| Syrian riot police form ring around US Embassy (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 04:12 AM CDT  AP - Hundreds of Syrian riot police ringed the closed U.S. Embassy here Thursday as tens of thousands of people gathered about a mile away for a government-orchestrated protest to denounce a deadly U.S. raid near the Iraqi border.
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| Auditors: Private security in Iraq costs over $6B (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:23 AM CDT  AP - No one knows for sure, but auditors think the U.S. has paid well over $6 billion to private security companies who've been guarding diplomats, troops, Iraqi officials and reconstruction workers in Iraq.
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| US commander wants better police for Iraqi city (AP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 03:04 AM CDT  AP - A senior U.S. commander, acknowledging that Iraq's now most violent city has been neglected for too long, says that only well-trained police rather than military forces could ensure Mosul's long-term security.
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| US embassy in Syria shut because of possible demos (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 02:36 AM CDT  AFP - The US embassy in Damascus said it will be closed on Thursday because of the threat of demonstrations over a deadly American helicopter raid on a village near the Iraqi border at the weekend.
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| US should not transfer detainees at risk of torture: rights group (AFP) Posted: 30 Oct 2008 12:43 AM CDT  AFP - The United States should not transfer prisoners from US to Iraqi custody, under the pending US-Iraqi security agreement, if they face the risk of torture, a leading human rights group said.
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| Bush says he's confident US-Iraq pact will pass (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 05:35 PM CDT  AP - President Bush said Wednesday he is confident he can work out a new security pact with the Iraqis before year's end. But time is running out and the two sides may be forced to ask for an extension of the current U.N. agreement allowing the U.S. military to operate in Iraq.
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| Iraq says U.S. deal would ban strikes on neighbors (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 04:17 PM CDT  Reuters - Iraq wants to amend a draft security pact with the United States to ban U.S. forces from striking neighboring countries from Iraqi territory, a government spokesman said on Wednesday.
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| Bush warns against 'undermining' Iraq-US pact (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 02:13 PM CDT  AFP - US President George W. Bush on Wednesday promised to consider Baghdad's proposed changes to a controversial US-Iraq security pact, but warned against shifts that risked "undermining" the accord.
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| At least 14 killed in Iraq attacks (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 01:52 PM CDT  AFP - At least 14 people were killed in attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, including five in a roadside bombing in Baghdad, security officials said.
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| Syria says it could take further steps over US helicopter raid (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 01:46 PM CDT  AFP - Syria said on Wednesday it is awaiting an explanation from Washington and Baghdad about the deadly US helicopter raid on a Syrian village before deciding whether to take further retaliatory steps.
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| Relaxed lifestyles show Baghdad extremists waning (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 12:34 PM CDT  AP - Engineering student Haifaa Salman has discarded the Islamic head cover she started wearing two years ago after militants threatened to "punish" her if she kept showing up at college with her hair uncovered.
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| Failure of pact threatens Iraq's progress: US military (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 11:17 AM CDT  AFP - The US military warned on Wednesday that the failure to sign the much debated military deal between Washington and Baghdad threatens to derail security progress made so far in Iraq.
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| UN pays out nearly $889 million from Iraq oil fund (AP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 09:06 AM CDT AP - The U.N. panel overseeing compensation for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait said Wednesday it has paid a $888.6 million (709.4 million euros) installment from Iraqi oil funds to cover losses and damages suffered by governments and private companies. |
| US pact must guard Iraq sovereignty: top Shiite cleric (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 08:24 AM CDT  AFP - Top Iraqi Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani insists that the security pact being negotiated with Washington must not harm Iraq's sovereignty, his office said on Wednesday.
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| Iraq to share results of U.S. raid probe with Syria (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 06:56 AM CDT  Reuters - Iraq will share with Syria the results of an investigation it has opened into a deadly U.S. raid this week into Syrian territory, the Iraqi government said on Wednesday.
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| U.S. reviews Iraqi amendments to troops pact (Reuters) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 06:11 AM CDT  Reuters - The United States said on Wednesday it was examining changes demanded by Iraq to a stalled security pact that sets the conditions under which American troops could operate in the country after this year.
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| Millions of Iraqis at risk from polluted water: ICRC (AFP) Posted: 29 Oct 2008 05:17 AM CDT  AFP - Millions of people in Iraq are at risk of disease because of inadequate health care, water and sanitation services, the international Red Cross warned Wednesday.
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