Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• U.S. pledges to keep taking in Iraqi refugees (Reuters)
• Marines, corpsman to be removed in Iraqi death (AP)
• Iraq poll in jeopardy as VP vetoes law (AFP)
• Iraq VP vetoes vote law, poll date in doubt (Reuters)
• Iraq vote faces likely delay (AP)
• Top US officer warns of attacks ahead of Iraq vote (AFP)
• U.S. has time to reconsider Iraq drawdown plan: Odierno (Reuters)
• Iraq's national elections in jeopardy after vice president's veto (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq urges French firms to invest, offers oil (AFP)
• Police seize control of Iraqi football offices (AFP)
• Iraqi urges French firms to invest, offers oil (AFP)
• Iraq wants France's Total to work its oilfields: Talabani (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,363 (AP)

U.S. pledges to keep taking in Iraqi refugees (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:24 PM PST Reuters - The United States will take in "substantial" numbers of Iraqi refugees next year, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Eric Schwartz said Wednesday.

Marines, corpsman to be removed in Iraqi death (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 01:49 PM PST AP - Three Marines and a Navy man convicted of aiding the kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi man have been ordered removed from the military, the Navy said Wednesday.

Iraq poll in jeopardy as VP vetoes law (AFP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:59 PM PST AFP - Iraq's general election was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after a law governing the planned January vote was vetoed, creating what the prime minister termed a "dangerous threat" to stability.

Iraq VP vetoes vote law, poll date in doubt (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:12 PM PST Reuters - Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed an election law on Wednesday, prompting poll workers to halt some preparations and casting new doubt on whether the vote can take place in January.

Iraq vote faces likely delay (AP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:39 AM PST AP - Iraq's path toward political stability after years of war threatened to veer off course Wednesday when a vice president vetoed part of a key election law, a move likely to delay a national vote slated for January.

Top US officer warns of attacks ahead of Iraq vote (AFP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:34 AM PST AFP - The top US military officer in Iraq warned on Wednesday of attacks in the run-up to an expected January general election and said he would ask Washington to alter troop drawdown plans if necessary.

U.S. has time to reconsider Iraq drawdown plan: Odierno (Reuters) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:08 AM PST Reuters - The U.S. military does not have to decide until April or May whether to push back the end of its combat operations in Iraq due to a possible delay in the country's next election, the U.S. commander said Wednesday.

Iraq's national elections in jeopardy after vice president's veto (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 07:36 AM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraq's pivotal national elections were thrown back into turmoil and potential delay Wednesday after Vice President Tariq al Hashemi vetoed part of an election law and sent it back to parliament.

Iraq urges French firms to invest, offers oil (AFP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 07:34 AM PST AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday promised major deals -- including large oil contracts -- to French business chiefs keen to restore their place as Iraq's top business partners.

Police seize control of Iraqi football offices (AFP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 07:31 AM PST AFP - Police on Wednesday seized control of the offices of Iraq's football association after its governing board was dissolved on charges of links to executed dictator Saddam Hussein.

Iraqi urges French firms to invest, offers oil (AFP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 04:32 AM PST AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani on Wednesday promised major deals -- including large oil contracts -- to French business chiefs keen to restore their place as Iraq's top business partners.

Iraq wants France's Total to work its oilfields: Talabani (AFP) Posted: 18 Nov 2009 03:07 AM PST AFP - Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told business leaders in Paris that he wanted to see the French energy giant Total working in his country's oil fields.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,363 (AP) Posted: 17 Nov 2009 05:40 PM PST AP - As of Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at least 4,363 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

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