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WITNESS: Basra family meeting shocks and awes Iraqi-Briton (Reuters) Posted: 21 Dec 2008 01:14 AM CST Reuters - Mohammed Abbas is a Baghdad-based correspondent for Reuters. He was born in Basra, Iraq, but emigrated with his parents to Britain when he was one year old in 1980. In the following story, he describes his experience returning to Basra and meeting family for the first time.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,210 (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2008 07:25 PM CST AP - As of Saturday, Dec. 20, 2008, at least 4,210 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Confusion among Iraq MPs over non-US foreign forces bill (AFP) Posted: 20 Dec 2008 01:55 PM CST AFP - Confusion reigned in the Iraqi parliament on Saturday over whether a vote had taken place on the presence of non-US foreign troops when a UN mandate expires on December 31.

Iraqi farmers are back in business, and Iraqis love local produce (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 20 Dec 2008 01:26 PM CST McClatchy Newspapers - BABIL PROVINCE, Iraq — Mansour Abdul Khadim's mix of winter crops gives every impression of abundance, despite the double threat of drought and violence that has plagued Iraqi agriculture since Saddam Hussein's fall in 2003.

Iraq PM denies arrested officers were plotting a coup (AFP) Posted: 20 Dec 2008 11:06 AM CST AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki denied on Saturday that a group of officers arrested three days previously had been plotting a coup against the Shiite-led government, state television reported.

Iraq shoe-thrower's family demonstrates for his release (AFP) Posted: 20 Dec 2008 10:26 AM CST AFP - The family of an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at US President George W. Bush demonstrated for a second day on Saturday to demand his release from custody.

Iraq lawmakers reject law on British troops (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2008 06:55 AM CST Reuters - Iraq's parliament voted on Saturday to reject a draft law that allows troops from Britain, Australia and several other countries to remain beyond the end of this year, Iraqi parliamentarians said.

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