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Female suicide attackers kill 58 near Baghdad shrine (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 06:15 PM PDT AFP - Two female suicide bombers struck a major Shiite shrine in Baghdad, killing at least 58 people amid a brutal spike of attacks nine weeks before US troops are to withdraw from Iraqi cities.

Feds seek to force testimony in ex-soldier's case (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 04:32 PM PDT AP - Prosecutors asked a federal judge Friday to force the testimony of three soldiers convicted of taking part in the rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl against a former soldier being tried in the case.

Photos to detail US abuse in Iraq, Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 03:27 PM PDT AP - The White House vowed Friday it will not be distracted by an upcoming disclosure sure to gain attention at home and abroad: hundreds of photos showing U.S. personnel allegedly abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan in the post-Sept. 11 environment.

Suicide blasts kill 66 at Baghdad Shiite shrine (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 03:24 PM PDT AP - Two female suicide bombers hiding explosives in their purses struck worshippers streaming into Baghdad's most important Shiite shrine for Friday prayers, killing at least 66 people a day after Iraq's most deadly violence in more than a year.

Iraqi blasts stir worries of insurgent push (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 01:34 PM PDT AP - It's been a season of jarring flashbacks in Iraq: a spate of major suicide bombings, including more than 145 dead over two days of bloodshed capped by a blast Friday outside a Shiite shrine.

New US ambassador arrives in Baghdad (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 01:03 PM PDT AP - The new U.S. ambassador to Iraq has arrived in Baghdad to take up his post.

US ambassador to Iraq arrives in Baghdad (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 12:40 PM PDT AFP - Veteran US diplomat Christopher Hill arrived in Baghdad on Friday to begin his new job as ambassador to Iraq as the war-torn country wrestles with a spike in violence that has killed hundreds this month.

EU parliament urges Iraq not to expel group (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT AP - The European Parliament urged Iraq on Friday not to deport members of an Iranian opposition group to Iran.

Baghdad Bombings: Is Iraq Unraveling Again? (Time.com) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 12:15 PM PDT Time.com - A series of bomb blasts in the capital and elsewhere have Iraqis worried that the country is slipping back into sectarian violence again

Sixty die in deadliest Iraq bombing since June (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 10:58 AM PDT Reuters - In a second day of major bloodshed in Iraq, two female suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing 60 people, police said.

It will take Iraq time to put down extremists (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 10:54 AM PDT AFP - It will take Iraq "considerable" time to finish putting down extremists, General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in the region said Friday.

Petraeus: Tunisian militants attacking Iraq (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 08:17 AM PDT AP - The top U.S. military commander in the Mideast says attacks in Iraq will continue for some time, and they may be the work of a network of foreign fighters from Tunisia.

EU calls on Iraq to protect exiled Iranian group (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 07:16 AM PDT AFP - The European Parliament on Friday called on Iraq to respect the "protected persons" status of an exiled Iranian opposition group and withdraw a threat to close their camp north of Baghdad.

Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1 (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 06:53 AM PDT AP - Major attacks in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

US to release Bush-era detainee photos: rights group (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 06:49 AM PDT AFP - President Barack Obama's administration will release photographs showing alleged abuse by US personnel at prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan under ex-president George W. Bush's watch, a rights group said Thursday.

Suicide bombers kill at least 60 Iraqis at Shiite shrine (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 06:31 AM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — In the second day in a row of heavy violence in Iraq, at least 60 people died Friday when two suicide bombers detonated within seconds of each other outside a Shiite Muslim shrine in Baghdad.

US soldier dies in noncombat incident in Iraq (AP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 05:46 AM PDT AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died as a result of a noncombat related incident in a province north of Baghdad.

Baghdad shrine blast kills 30 (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 03:29 AM PDT AFP - Thirty people were killed and around 100 wounded in a double suicide attack as they arrived to pray at a Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Friday, Iraqi officials told AFP.

Dozens killed in Baghdad blast (AFP) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 03:26 AM PDT AFP - Two suicide bombers caused a blast that killed 30 people and wounded around 100 near prayer time at a Shiite shrine in Baghdad on Friday, a defence ministry source told AFP.

Suicide bombers kill 25 at Baghdad shrine (Reuters) Posted: 24 Apr 2009 02:57 AM PDT Reuters - Two suicide bombers wearing vests packed with explosives blew themselves up at the gates of a revered Shi'ite Muslim shrine in Baghdad on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 60, police said.

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