Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Truck bomb kills more than 70 in northern Iraq (AP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,316 (AP)
• Two British hostages feared dead in Iraq (Reuters)
• Major bombings in Iraq since Jan. 1 (AP)
• Iraq crash out as New Zealand make their point (AFP)
• Official: 2 hostages' bodies handed over in Iraq (AP)
• Bodies feared to be those of Iraq hostages recovered (AFP)
• Suicide truck bomber kills 67 in northern Iraq (Reuters)
• Iraq truck bomb kills 64 (AFP)
• US hands over Sadr City base to Iraq (AFP)
• Iraq receives Italian-built fast patrol boat (AFP)
• Two bodies passed to UK officials in Iraq: Miliband (AFP)
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• Iraq truck bomb kills 46: police, mortuary (AFP)
• Suicide truck bomb kills 34 in northern Iraq (Reuters)
• Suicide truck bomb kills 25 in northern Iraq (Reuters)
• Iraq truck bomb leaves casualties (AFP)

Truck bomb kills more than 70 in northern Iraq (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 06:09 PM PDT AP - A truck bomb exploded as worshippers left a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Saturday, killing more than 70 people and wounding nearly 200 in the deadliest bombing this year.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,316 (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 04:49 PM PDT AP - As of Saturday, June 20, 2009, at least 4,316 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Two British hostages feared dead in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 02:39 PM PDT Reuters - Two Britons taken hostage in Iraq in 2007 were feared dead after bodies were handed to British officials in Iraq and three others still missing were in "grave danger," the British government said on Saturday.

Major bombings in Iraq since Jan. 1 (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 02:35 PM PDT AP - Deadliest bombings in Iraq since Jan. 1, when a new U.S.-Iraqi security pact took effect:

Iraq crash out as New Zealand make their point (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 02:29 PM PDT AFP - Iraq failed in their bid to qualify for the Confederations Cup semi-finals here Saturday after New Zealand held the Asian champions to a 0-0 draw.

Official: 2 hostages' bodies handed over in Iraq (AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:35 PM PDT AP - The bodies of two British hostages kidnapped in Iraq in 2007 have been handed over to U.K. officials, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Saturday. He said the government feared three other Britons taken hostage with them were in grave danger.

Bodies feared to be those of Iraq hostages recovered (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:19 PM PDT AFP - Two bodies feared to be those of British hostages were handed over to British authorities in Iraq as Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday his thoughts were with their families.

Suicide truck bomber kills 67 in northern Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 01:05 PM PDT Reuters - A suicide bomber killed 67 people on Saturday as they left a mosque, shortly after the prime minister urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a U.S. military pull-back sparked more violence.

Iraq truck bomb kills 64 (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 12:57 PM PDT AFP - A truck bomb killed 64 people near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk on Saturday, the country's bloodiest attack in 15 months just 10 days before US troops are due to quit urban areas.

US hands over Sadr City base to Iraq (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 11:45 AM PDT AFP - The US army handed over a base in the Baghdad neighbourhood of Sadr City, once a bastion for anti-US insurgents, to Iraqi forces on Saturday as the deadline nears for its pullout from Iraq's cities.

Iraq receives Italian-built fast patrol boat (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 10:17 AM PDT AFP - Iraq on Saturday took delivery of the first of four Italian-made patrol ships it has ordered, as part of a plan to treble the country's naval forces in the coming years.

Two bodies passed to UK officials in Iraq: Miliband (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 10:15 AM PDT AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Saturday that two bodies feared to be those of British hostages had been handed over to British authorities in Iraq.

(AP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 09:20 AM PDT AP - Iraqi police raise casualty toll in truck bombing near Kirkuk to 55 killed, 170 wounded.

Iraq truck bomb kills 46: police, mortuary (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 08:30 AM PDT AFP - A truck bomb near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk killed 46 people and wounded 166 on Saturday, police and hospital officials told AFP.

Suicide truck bomb kills 34 in northern Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 06:11 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide truck bomb killed at least 34 people leaving a mosque on Saturday, hours after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged Iraqis not to lose faith if a U.S. military pullback resulted in more insurgent attacks.

Suicide truck bomb kills 25 in northern Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 05:11 AM PDT Reuters - A suicide truck bomber killed at least 25 people near a Shi'ite Muslim mosque close to Kirkuk in northern Iraq on Saturday, police said.

Iraq truck bomb leaves casualties (AFP) Posted: 20 Jun 2009 03:58 AM PDT AFP - A truck bomb apparently targeting a Shiite mosque exploded south of the Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing and wounding an undetermined number of people, police said.

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