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Join Talk 2 America Wednesday, 8 August, at 18:00 UTC for a live chat with The Perfect Storm author Sebastian Junger. His latest book, Belmont, is about a 1963 murder that mimicked the Boston Strangler scenario. Junger recently reported from Nigeria on the subject of blood oil, and received a National Magazine Award in 2000 for "The Forensics of War," published in Vanity Fair in 1999. Join us live, or send questions in advance to chat@voanews.com, and you may receive a copy of Belmont.

At Least 33 Killed in Violence Across Iraq At least 28 people were killed in city of Tal Afar, in northern Iraq as a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed at least five people 2 Koreas Exchange Shots Across Demilitarized Zone Authorities say border guards from North and South briefly exchanged gunfire Monday along DMZ which bisects Korean peninsula South Korea in Contact With Hostage in Afghanistan Official says Taleban allowed one of hostages to speak by telephone to diplomats at South Korea's embassy in Kabul on Saturday Hiroshima Observes 62nd Anniversary of US Atomic Bomb Japanese city makes annual observance of bombing by first atomic weapon used in war Bush Signs Anti-Terror Wiretapping Bill Legislation gives government more power to eavesdrop on suspected foreign terrorists Gemayel Defeated for Lebanese Parliament Seat Gemayel lost by 400 votes to a representative of pro-Syrian opposition leader General Michel Aoun Rights Group Accuses Sri Lanka Government of Complicity in Abuses Human Rights Watch says 1,100 new cases of abductions and disappearances have been reported since January 2006 Press Freedom Group Protests Chinese Olympic Crackdown Reporters Without Borders holds rare protest outside headquarters of Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee Murder Trial of Wealthy White Kenyan Exposes Old Colonial Wounds Thomas Cholmondeley is sole heir to one of country's largest land-owning dynasties, and is accused of murdering a black Kenyan Analyst Says Marred Congo Election to Solidify Presidential Rule Election monitors and oppositions parties complained the second round was not much better than the first, which was marred by accusations of fraud American Roddick Wins Third Legg Mason Tennis Title Roddick and the rest of the tennis world may have witnessed the emergence of a new American tennis star