A recent article from CNN.com titled, Three U.S. soldiers killed in Baghdad attacks, talks about recent attacks and casualties. It mentioned that "Sunday's fatalities bring the death toll of U.S. troops in the Iraq war to 4,022. Nearly 30,000 others have been wounded in action."
The article also discussed the efforts of the Iraqi Prime Minister in trying to stop the Mehdi Army from further violence against US troops and Iraqi security. The fighting ended when Iranian and Iraqi Shiite officials talked to Muqtada al-Sadr who is the official of the Mehdi Army militia.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/06/iraq.main/index.html
A similar article from BBC news was titled: Iraq PM halts battle with militia. This article discussed in more detail the efforts of the Iraqi Prime Minister to stop the violence of the Mehdi militia. After hundreds were killed in the days of fighting in Basra, Sadr ordered the militia to back down but they still have their weapons.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7330033.stm
I think the articles are similar in that there really is no bias to either side and more straight facts about what is going on. I picked articles on the same topic so they would be easier to compare. I think the BBC article was a lot easier to understand and talked about one topic to the full extent rather than the CNN article which kind of touched upon a few topics, but the Prime Minister was the main one.
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