2008年11月14日星期五

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Azerbaijan to withdraw troops from Iraq (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 03:56 AM CST

AP - Azerbaijan's parliament has voted to pull the ex-Soviet republic's small peacekeeping force out of Iraq.

American University takes root in northern Iraq (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 02:09 AM CST

A professor supervises her students' work at the American University in Iraq in Sulaimaniyah, 260 kilometers (160 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008. Tucked away in the heart of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, a U.S. style university with bold plans to attract the country's top talent has quickly found a following among young Iraqis. The American University in Iraq, which threw open its doors to students last January, has seen its enrollment soar almost sixfold in its second academic year.(AP Photo/ Yahya Ahmed)AP - Tucked away in the heart of Kurdistan in northern Iraq, a U.S. style university with bold plans to attract the country's top talent has quickly found a following among young Iraqis.

US mil: soldier dies of noncombat causes in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 14 Nov 2008 01:23 AM CST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died of a noncombat cause in western Iraq.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,196 (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 07:28 PM CST

A civilian cargo aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday killing all seven people on board, the U.S. military and shipping firm FedEx said. (Graphic/Reuters)AP - As of Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, at least 4,196 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqis measure progress with flip of switch (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 06:40 PM CST

A worker fixes electric cables in Baghdad's Sadr City November 11, 2008. Electricity has become a central, stubbornly negative, bellwether in assessing how far the country has come since the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. Iraq's electricity system is improving, but supply still meets only about half of demand, shaping how ordinary people go about their lives and hobbling efforts to rebuild a shattered economy even as violence across the country drops sharply. (Kareem Raheem/Reuters)Reuters - For many Iraqis, progress in rebuilding a nation reduced to rubble by years of war and destruction is measured by the flick of a switch.

Civilian cargo plane crashes in Iraq, 7 killed (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 05:30 PM CST

A civilian cargo aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday killing all seven people on board, the U.S. military and shipping firm FedEx said. (Graphic/Reuters)Reuters - A civilian cargo aircraft crashed in western Iraq on Thursday killing all seven people on board, the U.S. military and shipping firm FedEx said.

Iraq model not good fit for Afghan war: U.S. official (Reuters)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 01:35 PM CST

A U.S. soldier keeps watch as a helicopter lands in the Maalistan district of Ghazani province June 2, 2008. (Shir Ahmad/Reuters)Reuters - Afghanistan's geography and socioeconomic conditions will make it hard for the U.S. military there to duplicate policies that helped stem Iraq's insurgency, a senior Pentagon official said on Thursday.

Iraq to triple oil exports in 10 years: minister (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 11:44 AM CST

Iraqi Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh is pictured during an interview with the Agence France-Presse at his offices in Baghdad on November 12, 2008. Iraq aims to triple oil exports to six million barrels a day in 10 years, earmarking two billion dollars to start increasing capacity, Solagh told AFP.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq aims to triple oil exports to six million barrels a day in 10 years, earmarking two billion dollars to start increasing capacity, Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh told AFP.

Iraqi army begins demolishing Baghdad squatter camp (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 11:42 AM CST

A woman walks past rubbish at the back of huts housing internally displaced refugees in the Hurriyah neighborhood of northern Baghdad, November 10, 2008. Iraqi army bulldozers roared into a squatters' camp in Baghdad on Thursday, witnesses said, ignoring protests by people who have lived in the abandoned arms depot for the past five years.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraqi army bulldozers roared into a squatters' camp in Baghdad on Thursday, witnesses said, ignoring protests by people who have lived in the abandoned arms depot for the past five years.

Bulgaria to pull troops from Iraq at end of year (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 11:16 AM CST

AP - The Bulgarian prime minister says his country will withdraw its small military force from Iraq at the end of the year.

Bulgaria to withdraw soldiers from Iraq at year-end: PM (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 10:29 AM CST

Bulgarian soldiers patrol in Karbala, 2003. Bulgaria will withdraw its 155-strong military contingent from Iraq when its mandate expires at the end of this year.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Bulgaria will withdraw its 155-strong military contingent from Iraq when its mandate expires at the end of this year, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said Thursday.

Iraq hopes for deal with Kuwait on Gulf war reparations (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 10:06 AM CST

Kuwaitis look at pictures of French forces at a photo exhibition on the occasion of the 14th anniversary of Iraq's invasion of the emirate in Kuwait City, August 2004. Iraq hopes to cut a deal to extend its timetable for paying war reparations to Kuwait for damage caused by Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of the country, the finance minister has said.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - Iraq hopes to cut a deal to extend its timetable for paying war reparations to Kuwait for damage caused by Saddam Hussein's 1990 invasion of the country, the finance minister has said.

Civilian cargo aircraft crashes in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 09:40 AM CST

AP - The U.S. military says a civilian cargo aircraft has crashed south of Fallujah, a city in western Iraq.

Six killed in attacks across Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 13 Nov 2008 08:17 AM CST

Residents walk past the remains of destroyed vehicles following an explosion Wednesday close to Saadun Street, a main thoroughfare through the heart of Baghdad. Six people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Thursday, including three when a suicide car bomber targeted police in the Anbar province west of Baghdad, security officials said.(AFP/Sabah Arar)AFP - Six people were killed in attacks across Iraq on Thursday, including three when a suicide car bomber targeted police in the Anbar province west of Baghdad, security officials said.

Blackwater faces fine for improperly shipping arms to Iraq (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 12 Nov 2008 05:32 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — The State Department is preparing to slap a multi-million dollar fine on private military contractor Blackwater USA for shipping hundreds of automatic weapons to Iraq without the necessary permits.

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