2009年11月2日星期一

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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Woman hit with car by Iraqi father in Ariz. dies (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:00 PM PST

In this undated photo released by the Peoria Police Department, Faleh Hassan Almaleki is shown. Police in a Phoenix suburb say Iraqi immigrant Almaleki, has been arrested in Georgia for allegedly running down his daughter because she was becoming 'too Westernized.' Twenty-year-old Noor Faleh Almaleki is hospitalized in serious condition. Police say the Almalekis moved to the suburb of Glendale from Iraq during the mid-'90s. (AP Photo/Peoria Police Department)AP - A young Iraqi woman whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too Westernized died from her injuries Monday after laying in a coma for nearly two weeks.

Iraq urges UN to stop neighbours' meddling (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 02:19 PM PST

An Iraqi policeman stands guard out side the Justice Ministry, destroyed in a suicide bombing last week, in central Baghdad. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours for meddling in its internal affairs as he met with a UN special envoy.(AFP/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AFP - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appealed on Monday to the United Nations to take action against Iraq's neighbours he accused of meddling in its internal affairs as he met a UN special envoy.

Half Iraqis killed in October died in one attack (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:38 PM PST

Iraqi security forces members inspect the wreckage following a bus bomb explosion in the southern holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2009. Three people were killed when a bomb that was detonated remotely exploded on a bus as it approached a police checkpoint in Karbala .At least ten people were killed Sunday in violence across the country, police said. (AP Photo/Ahmed Alhusseiney)AP - Nearly half of all Iraqis who died in October perished in a single coordinated attack against government offices in Baghdad, a tally by The Associated Press showed Monday.

KBR faulted for ineffective drawdown in Iraq (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:31 PM PST

Reuters - Houston-based KBR Inc could save the government at least $193 million by reducing its workforce in Iraq more quickly, in line with the drawdown of U.S. troops, the Pentagon's chief auditor said on Monday.

No precise number for contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan: US (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:23 PM PST

Iraqis walk towards a destroyed vehicle caught in one of two suicide bombings in the western city of Ramadi, 100kms west of the capital Baghdad, on November 1. The US government has no precise figure for how many contractors are employed in Iraq and Afghanistan, inviting the risk of fraud and security threats, a US commission warned on Monday.(AFP/File/Azhar Shallal)AFP - The US government has no precise figure for how many contractors are employed in Iraq and Afghanistan, inviting the risk of fraud and security threats, a US commission warned on Monday.

Friend of US hikers held by Iran calls for their release (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:27 PM PST

A friend of three Americans held by Iranian authorities after wandering over the Iraqi border into Iran, inclduing Joshua Fattal(R) seen here in an undated family photo with his mother Laura Fattal, called Monday for their release, in a letter to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.(AFP/Fattal Family-HO/File)AFP - A friend of three Americans held by Iranian authorities after wandering over the Iraqi border into Iran, called Monday for their release, in a letter to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 11:05 AM PST

AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.

US military: American soldier dies in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 08:46 AM PST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in Iraq of noncombat related injuries.

Iraq initials oil deal with Italian-led group (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 05:40 AM PST

The Italian energy giant ENI logo is pictured during the presentation of results and strategy press conference at ENI's headquarters in Milan. A consortium led by Italian energy giant ENI has initialled a contract with the Iraqi government to explore the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said.(AFP/File/Damien Meyer)AFP - A consortium led by Italian energy giant ENI has initialled a contract with the Iraqi government to explore the Zubair oilfield in southern Iraq, an oil ministry spokesman said on Monday.

Biden and Kurd chief press need for election law (AFP)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:21 AM PST

An Iraqi Turkmen (left) with an Iraqi Kurd in front of the statue of Turkmen leader Abdullah Awchi (background) and a large poster of Kurdish writer and intellect Bahjat Zaki Mardan (back L), in the city of Kirkuk. US Vice President Joe Biden and president Massud Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan have pressed the need for a key election law to be passed in Baghdad, Kurdish authorities said(AFP/File/Marwan Ibrahim)AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden and president Massud Barzani of Iraqi Kurdistan have pressed the need for a key election law to be passed in Baghdad, Kurdish authorities said on Monday.

Growing concern over Iraqi election impasse (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Concern over crucial Iraqi elections grew on Monday as parliamentarians here considered a new United Nations proposal aimed at breaking a two-month deadlock over how to conduct the vote, slated for January. Negotiations over the election law have remained stalled over one of the most emotional issues in the country – the disputed city of Kirkuk.

Civilian deaths in Iraq jump higher in October (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Nov 2009 12:06 AM PST

Relatives of Sunday's bomb victims prepare for their funerals in Najaf, 160 km (99 miles) south of Baghdad, October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Ali Abu ShishReuters - The number of civilians killed by violence in Iraq jumped higher in October after two huge suicide bombings in Baghdad while the two U.S. soldiers killed in combat in October was the lowest monthly number this year, data showed.

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