2009年2月10日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iran FM visits Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 11 Feb 2009 01:19 AM CST

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in Tehran in January. Mottaki flew in to Baghdad on Wednesday for talks with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on boosting links between their two states, a foreign ministry official said.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki flew in to Baghdad on Wednesday for talks with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on boosting links between their two states, a foreign ministry official said.

Babylon's future written in its ruins (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:47 PM CST

Iraqi soldiers walk past a replica of the Ishtar Gate of Ancient Babylon, 135 km (85 miles) south of Baghdad, January 13, 2009. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)Reuters - For a site whose historical importance ranks with Egypt's Pyramids, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon has suffered some rough treatment.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,243 (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 07:36 PM CST

US Army soliders set out on a patrol in Paktika province, along the Afghan-Pakistan border, in 2008. During the previous Bush administration, the Pentagon put off sending reinforcements to Afghanistan in order to keep more troops in Iraq, where there are now 146,000 troops.(AFP/File/David Furst)AP - As of Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at least 4,243 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Iraqi footballer shot dead: police (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 01:44 PM CST

An Iraqi soldier stands guard along a highway, 40 kms south of the capital Baghdad on February 9, 2009. An Iraqi top league footballer was shot dead by an unknown assailant on Tuesday as he waited for a taxi to take him to his club, officials said.(AFP/File/Mohammed Sawaf)AFP - An Iraqi top league footballer was shot dead by an unknown assailant on Tuesday as he waited for a taxi to take him to his club, officials said.

France's Sarkozy visits Iraq, promising to strengthen ties (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 01:33 PM CST

McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — In a historic visit to Iraq, French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Baghdad Tuesday to bolster relations and build economic opportunities in the country, which is struggling to recover from almost six years of conflict.

Popular Iraqi actor who died in Syria mourned (AP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 12:23 PM CST

Actress Asia Kamal weeps for award-winning Iraqi actor Abdul-Khaliq al-Mukhtar, during his funeral in Baghdad, Iraq Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. In Iraq, al-Mukhtar is best known for portraying the late Nouri Basha, the former Iraqi prime minister during the country's monarchist era. He also won a Golden statue from the Cairo Film Festival in 2001. Al-Mukhtar died in Syria on Sunday and will be buried in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad. (AP Photo/ Loay Hameed)AP - A popular Iraqi actor, well known for his television portrayal of a controversial prime minister considered to be one of the founders of modern Iraq, died of kidney failure in Syria.

US to let Iraqi police handle 'doughnut' Baghdad (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 11:19 AM CST

US soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division clap during a handing over ceremony to the 1st Cavalry Division held at Camp Victory which adjoins Baghdad airport. The US army aims to keep insurgents out of Baghdad and leave the Iraqi police to fight crime inside the capital by the end of June, the new American military chief for the capital said on Tuesday.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - The US army aims to keep insurgents out of Baghdad and leave the Iraqi police to fight crime inside the capital by the end of June, the new American military chief for the capital said on Tuesday.

US dominance over Iraq has ended: Maliki (AFP)

Posted: 10 Feb 2009 10:33 AM CST

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks in Baghdad, January 2009. Maliki said that the era of US dominance was over, in a broadside to Washington almost six years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.(AFP/HO/File/Ho)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Tuesday that the era of US dominance in Iraq was over, in a broadside to Washington almost six years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.

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