Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Shiite groups form new alliance excluding Iraqi PM (AP)
• With Maliki's party out, Iraq's Shiite coalition splits (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Ten killed in southern Iraq bus bombings (AFP)
• Bus bombings south of Baghdad kill at least 11 (Reuters)
• 10 people killed in bus bombings in southern Iraq: police (AFP)
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• Maliki breaks ranks with Shiite bloc ahead of election (AFP)
• Iraqi Shi'ite groups form new alliance without PM (Reuters)
• Baghdad bombing leaves hole in diplomatic corps (The Christian Science Monitor)

Shiite groups form new alliance excluding Iraqi PM (AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 04:10 PM PDT AP - The Iranian-backed Shiite parties that helped propel Iraq's prime minister into power three years ago dumped him Monday as their candidate for re-election, forming a new alliance to contest the January vote.

With Maliki's party out, Iraq's Shiite coalition splits (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 01:15 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — The Shiite Muslim political alliance that's led Iraq since 2005 appears to be breaking apart, with Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki's Dawa Party preparing to run for re-election independently of the other parties that had lifted him to power.

Ten killed in southern Iraq bus bombings (AFP) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 12:38 PM PDT AFP - Four women and two children were among 10 people killed when bombs exploded on two buses near the southern Iraqi city of Kut on Monday, underscoring the nation's volatile security situation.

Bus bombings south of Baghdad kill at least 11 (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 10:34 AM PDT Reuters - Bombs planted on two minibuses killed at least 11 people and wounded 12 near the usually quiet southern town of Kut on Monday, officials said.

10 people killed in bus bombings in southern Iraq: police (AFP) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 09:34 AM PDT AFP - At least 10 people were killed and 19 wounded, including women and children, when bombs exploded on two buses near Iraq's southern city of Kut on Monday, a police officer told AFP.

(AP) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 09:26 AM PDT AP - Iraqi police say double bombing in Shiite area south of Baghdad has killed at least 11 people.

Maliki breaks ranks with Shiite bloc ahead of election (AFP) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 05:23 AM PDT AFP - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday broke ranks with his ruling Shiite parliamentary bloc ahead of January's general election, paving the way for a new chapter in the country's politics.

Iraqi Shi'ite groups form new alliance without PM (Reuters) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 04:50 AM PDT Reuters - Allies of Iraq's Shi'ite Muslim Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday they have formed a new alliance to fight January's general election, but the increasingly influential Iraqi leader has not joined the bloc.

Baghdad bombing leaves hole in diplomatic corps (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 24 Aug 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi diplomats are clearing out the rubble of their bombed Foreign Ministry building while the nation grapples with the aftermath of an attack that has rocked the foundation of its fragile security and served notice that the country is still at war.

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