In Iraq, two German citizens have gone missing. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said shortly before a meeting with his EU counterparts in Brussels that the two Germans had been missing for one week.

JERUSALEM – Israel successfully conducted its first nighttime test of the Arrow anti-missile system after sundown Sunday, the Defense Ministry said.

WASHINGTON (AP) – As the House prepared to debate a resolution opposing President Bush’s troop escalation in Iraq, the GOP House leader acknowledged that a number of Republicans are likely to support it.