, just a few weeks before the U.S. congressional elections, led one expert to call it "politics."

Rice Asserts U.S. Plans No Attack on North Korea  —  South Korean rice bound for the North.  Sanctions urged by the United States might limit such shipments.  —  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday that the United States did not intend to invade or attack North Korea …