2008年12月25日星期四

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Car bomb kills four in Iraq on Christmas Day (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 01:36 AM CST

Reuters - A car bomb near a popular restaurant killed four people and wounded 25 in northwestern Baghdad on Christmas Day on Thursday, police said.

Iraqi police: Baghdad car bomb kills 2, wounds 13 (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2008 12:52 AM CST

A British soldier stands near Iraqi trainees crawling under barbed wires during military training conducted by British forces for Iraqi soldiers at a joint military base in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, in this October 20, 2008 file photo. Political squabbling in Iraq's parliament threatened again on Tuesday to hold up a measure needed by December 31 to permit troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other countries to remain in Iraq next year. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)AP - Iraqi police say that a car bomb outside a restaurant in Baghdad has killed two people and wounded 13 others.

Turkey, Iraq pledge cooperation against Kurdish rebels (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 10:39 PM CST

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki pose for photographs before a meeting in Ankara, on December 24. The prime ministers have vowed to step up their cooperation against Turkish Kurdish rebels whose presence in neighbouring northern Iraq has cast a shadow over relations.(AFP/Pool/Umit Bektas)AFP - The prime ministers of Turkey and Iraq have vowed to step up their cooperation against Turkish Kurdish rebels whose presence in neighbouring northern Iraq has cast a shadow over relations.

Thousands of candidates may complicate Iraq's provincial elections (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 02:53 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi voters next month will see 14,500 candidates vie for 440 open seats on provincial councils, an outpouring of interest in a new phase of Iraqi self-government that could make for a baffling ballot.

Christmas Eve services come early in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 11:27 AM CST

Iraqi Christians attend a Christmas Eve mass at the Mar Yousif Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. The mass is usually held in the afternoon for security reasons and most Christians prefer to go to morning mass on Christmas Day. Although the number of Christians has dropped in Iraq, Christmas is a national holiday.(AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - The Christmas Eve Mass for Baghdad's small and beleaguered Christian community started before dusk Wednesday instead of at the traditional midnight, a reflection of continued security concerns in the Iraqi capital.

Iraq bomb kills woman and three children (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 10:11 AM CST

A woman sits with her two wounded children at a hospital in Fallujah, 50 kms west of Baghdad. A woman (not pictured) and three children were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded near the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the US military and a medical official said.(AFP)AFP - A woman and three children were killed on Wednesday when a bomb exploded near the city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad, the US military and a medical official said.

Couple of steps left to finish Iraq-UK troop deal (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2008 07:20 AM CST

A British soldier stands near Iraqi trainees crawling under barbed wires during military training conducted by British forces for Iraqi soldiers at a joint military base in Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, in this October 20, 2008 file photo. Political squabbling in Iraq's parliament threatened again on Tuesday to hold up a measure needed by December 31 to permit troops from Britain, Australia and a handful of other countries to remain in Iraq next year. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - Several steps are needed before Britain and other countries with small troop forces remaining in Iraq can secure final deals permitting their presence after December 31, a British military official said on Wednesday.

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