Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Iraq lawmakers end impasse, election to go ahead (Reuters)
• US applauds Iraq plans for parliamentary elections (AP)
• Iraqis reach last-minute election deal (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Iraq clears way for parliamentary elections (AP)
• Iraqi MPs approve new electoral law (AFP)
• Iraq cuts short nightlife revival with bar closures (Reuters)
• Four police gunned down in Iraq market (AFP)
• Iraqi reunited with mother 20 years after Halabja gas attack (AFP)

Iraq lawmakers end impasse, election to go ahead (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:06 PM PST Reuters - Iraqi politicians agreed a last-minute deal on Sunday to overcome divisions on a law needed for an election to take place next year, reducing the risks to U.S. plans for a partial withdrawal in 2010.

US applauds Iraq plans for parliamentary elections (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 04:20 PM PST AP - The White House is applauding Iraqi lawmakers' vote Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year, a step that the U.S. hopes will ease the eventual withdrawal of American troops.

Iraqis reach last-minute election deal (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 02:36 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - BAGHDAD — Iraqi lawmakers reached a minutes-to-midnight deal late Sunday, clearing a path to national elections early next year that are seen as crucial to a smooth U.S. troop withdrawal.

Iraq clears way for parliamentary elections (AP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 01:32 PM PST AP - Iraqi lawmakers approved plans Sunday to hold parliament elections early next year that are seen as an important step toward political reconciliation and easing the withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Iraqi MPs approve new electoral law (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 01:11 PM PST AFP - Iraqi lawmakers finally approved a new version of a stalled electoral law late on Sunday, paving the way for parliamentary polls to be held early next year.

Iraq cuts short nightlife revival with bar closures (Reuters) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 07:14 AM PST Reuters - Authorities have ordered the closure of all Baghdad nightclubs and dozens of shops selling alcohol, concerned the venues were undermining "public morals," the city's governor said on Sunday.

Four police gunned down in Iraq market (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 06:13 AM PST AFP - Assailants gunned down four policemen deployed to guard shoppers and vendors at a vegetable market on Baghdad's outskirts, a local official said, as attacks in central and northern Iraq cost seven lives.

Iraqi reunited with mother 20 years after Halabja gas attack (AFP) Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:17 AM PST AFP - A young Iraqi man has been reunited with his mother 20 years since being taken to Iran as an infant after surviving the notorious Halabja chemical attack by Saddam Hussein's forces.

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