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US: 4 insurgents killed, 32 detained in Iraq (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:45 AM CST AP - The U.S. military says four suspected insurgents have been killed and 32 detained in operations targeting al-Qaida in Iraq.

Iraq: Obama calls Iraqi PM to discuss cooperation (AP) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 03:23 AM CST AP - The Iraqi government says President-elect Barack Obama has called Iraq's prime minister and stressed his commitment to a responsible withdrawal of American forces from Iraq.

Iraq bids to stop Christie's sale of ancient earrings (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 04 Dec 2008 02:00 AM CST The Christian Science Monitor - They were earrings that literally could have been worn by a queen. The neo-Assyrian jewelry, 9,000 to 10,000 years old, is Lot 215 in an auction of ancient art and antiquities to be held at Christie's in New York next week. They are expected to fetch up to $65,000.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,207 (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 07:19 PM CST AP - As of Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, at least 4,207 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Ind. soldiers sue over chemical exposure in Iraq (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 03:14 PM CST AP - Sixteen Indiana National Guard soldiers sued the big defense contractor KBR Inc. on Wednesday, saying its employees knowingly allowed them to be exposed to a toxic chemical in Iraq five years ago.

US soldier faces hearing in 2007 deaths of Iraqis (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 02:48 PM CST AP - A military court heard conflicting testimony Wednesday about whether a U.S. Army sergeant helped kill four Iraqis who were bound, blindfolded, shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal last year.

Reconciliation needed in Iraq's most violent city (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 12:26 PM CST AP - It's a dirty, numbing, dangerous job in Iraq's deadliest city, and pays a modest $500 a month. But when the police department recently advertised for college graduates to fill 200 positions as traffic policemen, it was deluged with 2,000 applications.

U.S.-led coalition in Iraq dwindles as allies leave (Reuters) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:57 AM CST Reuters - A string of departures by the U.S. military's allies in Iraq is turning into an exodus as violence subsides and the end of a U.N. mandate permitting their deployment to the country approaches.

Journalist jailed in Iraq over homosexuality story (AP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 10:06 AM CST AP - International media watchdog groups called Wednesday for the release of a freelance journalist jailed in northern Iraq for violating a public decency law by writing a story about homosexuality.

Hangman's rope ties Kurds to tragic past (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 09:58 AM CST AFP - A gallows rope that once hung in Saddam Hussein's most notorious prison is part of a new exhibition that opened on Wednesday aimed at teaching young Iraqi Kurds about their tragic history.

Iraqi PM refuses to suspend tribal councils (AFP) Posted: 03 Dec 2008 05:27 AM CST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday refused a request from the presidential council to suspend tribal councils that have sparked a bitter debate among the country's top leaders.

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