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July deadliest month for U.S. in Afghanistan Associated Press Four Americans were killed Monday after a roadside bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan.  This makes July the deadliest month for U.S. troops in war. The NATO statement did not release the nationalities of the soldiers killed; however, it was confirmed that all four were Americans. These deaths make the total 55 the number of international service members.  It is also the deadliest month for NATO forces.  Along with roadside bombs and explosions, there have been multiple accidents involving aircrafts.  Monday, a British aircraft crashed inside NATO's largest base in Afghanistan making it the second crash in two days. http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2009-07-20-afghanistan_N.htm When trying to pick an international article to write on, I discovered the list under international news included mostly stories on the war, Afghanistan, casualties, etc.  There is no way that this broad topic of war is the only thing going on in the world.  Is it possible that someone "out there" is setting this agenda to make people believe that there is only bad coming from this?  I hate turning on the news because all they have to say is how many people died this day, what the death toll numbers are at, etc..  I wish the news would also throw in the status of the war.  What exactly are we doing?  How are we going about that?  Information other than depressing statistics would be nice for a change.