2008年12月1日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

South Korea among countries ending Iraq deployment (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 03:18 AM CST

AP - South Korean troops are leaving Iraq, bringing to an end a mission that focused on rebuilding hospitals, roads and schools but divided South Korea's people.

Iraq civilian death toll up, U.S. deaths down (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2008 02:04 AM CST

Reuters - The number of civilians killed in Iraq rose last month after a series of Baghdad bombings, but the U.S. military death toll fell to its lowest level since the war began in 2003, data showed.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,206 (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 06:26 PM CST

An undated file photo shows Ibrahim Jassam Mohammed, a freelance photographer working for Reuters news agency in Baghdad. The Iraqi Central Criminal Court on November 30, 2008 ordered the release of Jassam who has been held by U.S. forces since early September. The Iraqi Central Criminal Court ruled there was no evidence against Jassam, and ordered that the U.S. military release him from Camp Cropper prison near Baghdad airport. There was no immediate response from the U.S. military to the ruling. REUTERS/Staff/Files (IRAQ)AP - As of Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at least 4,206 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Gates steered US toward exit in Iraq (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 04:07 PM CST

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, seen in October 2008, speaks after a tour of an Engagement Skills Trainer facility at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Gates has steered US forces toward the exit in Iraq in a deft two-year performance that helped pull the United States back from the brink of failure in the Middle East.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Logan Mock-Bunting)AFP - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has steered US forces toward the exit in Iraq in a deft two-year performance that helped pull the United States back from the brink of failure in the Middle East.

Iraqi court orders U.S. to free Reuters photographer (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 03:26 PM CST

Reuters - An Iraqi court on Sunday ordered the release of a freelance photographer working for Reuters news agency who has been held by U.S. forces since early September.

Iraq, with U.N. help, seeks to improve elections (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 03:24 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD - United Nations and Iraqi officials on Sunday revealed a plan to make Iraq's January elections more transparent and fair in what are expected to be heated races for control of the nation's provincial governments.

NPR journalists' car bombed in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 03:05 PM CST

AP - An American journalist for National Public Radio and three Iraqi colleagues escaped injury Sunday when a bomb attached to their car exploded as it was parked along a street in west Baghdad.

Iraq, Iran swap remains of 1980-1988 war dead (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 12:43 PM CST

Iraqi soldiers carry coffins with the remains of Iraqi soldiers killed during an eight-year war between Iran and Iraq at the border crossing of Al-Shalamjah, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. The remains of 200 Iraqis and 41 Iranians were returned to their native countries Sunday during a ceremony at a border checkpoint near the southern Iraqi city of Basra. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jourani)AP - Iraq and Iran on Sunday exchanged the remains of 241 soldiers killed during an eight-year war between the two countries — the latest sign of increased cooperation between the neighboring nations that were fierce rivals under Saddam Hussein.

UN-Iraqi monitors promise clean local elections (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 12:31 PM CST

The UN special representative in Iraq Staffan De Mistura speaks to the press during a visit to the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, some 160 kms from Baghdad on November 27, 2008. The UN special envoy to Iraq and local election commissioners on Sunday unveiled new measures designed to prevent fraud during provincial elections set for the end of January.(AFP/File/Qassem Zein)AFP - The UN special envoy to Iraq and local election commissioners on Sunday unveiled new measures designed to prevent fraud during provincial elections set for the end of January.

Iraqi doctors come to US for training, fellowship (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 11:25 AM CST

AP - Being an ear, nose and throat specialist in Iraq doesn't feel so dangerous any more for Kareem, one of 27 Iraqi medical doctors who spent the past month learning about health care in the United States.

Iraq and Iran resume swaps of 1980s war dead (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 10:45 AM CST

Iraqi soldiers carry coffins bearing remains of fellow Iraqi soldiers during a ceremony at the Iraq-Iran Shalamcha Border Crossing, in southern Iraq November 30, 2008. Iraq returned to neighbouring Iran the remains of 41 Iranian soldiers killed during the 1980's Iraq-Iran war in exchange for the remains of Iraqi soldiers on Sunday, Iraqi officials said. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - Iran and Iraq on Sunday exchanged the remains of a total of 241 soldiers killed in their 1980-88 war, resuming a swap that had been suspended since shortly after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Iraq-Iran swap soldiers' remains (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 08:53 AM CST

A coffin draped in the Iraqi flag is carried past a coffin draped in the Iranian flag at the Shalamjah border crossing. Iraq and Iran have exchanged the remains of nearly 250 soldiers killed during their long and bloody war in the 1980s, in an emotional operation organised by the Red Cross.(AFP/Essam -al-Sudani)AFP - Iraq and Iran on Sunday exchanged the remains of nearly 250 soldiers killed during their long and bloody war in the 1980s, in an emotional operation organised by the Red Cross.

Militants will try to disrupt Iraq election: U.N. (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 07:40 AM CST

Reuters - The U.N. envoy to Iraq said on Sunday that militants will try but will fail to disrupt the country's provincial elections on January 31.

Iraq says critics can wait to judge U.S. over pact (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2008 04:27 AM CST

Reuters - Iraq's government tried to quell criticism on Sunday of a security pact which sets deadlines for U.S. military withdrawals, saying opponents could wait to judge how Washington honors commitments to pull back its troops.

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