2008年11月2日星期日

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraq expects U.S. reply on troop pact within days (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 03:10 AM CST

Reuters - Iraq expects a reply from the United States within days to its proposal for changes to a pact requiring U.S. troops to leave by the end of 2011, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Saturday.

Analysis: Al-Maliki stressing US departure (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:16 AM CST

Protesters hold a banner as they demonstrate against a draft U.S.-Iraqi security agreement in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. The deal would allow U.S. troops to remain here until at least the end of 2011 and give Iraq a role in managing U.S. military operations. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Iraq's prime minister is pushing the idea that the U.S. departure is in sight in a bid to sell the security deal with Washington to Iran.

Iraq earmarks $15 billion for reconstruction (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 01:04 AM CST

Widows and orphaned children hold banners during a protest demanding help from the Iraqi government, in Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008. All of them have lost their relatives following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion .(AP Photo/ Ahmed Alhussainey)AP - Iraq has earmarked some $15 billion — nearly 25 percent of its 2009 draft budget — to help rebuild the country's crumbling infrastructure, energy and oil facilities, the finance minister said Saturday.

US still the villain in Iraq's former rebel bastion (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2008 12:32 AM CDT

An Iraqi security officer patrols the grounds of the AFP - The tall iron bridge spanning the Al-Furat river that runs through the city of Fallujah is still the symbol of the raging anti-US insurgency that once engulfed Iraq's Sunni enclave.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,189 (AP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 07:52 PM CDT

U.S soldiers on patrol walk past bottles of petrol for sale in Baquba, Diyala province, some 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, November 2, 2008. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic (IRAQ)AP - As of Saturday, Nov. 1, 2008, at least 4,189 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Amidst Iraq's violence, a radio station gives people hope (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 01:02 PM CDT

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Inside a spacious studio with purple and yellow walls, Hana Abdulkadhim, a well-known Iraqi radio host, is preparing to take her first call of the day. A few minutes into Good Afternoon with Hana, the switchboard is already flooded with listeners eager to chime in on the day's topic.

Iraq slashes 2009 budget in wake of oil price plunge (AFP)

Posted: 01 Nov 2008 12:29 PM CDT

Iraqi Finance Minister Bayan Jabr Solagh, seen here in July 2008, has said Baghdad will cut its forthcoming 2009 budget to $67 billion. Iraq has the world's third largest oil reserves but the falling price of crude oil has forced Baghdad to postpone infrastructure projects.(AFP/File/Sabah Arar)AFP - Iraq on Saturday said the falling global oil price has forced Baghdad to cut its 2009 budget to 67 billion dollars at a time when the country, owner of the world's third largest oil reserves, craves funds to develop its dilapidated infrastructure.

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