Topic: Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim

On Aug. 30, 1983, Guion Bluford became the first Black American astronaut in space.

On Aug. 30, 1918, Fanta Kaplan, a member of the Socialist Revolutionary Party, attempted to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Lenin.

On Aug. 30, 1954, Hurricane Carol prompted evacuations in North Carolina. The storm battered states along the northern eastern seaboard and killed 72 people.

A car bomb that exploded Tuesday outside the Iraqi police academy injured 10 people, at least one seriously, a police official said.

An audio tape purportedly from Saddam Hussein denies complicity in the bombing of a mosque in Najaf, Iraq, reports said Monday.

Police widened their investigation Sunday into the bombing in Najaf, Iraq, as thousands flocked to the holy city in an outpouring of grief.

Throngs of people gathered Saturday in Nakaf, Iraq, to mourn the deaths of dozens killed in a car bomb the previous day.