
An injured US soldier is helped by fellow soldiers as he arrives at a US base for treatment in Tikrit. As the six month countdown to Iraqi sovereignty begins, the top British official in Iraq, Jeremy Greenstock, has warned that guerrillas will conduct 'big bang' attacks against the US-led coalition.

Tricia Ferri, 22, of Brigantine, N.J., left, poses with her boyfriend, Army Spc. Marc Seiden, in 2003. Seiden was killed Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, while on duty in Iraq. Seiden was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division. Spc. Solomon Bangayan of Vermont was also killed in the attack.

This is an undated family photo of Army Spc. Solomon Bangayan, 24. He was killed Friday, Jan. 2, 2004, in Iraq when the convoy he was in was ambushed south of Baghdad. Bangayan moved to Vermont after living for 21 years in the Philippines. He lived in the town of Jay, Vt. briefly with his mother, Helen, stepfather, Victor Therrien, and younger sister, Hilda. He obtained a permanent residency visa, and shortly after joined the Army.

President Bush spends time with fourth graders, Khadijah McCain, left, Damien Goolsby, center right, and Darlet Horton, right, at the Pierre Laclede elementary school, Monday, Jan. 5, 2004, in St. Louis. The president is celebrating the two year anniversary of the 'No Child Left Behind Act'.
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Today in the news The US dollar has skidded to yet another record low against the euro. Concerns about the US trade deficit and security fears continued to hit home, and by 1930 GMT on Monday the euro was worth $1.267.
Three soldiers have been discharged from the US army for mistreating Iraqi prisoners of war. They were found guilty of beating and harassing detainees at a detention camp in the south of the country.
Military police are investigating the death of a young Iraqi man, who allegedly died after being beaten by British soldiers in Basra, the Ministry of Defence said last night.
Bin Laden released another audio tape of his greatest terrorist threat hits.
In the meantime, President Bush traveled today to Missouri, a state vital to his re-election hopes, to promote one of his signature domestic policy items, his education initiative. Tonight, Mr. Bush is to attend a fund-raiser in St. Louis, an event expected to bring in nearly $3 million for his re-election campaign.