Rocket Hits Baghdad as PM Tells Media Iraq "Nearing Stability"

A rocket that landed near the prime minister's office Thursday during a visit by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Iraq left a three-foot-wide crater about 50 yards away from the Green Zone-insulated building . It struck right after Nouri al-Maliki had finished telling reporters that Ban's visit was a sign that Iraq was on the road to stability.

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Panel: "Billions Wasted" in Iraq Reconstruction

The leaders of a Senate panel said Thursday that the Defense and State departments must work more closely together to avoid repeating multimillion-dollar mistakes in the reconstruction of Iraq. Earlier this year, federal investigators determined that the Bush administration had squandered as much as $10 billion in reconstruction aid.