2009年1月20日星期二

Yahoo! News: Iraq

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: Iraq

Iraqi education official escapes assassination (AP)

Posted: 20 Jan 2009 03:02 AM CST

General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, flew into Pakistan on Tuesday for top-level talks with the government in Islamabad, embassy and security officials said.(AFP/File/Vyacheslav Oseledko)AP - A government statement says a senior Iraqi education official has escaped assassination while traveling through central Baghdad.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,229 (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 07:25 PM CST

General David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan and Iraq, flew into Pakistan on Tuesday for top-level talks with the government in Islamabad, embassy and security officials said.(AFP/File/Vyacheslav Oseledko)AP - As of Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, at least 4,229 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

Barzani vows Iraq unity as long as Kurds not seen as foe (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 04:08 PM CST

Kurdistan Region President Massoud Barzani speaks during a meeting with Iraqi tribal leaders from Mosul province in Arbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdish regional government, some 350 kilometres (219 miles) north of Baghdad. Barzani insisted on Monday that he was committed to Iraqi unity but warned against viewing his people as the enemy.(AFP/Safin Hamed)AFP - Iraq's Kurdish regional president, Massud Barzani, insisted on Monday that he was committed to Iraqi unity but warned against viewing his people as the enemy.

Debate arises over Iraqi shoe thrower's future (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 02:17 PM CST

Iraq's Central Criminal Court has decided to postpone the trial of Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi who won global fame for throwing his shoes at US President George W. Bush, a court spokesman has said.(AFP/File)AP - A dispute broke out Monday over future plans for the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush. A Swiss lawyer said the Iraqi was planning to seek political asylum in Switzerland but one of his brothers vehemently denied that report.

Iraqis out stumping for votes in show of democracy (AP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 12:40 PM CST

Workers prepare to install an election banner in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 19, 2009. Iraq's provincial elections are scheduled for January 31, 2009. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)AP - Candidates in this month's provincial elections are answering questions from voters and debating issues ranging from Baghdad's housing shortage to the need to attract foreign investment.

Iraqi foreign minister 'expected in Turkey for security talks' (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 10:56 AM CST

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari attends an emergency meeting on Gaza in Kuwait City, January 16. Zebari will visit Turkey Friday to discuss the fight against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq and other bilateral issues, a Turkish diplomat said.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)AFP - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari will visit Turkey Friday to discuss the fight against Kurdish rebels based in northern Iraq and other bilateral issues, a Turkish diplomat said.

Iraq parliament postpones election of new speaker (AFP)

Posted: 19 Jan 2009 07:06 AM CST

Iraqi MP Iyad al-Samarrai speaks to the press outside the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad's fortified 'Green Zone' in November 2008. Iraqi MPs struggling to break a political deadlock over the election of the next speaker of parliament postponed a vote on Monday until after regional polls scheduled for the end of the month, an official said.(AFP/Pool/File/Ali al-Saadi)AFP - Iraqi MPs struggling to break a political deadlock over the election of the next speaker of parliament postponed a vote on Monday until after regional polls scheduled for the end of the month, an official said.

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