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Posted: 23 Sep 2008 04:30 AM CDT

Reuters - President George W. Bush delivers his final address to the United Nations on Tuesday facing a starkly different world from the one that heard his first -- prolonged wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a financial crisis sweeping the globe.

Iraqi insurgents forced underground (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 03:00 AM CDT

The Christian Science Monitor - When the Iraqi Army caught Abdul al-Wasit, a mid-level operative for Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), he was working undercover as a shepherd in a rural area. It was a far cry from his earlier days in a village 65 miles south, where he used to extort locals and openly execute rivals.

A Lonely Crusader Against Iraqi Dual Citizens (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 02:30 AM CDT

Time.com - An Iraqi lawmaker is making enemies across the country's political class by applying the constitution's prohibition on dual citizenship

Economic crisis overshadows Bush farewell at U.N (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Sep 2008 12:15 AM CDT

Appeals court orders release of Iraqi abuse photos (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 09:00 PM CDT

Reuters - A federal appeals court on Monday ordered the release of 21 photographs it said depicted prisoner abuse by U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq, which rights groups say prove abuse was widespread.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,169 (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:28 PM CDT

AP - As of Monday, Sept. 22, 2008, at least 4,169 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

CORRECTED: Appeals court orders release of Iraqi abuse photos (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 07:49 PM CDT

Reuters - Corrects first paragraph to make clear order relates to 21 photos of 29 originally requested; adds dropped "U.S." in court title paragraph four

Baghdad to assume responsibility for "Sons of Iraq": general (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 05:14 PM CDT

AFP - Iraq's Shiite-led government will assume responsibility for paying 54,000 mainly Sunni militiamen in Baghdad starting next week, in an important test of its commitment to reconciliation, a top general said Monday.

Shell becomes first international oil firm to open Baghdad office since '70s (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 05:08 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD Royal Dutch Shell PLC opened an office Monday in Iraq, the first major oil and gas firm to set up a new operation here since the industry was nationalized in the 1970s. Iraq has some of the largest proven crude-oil reserves in the world, and other firms are expected to follow suit.

Iraqi officials: at least 8 killed in bombings (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 03:19 PM CDT

AP - A bomb hidden under a pile of trash struck children playing soccer near the northern city of Mosul on Monday, killing at least five of the youths, Iraqi officials said.

Iraq blast kills five children (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 02:46 PM CDT

AFP - A bomb blast near the main northern Iraqi city of Mosul killed five children and wounded three as they were playing near their homes on Monday, police and a doctor told AFP.

US soldier fights accusations of killing Iraqi (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 02:43 PM CDT

AP - A U.S. soldier accused in the killing of an Iraqi detainee kept the man blindfolded and bound in the back of an armored vehicle for more than two hours before taking him into the desert where he was slain, a comrade testified on Monday.

Iraq, Shell sign deal (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 02:06 PM CDT

AP - Iraq and Royal Dutch Shell PLC signed a deal to establish a joint venture that will tap natural gas in southern Iraq, the government said Monday.

Iraq: lawmakers condemn suicide bomber cartoon (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 01:21 PM CDT

AP - An Iraqi magazine cartoon depicting a female suicide bomber in a pose like the Statue of Liberty, arm raised with a lit bomb fuse instead of a torch in her hand, has angered lawmakers who voted to sue the publication for allegedly damaging the image of Muslim women.

Iraq government faces credibility test: U.S. general (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 11:16 AM CDT

Reuters - Iraq's Shi'ite-dominated government faces a major credibility test next week when it begins to take over U.S.-backed Sunni Arab patrols that include former insurgents, a top U.S. general said on Monday

Iraq to begin paying Sunni volunteers next month (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 11:09 AM CDT

AP - The Iraqi government will begin paying the salaries of about 54,000 of the mostly Sunni fighters in Baghdad Province who joined the fight against al-Qaida, the No. 2 U.S. commander there said Monday.

U.S. negotiators to return to Iraq for security talks (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 08:29 AM CDT

Reuters - U.S. negotiators will return to Baghdad soon for more talks with Iraq on a security deal that has bogged down over the issue of immunity for U.S. troops.

US to return 1,000 smuggled Iraqi artefacts (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2008 07:58 AM CDT

AFP - The American authorities are set to return more than 1,000 priceless Iraqi artefacts smuggled out of the country after the US-led invasion five years ago, the Iraqi government said on Monday.